Palaszczuk meets Qld's One Nation leader

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and One Nation leader Steve Dickson have crossed paths on the campaign trail in Bundaberg.

Steve Dickson (c) talking to Annastacia Palaszczuk (r) at a bar.

Annastacia Palaszczuk (right) and One Nation's Steve Dickson crossed paths at a Bundaberg pub. (AAP)

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has crossed paths with One Nation leader Steve Dickson in a local Bundaberg pub while both on the campaign trail.

Both were there on Thursday night to be interviewed for Sky News, with the leaders exchanging pleasantries and a handshake before retreating to a diplomatic distance.

Labor looks likely to hang onto the Bundaberg electorate on preference flows, however, One Nation could threaten if there's a surge of support.

Ms Palaszczuk told Sky News she wasn't willing to concede Bundaberg and would put up a fight for the seat.

"We don't take anything for granted, we know how important communities are right across Queensland," Mr Palaszczuk said.

She has been on a blitz of regional eats on the first week of the election campaign, partly to shore up Labor support but also to head off the threat of One Nation, with the minor party polling around 16 per cent statewide, but much higher in individual electorates.

Ms Palaszczuk earlier in the night launched the campaign of Labor's Bundaberg MP Leanne Donaldson, describing her winning a second term as "like climbing Mt Everest again".


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