Palaszczuk government ministers have defended embattled Transport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe amid calls for him to fall on his sword.
Mr Hinchliffe has faced mounting pressure from the opposition to resign over the handling of the Queensland Rail driver shortage fiasco.
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Rail debacle costing $1m a fortnight
Queensland Rail had a "fundamental failure of management" in not preparing for a driver shortage. 7 News Queensland: November 1, 2016
Queensland Rail's chief executive officer, chair of the board and the head of train service delivery have all gone so far.
While Mr Hinchliffe and Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk were unavailable for radio interviews on Wednesday morning, acting chief executive officer Neil Scales fronted up to Steve Austin's 612 ABC Brisbane program.
Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey said Mr Hinchliffe had the cabinet's "absolute confidence".
"Stirling Hinchliffe is working very hard to ensure that this situation is dealt with and managed," he said.
"I think it's well known that Queensland Rail had not informed him of the issues here and he is working very hard and has been very effective to deal with this."
Disability Services Minister Coralee O'Rourke said Mr Hinchliffe had the "absolute support of cabinet".
"He's working very hard on making sure that QR is delivering a solution to this particular issue," Ms O'Rourke said.
"This is a particular issue that both himself and the premier have expressed their serious frustration and fury with.
"This is something that is completely unacceptable and needs to be fixed and that's what he's working very hard on."
It comes after numerous reports warning Queensland Rail of the looming issues surfaced, which Mr Hinchliffe said never made it to his office.
Train services have repeatedly been cancelled across south-east Queensland, as Queensland Rail attempts to create a workable interim timetable following the opening of the Redcliffe Peninsula Line without enough drivers.
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