Queensland's opposition leader says she won't ask the corruption watchdog to investigate her claims that the Labor government is tolerating corruption and crime.
LNP leader Deb Frecklington is sticking by allegations she made in an opinion piece in The Courier Mail on Friday.
In a column she said the lawless union, the CFMEU, enjoyed "unfettered access" to the Palaszczuk government in return for political donations and other forms of support.
"In this state, corruption and criminality are tolerated at the highest levels of government," she wrote.
Civil libertarians immediately called on her to make public any evidence she had and fulfil her statutory duty by lodging a complaint with the Crime and Corruption Commission.
But Ms Frecklington said she wouldn't be doing that.
"No-one is saying that Labor has done anything illegal," the LNP leader told reporters at parliament.
"What we are saying is that Annastacia Palaszczuk is turning a blind eye to corruption and criminal behaviour by continuing to accept money and continuing to open her arms wide for the CFMEU in Queensland to have that sort of influence over government."
The former lawyer said she offered the opinion piece to The Courier-Mail, and commended the paper for publishing it along with a related front-page story.
Her attack on the CFMEU did not raise any new allegations. Instead it summarised previously published court findings against the union over workplace practices.
She also repeated an allegation that one union member allegedly threatened to rape the child of a non-union worker at the Oaky North coal mine.
"If the premier refuses to cut the CFMEU loose it is a clear show that she is tolerating the CFMEU's corrupt behaviour that has been tried and tested in the courts," Ms Frecklington told reporters.
Acting premier Jackie Trad said the LNP leader's column was a stunt by a leader who was under pressure and hungry for better poll results.
"If she has allegations or information, she should take them to the CCC," she told reporters.
The Queensland Council for Civil Liberties said the LNP leader couldn't have it both ways.
"She either puts forward the facts and let's the CCC investigate them or she now acknowledges that it's a gross exaggeration," council vice president Terry O'Gorman told reporters.
The Courier Mail said it was common practice to publish opinion pieces from both sides of politics.
