PREMIER Anna Bligh will not convene a Royal Commission into official corruption in Queensland despite the latest polling which shows 72% of voters have no confidence that corruption in state government was stamped out with the prosecution of Gordon Nuttall.

The Galaxy polling showed that 73% of Labor voters were either unsure whether corruption had been stamped out (14%), or had no confidence it had been stamped out (59%).

LNP leader Campbell Newman has failed to respond to repeated questions about whether he would, if elected, call an independent inquiry.

Ms Bligh said the Crime and Misconduct Commission was a standing Royal Commission of Inquiry and had the power to establish any inquiry into any matters it believed required investigation.

“Any person who has any information they believe warrants investigation should provide that to the CMC,” she said.

Ms Bligh was responding to questions from the Sunshine Coast Daily about whether she would call an independent inquiry as a first step to restoring public confidence in the government.

Independent member for Nicklin Peter Wellington said said investigation of the function of the CMC should be part of any inquiry.

He and the independent member for Bundaberg, Rob Messenger, have called for an independent commission into official corruption.

Mr Wellington described the CMC as a “toothless tiger” set up as an opportune way to get “hot potatoes” off the radar.

Ms Bligh said the CMC had the powers to independently investigate the allegations made by Mr Nuttall and it was entirely a matter for the CMC to determine an outcome.

She defended her right to prejudge the CMC’s findings after she described the allegations as “bizarre, ridiculous and demonstrably untrue.”