Eight Queensland Federal Nationals MPs are threatening to split from the LNP at the next election.

The MPs are said to be in talks with Federal Nationals director Ben Hindmarsh to use Barnaby Joyce in their relaunch “in a matter of weeks”, the Courier Mail reports.

Meanwhile, Labor has now won 44 of the 47 seats it needs to form a majority government following Saturday's state election, with Labor candidate Cynthia Lui set to win the far north Queensland seat of Cook.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk remains confident she will win enough seats to form a majority government, with Labor expected to win 47 or 48 with nine seats remaining in doubt.



The LNP has secured 36 seats and is expected to win a total of 40.

The Nationals MPs want to use Barnaby Joyce to relaunch themselves at the next election. (AAP)

The federal Nationals MPs believe the LNP has “emasculated the proud party of the bush” and want to differentiate themselves from the Liberals, according to The Courier Mail.

“Federally we are two separate parties, we need to vocalise that more,” Maranoa MP David Littleproud told the paper.

The purported change would see The Nationals run a separate election campaign to the Liberal Party as well as rolling out new branding and advertising.

The LNP would operate transactionally, as a legal entity, and Nationals candidate names on ballot tickets would remain under the LNP banner.

“It goes beyond branding. I always called myself the Nationals Member for Maranoa,’’ Mr Littleproud said.

“I can see us becoming irrelevant if we keep heading down the path we’re heading. We’re becoming, in the eyes of the public, more city orientated than rural and regional,’’ Mr O’Dowd said.

With many Nationals MPs holding marginal seats in Queensland, they believe they are set to become victims of One Nation at the next election.

“Initially we should make our point as Nationals and make sure we’re heard by our Liberal Party cousins. If that doesn’t work then we take the next step, which could be a break away.”

Nationals MP George Christensen looks on at the former Deputy Prime Minister in June. (AAP) (AAP)

Matt Canavan has also told Liberal colleagues to expect the Nationals to behave as a separate power. (AAP)

The Courier Mail reports plans are already in the works with the Nationals waiting for Mr Joyce to win his by-election this weekend before being back in Parliament as early as the first week of December.

“The LNP is going to have a very honest discussion with itself among its members as to where non-Labor politics in Queensland goes from here,” Attorney-General George Brandis, who is a Liberal, said yesterday.

Senator and cabinet minister Matt Canavan has also told his federal Liberal colleagues to expect the Nationals to behave more independently.

"This is confirmation for me of how important it is at a federal level to have a strong Nationals Party, hopefully with Barnaby Joyce re-elected in a week's time, and we've got to get out there and show people why we fight for them," he said.