KAP would only contest between 10 and 15 seats, Mr Katter said, none of which would be city electorates. Instead, KAP would have a targeted campaign in rural and regional Queensland, "The [Liberal National Party] is no longer the LNP, it's the Liberal Party," Mr Katter said. "They represent Brisbane and the big cities, the big corporate interests and that's fine, but we're here for rural and regional Queensland. "We're going to be very focused in our approach in this election."

Mr Katter said it was "on the cards" that the KAP would hold the balance of power, meaning it could have a say in which major party formed government. He said the LNP would have to shelve its asset privatisation plans to get his party's support. "That will be up to them to decide if they want to take government or not, but that will be the cost for them, that they won't be able to deliver asset sales." Mr Katter said the government's "Strong Choices" plan to lease assets for as long as 99 years amounted to asset sales. "Tim Nicholls settled that for us in 2010 when he said they're as good as an asset sale," he said.

"They're his words, not mine, so we don't even need to debate that." Queensland Greens Senator Larissa Waters said her party would run a "strong campaign" with candidates in every seat. "The Premier's trying to catch everyone on the hop, but we know that Queenslanders will take the chance to have their say and to send that strong message to the Newman government that they want a stronger and more progressive government," she said. "We'd like the Greens to have that chance to represent them inside the Parliament." The Greens have never won a seat in Queensland Parliament, although they held one seat between 2008 and 2009 when sitting Labor Indooroopilly member Ronan Lee defected to the party in the seat of Indooroopilly.

Transport Minister Scott Emerson, who defeated Mr Lee in 2009, now holds Indooroopilly with a margin of 19.5 per cent. While Senator Waters said Queenslanders were ready to "kick out this government", she remained coy on whether that would require the Greens to direct preferences to the Labor Party. "We'll be having discussions with all the parties, but the important thing is people can send a message by voting '1' Green and then deciding who next best deserves their vote," she said. "I personally would like to see the back of the Newman government, but that's something that every voter will decide on the day." Speaking on the Gold Coast, Palmer United Party federal leader Clive Palmer said every law passed by the LNP would be scrubbed out in the event his party took power.