On Friday morning, the Crime and Corruption Commission announced Mr Bailey would not face criminal charges over his deletion of his mangocube6@yahoo.co.uk email account.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the decision to return Mr Bailey to the ministry was made after the "clear finding" of CCC Commissioner Alan MacSporran.

Ms Palaszczuk said she met with Mr Bailey on Friday morning to discuss his portfolio.

Mr Bailey will resume his job as Main Roads, Road Safety and Ports, Energy, Biofuels and Water Supply Minister, effective Friday.

Ms Palaszczuk said her department was working with the State Archivist to develop revised guidelines for managing public documents, which would be released as soon as practical.

Mr MacSporran described Mr Bailey as "foolish" for his use and subsequent deletion of a private email account.

He said the only reason Mr Bailey did not fall foul of the Public Records Act when he deleted his email account was because he reactivated it again.

Mr MacSporran said Mr Bailey was "incredibly lucky" not to be facing criminal charges and he urged MPs to avoid using private email accounts because they created the "perception of corruption".

The saga was sparked after it was revealed Mr Bailey deleted the email account, following reports he was contacted at that address by the Electrical Trades Union over the merger of Energy Super and Victoria's Equip Super.

A media application for the release of correspondence under Right to Information laws was rejected on the grounds the minister's email account was "closed".

Mr Bailey then announced he would reactivate the account, before the LNP referred the matter to the CCC.

The CCC found 660 of the records could only be disposed of with the authorisation of the State Archivist but it decided there was no basis to pursue criminal charges because the records could be recovered.

- with AAP