Queensland crossbencher Billy Gordon is looking at taking legal action against those involved in making unsubstantiated domestic violence claims against him.
"I will be considering all legal options that can be taken against individuals who have been involved in these vicious and vexatious charges against me and what effect they will have on my future," Mr Gordon said in a statement on Friday.
Mr Gordon was cleared of the allegations on Thursday following what he described as an extraordinarily traumatic eight months for him and his immediate family.
The independent MP was attacked relentlessly by the Liberal National Party which has been accused of mud-slinging.
The LNP has not apologised to Mr Gordon or said whether it made an error of judgment.
When the allegations surfaced, Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg called for the far north Queensland MP to resign from parliament.
Mr Springborg later labelled Mr Gordon's vote "tainted" when he quit Labor to serve as an independent.
His deputy, John-Paul Langbroek, has sidestepped questions about whether the LNP will apologise.
"As we can see today there are further issues involving this particular member of parliament and that's why I think it's inappropriate to make any further comment," Mr Langbroek said on Friday.
Mr Langbroek was referring to an unrelated extortion charge laid against a 50-year-old woman who allegedly tried to blackmail Mr Gordon.
During the initial controversy, Mr Gordon said the opposition was "using domestic violence as a political tool" to wage a "dirty, grotty" campaign of character assassination against him.
Police Minister Jo-Ann Miller accused the LNP on Friday of slinging mud when she was asked whether her political opponents should apologise to Mr Gordon.
"When we have a look at the LNP, I mean they can throw the mud but they don't like it when it doesn't stick," Ms Miller said.
She also backed the actions of the premier, who referred Mr Gordon to police in a letter to Commissioner Ian Stewart in late March after the allegations surfaced from a former partner.
Mr Gordon was also hit with claims of unpaid child support and a failure to declare past criminal convictions.
LNP staff even handed documents to journalists detailing some of his child support payments and naming his two young children.
Mr Gordon said on Friday he was committed to supporting the Labor government in the hung parliament.
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