When Ms Trad objected to the "Jihad Jackie" slur, Mr Newman accused her of having a glass jaw and said she was "out to get" the Leader of the Opposition.

"Week after week when we come in here the member for South Brisbane shows the biggest glass jaw that I have ...," he said, before he was interrupted by a brief interjection from Ms Palaszczuk.

"She is so precious considering she was involved in one of the nastiest and meanest political campaigns in Australia's history and she is yet to come into this place and apologise.

"If she wants to be the Leader of the Opposition, she is going to have to harden up."

Mr Stevens withdrew the comment after being urged to do so by Speaker Fiona Simpson.