It has been a tough week for the Queensland government.

But at least its staffers still have a sense of humour.

Faced with an Essential Poll which found the Queensland government to be the least trusted state government in the nation, a government spokeswoman found some solace.

"Despite a campaign of misinformation by the opposition and the unions, Queensland still rates above South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, and is considered more trustworthy than the media and trade unions,” she said, pointing to another series of statistics from the poll.

Coming on the back of Monday’s Newspoll, which found the LNP had slipped behind Labor on a two-party preferred basis for the first time since it won the 2012 election in a landslide, this week’s Essential online poll, which asks questions based on “topical issues” was another knock.