The Queensland Palmer United Party has splits on the mind – one day after Alex Douglas resigned from the party, its sole remaining state MP has called for north Queensland to be made its own state.

Carl Judge, who, as the only remaining PUP MP was named leader of the party by federal leader Clive Palmer after Alex Douglas resigned on Monday, said creating a separate state for north Queensland “would be a major policy of the Palmer United Party going in to the next state election.”

Clive Palmer's PUP has backed a separate state for North Queensland. Credit:Alex Ellinghausen

“The Palmer United Party believes there would be significant advantages to North Queensland’s self-government,” he said in a statement.

“The region has long been neglected by both the state and federal governments, yet it continues to act as a major economic centre and contributor to the Australian economy.”