Premier won't dump Miller for Hanson meet

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says she won't dump her maverick Bundamba MP Jo-Ann Miller, who met with One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson on Tuesday

Pauline Hanson smiles as Jo-Ann Miller hugs a One Nation supporter.

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has met up with Labor MP Jo-Ann Miller (r) on the campaign trail. (AAP)

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has ruled out disendorsing Bundamba MP Jo-Ann Miller after the rogue backbencher met with Pauline Hanson on the campaign trail on Tuesday.

Senator Hanson's "Battler Bus" stopped off for a pre-arranged visit at a pre-polling booth where Ms Miller was campaigning, undermining Labor's campaign against One Nation.

Ms Miller embraced the One Nation leader and Ipswich candidate Malcolm Roberts and presented Senator Hanson with a set of booties and a beanie for her newborn grandson, Nate.

When told of the encounter, the premier said she was "not happy", but would "get all the facts" about the incident before she made any statement.

A short time later, after a campaign visit to Calliope State School outside of Gladstone, Ms Palaszczuk told reporters she had seen the incident, and she didn't think it needed further action.

"I don't think there is anything wrong during this election campaign about people being nice," she said.

Bundamba is one of the safest electorates in the state and there have been accusations Ms Miller is being protected because Labor needs her seat as it looks to win at least 47 to give it majority government.

However LNP Leader Tim Nicholls was in no mood for niceties, seizing on the incident as proof of Labor's internal divisions.

"This is a Labor government that is wracked with internal divisions, a premier who doesn't have authority to lead and she's been undermined by her own backbench and her own backbench members, a former police minister who she sacked."

The meeting between Ms Miller and Senator Hanson came just hours after Ms Miller took to ABC Radio to appeal to One Nation voters to put Labor second on their ballots.

That's despite the premier repeatedly saying she'd rather send Labor into opposition than accept the support of Senator Hanson's party.

Ms Miller has chosen not to feature Labor branding on her campaign material, saying everyone knows what party she's with.

One Nation is not running a candidate against Ms Miller and Senator Hanson said she wanted her to win her seat.

But Senator Hanson said there was no talk of a political defection.

"No, I don't do that," she said.


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