Postcard Bandit claims he's 'clean'

Infamous Queensland bank robber and prison escapee Brenden Abbott will have to wait to find out if he will finally be granted parole.

Abbott, known as the "Postcard Bandit", appeared in the Brisbane Supreme Court on Friday to challenge the Queensland Parole Board's decision not to release him last year.

Appearing via videolink, Abbott told Justice Jean Dalton he'd been "squeaky clean" since 2005 and hadn't breached any prison rules during that time.

But Justice Dalton reserved her decision, to be revealed at a later date.

Abbott, an inmate at the Woodford Correctional Centre, has served 17 years of a 25-year sentence for a number of armed robberies and escapes.

He was dubbed the "Postcard Bandit" for allegedly taunting police by sending postcards during his time on the run.