Queensland One Nation Leader Steve Dickson says their policy of preferencing sitting MPs last at the upcoming state election isn't set in stone, and could change before the poll.
Media reports on Thursday quoted Pauline Hanson's chief-of-staff James Ashby saying they had learned from their election defeat in Western Australia and would put all sitting MPs last, regardless of what party they represented.
But Mr Dickson on Thursday told AAP he had since spoken to Mr Ashby, and while they both agreed it was the party's policy today, it may not be come election day.
"I might not wake up tomorrow, anything could happen, the government might decide to go on a fishing trip, who knows?" Mr Dickson said.
"Today, that's exactly what's happened, if you were a betting person it's the favourite of the day, but as we all know, favourites don't always win."
Mr Dickson stressed there were no divisions between himself and Mr Ashby, nor the federal arm of the party, and added they were "a team."
The latest poll by Essential, for The Guardian, has One Nation back to around 13 per cent support state-wide, however that is much higher in individual seats.
If One Nation does follow through with the preference-last policy it could have an impact in several seats across the state.
The Liberal National Party opposition stand to lose out more than Labor under the policy, with the LNP more likely to lose votes that it wouldn't get back if One Nation's voters put them last, potentially handing the Labor candidate the seat.
Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls used this in state parliament on Thursday to claim Labor would benefit from One Nation votes.
"In fact, Labor and this premier (Annastacia Palaszczuk) are red hot to do a deal with the redhead," Mr Nicholls said, referring to Senator Hanson.
"A vote for One Nation is clearly a vote for Labor government."
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