My leadership is safe: Springborg

Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg has acknowledged unhappiness with his leadership, but says he will take the Liberal National Party to the next Queensland election.

Mr Springborg on Monday admitted some disgruntled LNP MPs were last week pushing for education spokesman Tim Mander to mount a leadership challenge.

"There certainly appeared to be some of those discussions," Mr Springborg said.

However, he said Monday's shadow cabinet meeting indicated there was no threat to his leadership.

"I saw nothing today that indicated that anything would happen other than the status quo," he said.

When asked whether he would lead the LNP to the next election, Mr Springborg replied: "I believe so".

Former NRL referee Mr Mander did not address media when he left the meeting, but had previously said he knew nothing about the push for him to take over as leader.

Deputy leader John-Paul Langbroek said Mr Springborg "absolutely" had his full confidence, while infrastructure spokesman Tim Nicholls said the LNP would be holding the government to account "under Lawrence Springborg's leadership".

Although Mr Springborg has regularly trailed Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk in the polls, questions over his leadership intensified following a poor week in parliament for the party.

The LNP was unable to stop the government's contentious lockout laws and one of its first-term MPs, Ann Leahy, was publicly admonished for misleading parliament.

Mr Springborg will again be in the spotlight when parliament sits on Tuesday.

Former deputy premier Jeff Seeney and the LNP's science spokesman John McVeigh are expected to announce they will contest preselection for the federal seats of Wide Bay and Groom respectively.

Nominations for both seats opened on Monday and will close on March 7.

Ms Palaszczuk said by-elections would be held in the seats of Callide and Toowoomba South as soon as possible if Mr Seeney and Mr McVeigh were preselected.

The premier said the fact they wanted to switch to the federal sphere showed LNP MPs didn't have faith in Mr Springborg.

Although Ms Palaszczuk said she didn't care who she faced at the next election, she couldn't help but have a dig at the LNP.

"What we are seeing is complete dysfunction and disarray from the state LNP," she said.