Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has rejected suggestions Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull should stay home to deal with the Barnaby Joyce saga rather than attend a United States trade mission.
Ms Palaszczuk leaves on Tuesday bound for the US where she is set to join Mr Turnbull and other state and territory leaders in Washington DC for a meeting with more than 40 US governors.
She said she "100 per cent" believed the prime minister should attend the meeting.
"In terms of domestic politics I think he needs to sort that out, he has made several very strong comments," Ms Palaszczuk told reporters on Monday.
"But it is very important that when we head overseas to the United States that we present a united front."
In addition to travelling to Washington DC for the National Governors' Association meeting, Ms Palaszczuk will also be meeting with key investors in New York and film studios in Los Angeles.
The Labor government lists the US as Queensland's 10th most important export market, while one in 10 international tourists visiting the state are American.
Australian Associated Press
