Disgraced former state MP Gordon Nuttall has failed in his bid to have the Queensland Government's claim on his superannuation entitlements mediated behind closed doors.

Earlier this year, the Government launched legal action to pursue Nuttall's taxpayer-funded super, estimated in 2009 to be about $800,000.

Nuttall was jailed in 2009 for receiving secret payments from businessmen while he was a senior member of the Beattie Labor government, between 2002 and 2005.

This included $360,000 from mining magnate Ken Talbot and more than $150,000 from businessman Brendan McKennariey to secure $3.6 million in government work.

The former Labor minister fought in the Supreme Court to have the matter mediated, saying he felt it could be resolved within hours if there was goodwill from both sides.

"I'm certainly not trying to hide anything, and I understand because of the profile of the case, but because it has that profile that shouldn't preclude me from trying to negotiate an outcome," Nuttall told the court.

He read an extract of a letter to the court outlining the crown's intent to avoid any settlement negotiations with him.

Justice Debra Mullins said the matter would be set down for a hearing next year at a date to be fixed, and that this would not prevent Nuttall from negotiating in the meantime.

"Every now and then there's a matter which for other public policy reasons needs to go to court," Justice Mullins said.

"Ultimately I think you'll find that the crown will want a judge to determine the amount."

Nuttall was released on parole in 2015 after serving six years of a 14-year sentence, the longest sentence handed to an Australian politician for corruption.

His holiday home in Wide Bay was sold by the state, along with his family home in Sandgate, the electorate he served for 14 years.