Queensland's premier is keeping tight-lipped about the future of her government.
The newly elected Labor government has denied reports that senior party members have been pressuring Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to call a snap poll following the Billy Gordon scandal.
Ms Palaszczuk kept a low profile before a cabinet meeting on Tuesday afternoon, making only a brief statement about setting up a forum to improve road safety after Queensland's worst Easter road toll in more than 20 years.
She took no questions, avoiding having to discuss the member for Cook and whether she was considering calling a snap election.
Mr Gordon resigned from the Labor party last week over domestic violence allegations and failing to tell the premier about his criminal history.
His resignation leaves Labor holding power in parliament with only the support of independent Speaker Peter Wellington.
However, Deputy Opposition Leader John-Paul Langbroek does not believe there will be a quick return to the polls.
"I doubt his excellency Governor Paul de Jersey is going to say to some faceless Labor figures, 'Yes, OK ... the electorate got it wrong. Let's have another election," he said on Tuesday.
"That's not how the system works. It's not a reality show."
When asked if the Liberal National party would be ready if an election were called, he said: "I'm not going to speculate on that. I don't think it's likely to happen."
The premier wants Mr Gordon to resign from parliament and trigger a by-election in his far north Queensland seat.
Police Minister Jo-Ann Miller told reporters before the cabinet meeting the issue was dragging.
"It's been like this for several weeks now and I think people are sick of it," she said.
National Retail Association chief executive Trevor Evans said consumers and businesses needed stable government.
"(The state government) obviously has a couple of distractions at the moment. What we ask is that they don't be distracted by those issues," he said.
Official retail figures released on Tuesday showed Queensland continues to have the weakest retail sector in the country.
Mr Evans said the early election would have contributed to that. However, the winding down of the mining investment boom was playing a large part in soft consumer spending in the Sunshine State.
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