SCOTT Driscoll has resigned from the Liberal National Party, avoiding an expulsion hearing set by the party for tomorrow.

The suspended LNP MP had been set to front an expulsion hearing at 1pm tomorrow, where he would face a charge of bringing the party into disrepute by providing false and misleading information dating back to his preselection before the 2012 state election.

Members of the LNP state executive were to have attended the hearing to decide whether he would be thrown out of the party.

But Mr Driscoll will avoid answering to the LNP's charges against him after releasing a media release at 6pm announcing his resignation from the party.

The resignation comes after The Courier-Mail reported today that the Redcliffe MP threatened to "walk out the front door guns blazing" if he was forced out of the LNP.

It follows a three-month investigation by the newspaper into the first-term MPs business affairs.

In a statement released by Mr Driscoll, written in the third person, he said he would be "dedicating his full energies to serving the people of Redcliffe, from the Queensland Parliamentary crossbenches."

"We've heard various utter rubbish allegations that I've basically exercised some sort of special "Jedi Mind Control" over people on private Boards that I've never even sat on myself or had a razoo of power over, just so they would give my wife a job, or offer her company a contract to provide services, even before I was elected to Parliament," he said in the statement.

"And we've been fed lines about some sort of secret "Bat Cave" type set up apparently operating in a secret wall cavity of my Redcliffe office with massive rivers of gold and diamonds basically flowing through to companies my family is linked to. And I supposedly sit their (sic) like Dr Evil and get confused between how many millions, billions or trillions are being made while stroking some hairless cat."

The LNP has released a brief statement that it has received notice from Mr Driscoll resigning his party membership.

"Mr Driscoll is no longer a member of the LNP," the statement says.

Earlier, it was reported that text messages Mr Driscoll sent to a close associate showed the MP's resentment at being grilled by party bosses over The Courier-Mail's revelations about his involvement with a retail lobby group and a community association and connections between them and his wife's company, Norsefire.

He vows revenge, after a "week of the worst public hell I've ever experienced".

"Just finished at LNP HQ at 12:30am. They are saying all the smear is fine," Mr Driscoll texted in the small hours of February 23, after being hauled in for an interview with party officials and their lawyer.

"They are claiming to be more concerned with the fact Norsefire has had perfectly legal contracts with either QRTSA or RCA.

"Because it 'looks like' I stacked their boards just to extract cash and did basically nothing. I'm really getting to the end of my tolerance."

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An hour later he texted: "I don't want to be pushed out the back door from a party after 24 years over lies and slur. I'll walk out the front door guns blazing and a book of names and where the bodies are buried."

The following day, he wrote: "Yes the f---wits at LNP HQ just need to look up the meaning of loyalty instead of suggesting that a company owned by my wife could look bad and be all scary because groups with board who I knew members of prior to the election legally awarded contracts to that company."

The Courier-Mail has reported Mr Driscoll had secret control of the Queensland Retail Traders and Shopkeepers Association and the Regional Community Association Moreton Bay while Norsefire earned hundreds of thousands of dollars in consultancy fees from the two organisations.

The suspended MP faces a further interrogation by the LNP hierarchy on Saturday, during which he will be asked to show cause why he should remain a party member.

Premier Campbell Newman told Parliament yesterday he expected Mr Driscoll "probably will be expelled" at the meeting.

LNP officials allege Mr Driscoll dishonestly answered questions before his preselection and made misleading statements to them and the media.

However, The Courier-Mail can reveal that concerns about Mr Driscoll's conduct and character have been common knowledge in senior party circles since he worked as state campaign and research manager at the National Party nine years ago.

Terry Bolger, president of the Nationals at the time, said Mr Driscoll had left after questions were raised about his use of office equipment for online dating activities.

The Courier-Mail reported in February that during Mr Driscoll's preselection, LNP "troubleshooter" Con Galtos received details of serious allegations made against Mr Driscoll by an ex-girlfriend.

The Crime and Misconduct Commission is assessing evidence of Mr Driscoll's involvement with the Regional Community Association Moreton Bay.

Mr Driscoll also faces a probe by the Clerk of the Parliament into alleged misuse of his electorate office.

Parliament's Ethics Committee has been referred similar allegations.

Mr Driscoll did not respond to a request for comment.

Originally published as Scott Driscoll quits LNP ahead of meeting