Queensland Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg has insisted his job is safe amid speculation of a looming leadership challenge in the wake of controversial changes to the state's voting laws.
Mr Springborg believes he has the support of the majority of his Liberal National Party colleagues despite reports there could be a leadership stoush within weeks.
Labor's sneaky move to reintroduce compulsory preferential voting at state elections is said to have resulted in anger within LNP ranks and will be reportedly harnessed as a trigger for the challenge.
Tim Mander and Tim Nicholls have both been considering a bid to remove Mr Springborg and a senior MP has already confronted him about his leadership, according to News Corp.
Neither Mr Mander nor Mr Nicholls said anything about the reported plot on Sunday, although Mr Springborg was quick to hose it down.
"The simply reality is that I'm very confident that this is not a view that's held by the overwhelming majority of my colleagues and this is a small number of people expressing that view," Mr Springborg told ABC Radio on Sunday.
"I think that will be met overwhelmingly with and by the ire of my colleagues."
The Labor minority government last month forced a reintroduction of compulsory preferential voting at state elections by tacking it on to an LNP bill to increase the number of state MPs from 89 to 93.
Labor's ploy is seen as a tactical move that will give it a massive advantage at the next election.
The voting reforms appear unpopular, with a ReachTel/Seven News poll finding just 27.3 per cent of Queenslanders supported the change, while 61.6 per cent opposed it.
The poll put support for Labor at 36.9 per cent and at 42.8 per cent for the LNP, but also showed more than 60 per cent of those voting for minor parties or independents would preference the ALP.
Deputy Opposition Leader John-Paul Langbroek said the poll showed the LNP was headed in the right direction and that Mr Springborg "absolutely" had his support.
"I just know that leaders are going through this satisfaction, dissatisfaction scaling. The important thing is we are leading two-party preferred," he said.
Mr Langbroek said the majority of the LNP would be frustrated by the lack of focus on the minority Labor government following the sneaky voting changes.
But Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk jumped on the leadership spill speculation, accusing the LNP of always being concerned about themselves.
It's not the first time Mr Springborg has had to hose down speculation of a leadership spill.
In February, Mr Langbroek said Mr Springborg was safe on the back of a bad week for the party in parliament.
In September, Mr Springborg made a public pitch to keep his job after a Newspoll showed his personal popularity and satisfaction ratings were on the wane.
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