Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk fears the state will descend into "chaos" if a poll predicting One Nation winning 18 per cent of the vote in the state's upcoming election proves accurate.
A weekend Reachtel poll of 4000 voters put the LNP ahead of Labor 52-48 per cent, two-party preferred, reversing the results of a Newspoll from a month ago that had Labor ahead 53-47.
The latest opinion poll has put Ms Palaszczuk's Labor government and the LNP within a whisker of each other on the primary vote, 32.1 per cent ahead of 30.6 per cent.
But of most concern to Ms Palaszczuk is One Nation's primary vote figure of 18.1 per cent.
"We do not want to see chaos in this state," Ms Palaszczuk said on the Gold Coast for a Commonwealth Games event on Monday.
"We're going to have the eyes of the world on the Commonwealth Games in just six months' time; do we really want to put all that at risk?
"Queensland needs a majority government."
Ms Palaszczuk is expected to call an election date within the next two weeks, although the latest polling may force a delay to her plans.
"There's still a lot of things to do. I will under no circumstance, put this state at risk of an LNP-One Nation coalition," she said, adding her belief an agreement between Tim Nicholls' LNP and Pauline Hanson's One Nation would undo everything her government had achieved over the past two and a half years.
Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls has previously said "there's no room" at the cabinet table for One Nation if the LNP wins the election.
Mr Nicholls admits he's got some work to do to convince voters to return the Liberal National Party to power, just one term after they spectacularly dumped the party and its unpopular leader Campbell Newman.
"There is no doubt that there is voter disenchantment with the major parties, and that's the ALP and my own party the LNP," he told the ABC.
"We believe there is a pathway through to winning the next election - by articulating a clear vision for the state."
Ms Palaszczuk formed minority government in January 2015 after voters dumped Mr Newman and his cabinet after a tumultuous single term.
The Queensland parliament will increase by four seats to 93 at the next election and four-year fixed terms will be introduced in line with most other states.
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