Mr Dickson, who was re-elected under the LNP banner with a margin of 11.8 per cent, said One Nation would not enter into a partnership without those five agreements. “We either get this, or no deal,” he said. Mr Dickson said he understood the two major parties' public comments dismissing the prospect of a partnership with One Nation. “Well, I will make this point. It’s like drinking water. Everybody needs it and without it you die," Mr Dickson said. “And we happen to be holding a glass of water and both the major parties will walk over broken glass to get that.

“That represents what the balance of power will be in Queensland.” One Nation would use the $5.4 billion committed to the Cross River Rail to build a government-owned coal-fired power station in north Queensland, duplicate the Sunshine Coast rail line, spend $400 million widening the Mount Lindesay Highway, raise the Borumba Dam and build dams from Townsville to Rockhampton. Some of these projects are also backed by Labor, others by the LNP. Labor has agreed to fund Brisbane’s Cross River Rail initially from its own resources. It has promised $2.8 billion in the next four years and will approach “subsequent” federal governments if elected. The LNP had prepared its own version of the project between 2012-15. The party has since changed its language, questioning the project costs and demanding to see the “hidden” business case.

Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls has questioned the costs of Cross River Rail, despite backing a similarly-costed project when in government. Credit:AAP Most recently, Mr Nicholls said the LNP would not go back to its 2012-15 concept, but believed Labor’s present proposal was wrong. “We're just not convinced that the Cross River Rail project being put forward by the current government is the right answer at the right time,” he told state Parliament on August 28. Mr Dickson said One Nation accepted the findings of the Infrastructure Australia report into Cross River Rail that it was not needed until "late 2020s, or early 2030" based on 2011 patronage. He repeated a line frequently made by the opposition that the $5.4 billion project was "a political exercise" supported to help Deputy Premier Jackie Trad hold her seat of South Brisbane, despite the project being backed by every south-east Queensland mayor and 650 business representatives.

Mr Dickson said neither he nor anyone else in One Nation had spoken to anyone in the LNP about not supporting Cross River Rail. “Absolutely, crystal clear no,” Mr Dickson said. “The only time I see LNP people is in Parliament and they don’t like me much.” Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has signed a statutory declaration that Labor would "not enter into any deal, arrangement, power-sharing arrangement, or formal coalition with One Nation before and after the upcoming Queensland election”. That declaration was tabled in Parliament.

On Sunday, Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls came under fire after former LNP premier Campbell Newman said the LNP would need One Nation to win government. “I’ve ruled it out on countless occasions,” Mr Nicholls said. “Let me say it again. There will be no deal with One Nation – there will be no coalition and no shared ministry." Where the major parties stand on the other top five One Nation policy requests: Introducing medicinal cannabis: supported by Labor and the LNP.

Changing the government’s taxi reforms: the LNP agrees to “reverse” the policy; Labor promised a review after 12 months.

Abolishing Safe Schools: Labor is calling for a tender for professional development of principals and teachers. The LNP will dump the policy.

No pay increases for MPs: payrises for MPs are now set by the Independent Remuneration Tribunal.

One Nation has also put foward the following policies: Reducing the number of Queensland MPs from 93 seats to 45.

Reintroducing an upper house in Queensland.

Abolishing payroll tax.

A state-based citizen-initiated referenda program.