"A reintroduced death penalty for certain or specified terrorist acts should also be considered, in my view."

"I certainly support the suspension of privileges, including the right to vote or receive social security or other governmental entitlements, if convicted of terrorism-related offences.

"We need strong action against those people, whether Australian-born citizens or otherwise, who follow and promote transnational terrorism," he said.

Dr Rowan, while also advocating access to literacy and drug and alcohol rehabilitation for prisoners to help tackle prisons as a "susceptible breeding ground for the recruitment of individuals to extremist ideology", said he believed the death penalty should be re-introduced for those convicted of certain terrorism acts.

The debate, which extended established laws Queensland is yet to use, had the support of both sides of Parliament.

Queensland became the first Australian state to abolish the death penalty, doing so in 1922.

By 1984, it was removed as a punishment across the nation, with the federal government passing a law in 2010 preventing any state from re-establishing it.

Health Minister Cameron Dick made mention of Dr Rowan's comments during Thursday's question time, following a question from Dr Rowan on staffing cuts, saying while the government would continue to review decisions made by the Newman administration, it would "not be reintroducing the death penalty".

"The government, after almost a century after the Labor government abolished the death penalty in Queensland, we will not be following down the frolic path, the disgraceful path of the member for Moggill, who has now suggested it be reintroduced into Queensland."

Dr Rowan later said he believed it was time for a "public debate" on

the issue, but Opposition leader Lawrence Springborg said it was not

LNP policy.

"I understand people have passionate views on this for a range of

reasons, but I don't share that view," he said.

"...We live in a democratic country, where a range of people

regardless of their backgrounds have a different range of views and

that cuts across a whole range of professions. I think that is a

great thing about the democracy we have, now he has his view, it is

not the view which is shared by the LNP, but we have no problem with

people advocating their views, but it doesn't mean that they are able

to have their view have majority support."