Personal email account use will stay in the news for another week as Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk prepares to address the issue in cabinet on Monday.
The Labor government has been dogged by questions about ministers' use of private emails, after Labor MP Mark Bailey stood down as minister on Wednesday amid revelations he may have engaged in corrupt conduct when he deactivated a Yahoo account.
A Corruption and Crime Commission investigation found "sufficient evidence to raise a reasonable suspicion of corrupt conduct" in relation to the energy and main roads minister's decision to delete the account.
It came after Environment Minister Steven Miles was forced to clarify his use of a Gmail account this month.
"There has been no finding of corruption," Ms Palaszczuk declared on Friday.
She rejected allegations of misuses of public funds, but said Mr Bailey's conduct could amount to a technical breach of the ministerial handbook.
LNP members have seized on the issue, calling on the premier to ensure private emails were subject to right to information laws and claiming she was behind a government cover-up.
Mr Bailey remains the subject of an investigation by the state archivist, while government officials have been ordered to work with the CCC to develop new communications guidelines for ministers.
Ms Palaszczuk has indicated Mr Bailey could return to the front bench after the investigation.
Mr Miles was meanwhile forced to defend his Gmail account during questioning by Moggill MP Christian Rowan at a Friday estimates hearing.
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