The Queensland LNP president Lawrence Springborg has released a statement:

Under existing parliamentary arrangements, the National and Liberal Party rooms retain the discretion and autonomy to negotiate their own policy positions and working arrangements.

This is not a matter that is determined by the organisational wing of the Liberal National Party, or the federal equivalent of either the Nationals or Liberal Party.

The current discussions between the respective federal party rooms have no bearing or impact on the organisational arrangements within the Queensland LNP, which has recently won the Brisbane City Council Election, State Election and was the only state or territory to secure the majority of seats and the majority of votes in the recent Federal Election.

If the former Liberal National Coalition had achieved the same proportion of seats in other states and territories as the LNP in Queensland at the Federal Election, Peter Dutton and David Littleproud would be Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister respectively, with a four-seat working majority.

The LNP remains optimistic that the federal party rooms will continue discussions around negotiating a future Coalition agreement.

The positive benefit that comes from the single united LNP in Queensland is there will be no Nationals, or Liberals contesting against each other in a futile waste of critical resources.

We hope that as a part of the ongoing federal discussions this can also be avoided in other places around our nation.

Ongoing positive, pragmatic and outcomes-focused discussions aimed at achieving a new Coalition are crucial going forward.

Millions of LNP supporters nationwide expect this of us.

In the meantime, Queensland’s singular LNP organisation will remain focused on servicing the needs of its united membership and supporters.