LNP calls on Palaszczuk to set poll date

Queensland Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls is calling on Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to announce the next election.

Mr Nicholls on Saturday said the premier needed to set a date for the poll to avoid unnecessary uncertainty.

"What we don't want to see is businesses come to a screaming halt because they are not sure about the election," he told reporters in Brisbane.

An election is due by early 2018 but is widely expected to be called sometime this year.

Mr Nicholls accused Ms Palaszczuk of attempting to avoid the issue by not taking questions from media on Saturday morning at the opening of a new Lego store at Dreamworld.

"She is running and hiding from answering the questions that Queenslanders deserve to know the answers to," Mr Nicholls said.

Ms Palaszczuk will spend next week in central Queensland, starting with a cabinet meeting in Rockhampton on Monday.

A spokesman for her said preparations for the June 13 budget would form a major part of her business during the week, an indication the premier isn't planning on calling an election until the second half of the year.