KAP seeks Qld crossbench voting bloc

Robbie Katter is offering to relay the demands of likely Queensland crossbenchers should Labor lean on him for support to form government.

Robbie Katter hasn't given up hope of playing kingmaker, or rather Queenmaker, once again, moving to unite a disparate collection of crossbenchers following Saturday's poll.

The Katter's Australia Party state leader has reached out to independents and One Nation to discuss presenting a united front should Labor fall short of its expected majority in Queensland's parliament.

KAP, which is set to claim up to three seats following the poll, was a key player in the last parliament after guaranteeing supply to Annastacia Palaszczuk's minority government.

Ms Palaszczuk has vowed not to do any deals with minor parties, but could find herself backed into a corner should Labor fail to win the 47 seats required to form a majority.

"The premier's running around saying you need a stable majority, and I think that is such an inaccurate observation of what's just happened in the last three years," Mr Katter told AAP on Monday.

"If the premier had a stable majority in that last term she would have put through her radical agenda, that she couldn't, because we had the crossbench moderating it, blocking it, which I think contributed to her getting re-elected."

Mr Katter said he'd reached out to likely Noosa MP Sandy Bolton, Margaret Strelow in Rockhampton and One Nation leader Pauline Hanson.

One Nation candidate Stephen Andrew is a frontrunner to take the central Queensland seat of Mirani.

Together they could shape up to be a unified voting bloc in Queensland's 56th parliament, Mr Katter said.

"Regional Queensland has spoken in this election and the results are reversed against the government in the regions."

Mr Katter said he is confident of his party's prospects in Hinchinbrook, where its candidate Nick Dametto is projected to take the seat from LNP frontbencher Andrew Cripps.

"If that goes to us, that will be perhaps unprecedented," he said.

"It was under four weeks, that campaign, with a brand new candidate who had never been in politics.

"Under four weeks of a campaign and he is looking at beating a four-term cabinet minister for the LNP. "


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