Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has labelled the federal government's plan to forcibly acquire land so it can be used for defence training by Singapore's military "heartless and cruel".
Ms Palaszczuk believes existing facilities at the Shoalwater Bay training base, near Rockhampton, are already sufficient and she'll meet with local graziers later on Wednesday to hear their concerns.
"I think the graziers have a right to know the finer details of what the federal government signed up to with the Singaporean government which will see them lose their land," Ms Palaszczuk told reporters in Yeppoon.
"What is the secret deal the Turnbull government signed with the Singaporean government? Because I'll tell you what, he's not telling the people of this community what the situation is."
The deal would see Singapore spend more than $2 billion upgrading facilities at Shoalwater as well as the Townsville Field Training Area, for use by up to 14,000 soldiers by 2021.
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To do so they reportedly need to resume thousands of hectares of land around Shoalwater, which is occupied by graziers and farmers.
The Liberal National Party state opposition as well as One Nation have both also condemned the deal with Singapore, in a rare case of political consensus on an issue.
But Ms Palaszczuk also urged One Nation leader Pauline Hanson to stop acting like an outsider and use her position as an elected Queensland senator to lobby the prime minister on the issue.
"She (Senator Hanson) should be personally phoning Malcolm Turnbull and making him change his mind," the premier said.
"I'll be taking this issue to the prime minister, but when you are elected you have a responsibility to bring about change from within."
