The Queensland Police Union (QPU) has defended an officer involved in a weekend confrontation at a Brisbane home.

Police are reviewing footage that shows an officer repeatedly pushing a woman and then knocking her to the floor.

Police said they were called to the Zillmere home in Brisbane's north after receiving reports of a domestic dispute.

But when they arrived, a dispute broke out between officers and the family, who insisted they had the wrong house.

QPU president Ian Leavers said the officer's response was justified given the situation.

"The police have acted entirely appropriately and I would have probably done the same," he said.

"What I will say is the police showed a lot of restraint, and the only thing I would have done differently is I would have arrested her well before they did.

"But it's a judgment call they had to do at the time."

Michael Cope from the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties said the family should complain to Queensland's Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC).

"All allegations of police misuse of their powers need to be investigated," he said.

"We would be encouraging the family to make a complaint, we would be encouraging the CCC to look at the issue carefully."