Queensland's politicians are being asked to play nicely with the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games almost a year out from its start.
Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC) chairman Peter Beattie says bipartisan support for the Games is crucial to ensure the April 2018 event goes off without a hitch.
Mr Beattie will join Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Queensland's shadow Commonwealth Games minister John-Paul Langbroek in London this week before the start of the Queen's Baton Relay.
The GOLDOC boss says with a state election to be held between now and the start of the Games, ensuring both sides of politics are on board for the event is vital.
"What we want to do is focus on the business of delivering the Games," Mr Beattie, a former Labor premier said on Thursday.
"I don't get involved in politics these days, other than to ensure that both sides of politics are involved in it (the Games).
"We want a minimum amount of disruption when the election's held regardless of who wins."
The Queen will start the baton relay at Buckingham Palace on Monday.
The relay will pass through every Commonwealth nation on a 230,000km journey to the Gold Coast.
With 2022 Commonwealth Games host Durban reportedly struggling to meet its financial requirements to hold the Games, former Gold Coast mayor Lex Bell has suggested the 2018 event could be the last.
But Mr Beattie dismissed Mr Bell's comments, saying factors such as Great Britain's future exit from the European Union and the rise of India's economy made the Commonwealth a vital organisation for Australia to be part of.
It's a view shared by Ms Palaszczuk.
"The Commonwealth's two billion people make up 30 per cent of the world's population and constitutes about a fifth of the Gross Domestic Product so the opportunities for trade and business are significant," she said.
