Queensland's premier has again tried to win over MPs outside her minority Labor government to pass controversial lockout laws.
Annastacia Palaszczuk has urged all politicians to support the legislation, set to be debated in parliament this week, to reduce deaths and assaults from alcohol-fuelled violence.
"The parliament as one can do something here - the LNP can easily come to the party and pass these community laws," she said on Sunday, flanked by several ministers and representatives from the health and emergency services sector.
"Let me make it clear - if these laws do not pass it is not our fault.
"The burden of responsibility will be on those opposite - the LNP, that will not come to the party and support these community laws.
The premier hasn't detailed whether she has a Plan B if the laws don't pass but has said she won't call an early election if it doesn't go in her favour.
It's doubtful her comments will persuade the opposition Liberal Nationals who oppose the legislation, however the premier is hopeful talks with the two Katter's Australian Party MPs and Independent Billy Gordon on Monday will be more successful.
Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg again said on Sunday the government needed to provide critical evidence which proved the laws worked.
"We've always said that if this government can explain to us why the casino ... is exempt from these laws or the strip club next door, then we would look at those sorts of things," he said.
"Under their plan they're going to close the pubs and funnel people into (the casino) - why is that the case?
"There's so many inconsistencies in this law."
The laws need support from both KAP members or Mr Gordon to pass, however all three have expressed serious reservations about the impacts on northern cities which rely on tourism.
Mt Isa MP Robbie Katter said he was undecided on Sunday.
The laws, if successful, will ban shots after midnight and impose a 2am last drinks call statewide.
However, they will allow venues in entertainment precincts to apply for a 3am last drinks call if they combine it with a 1am lockout.
The LNP has criticised Labor for forcing Cairns MP Rob Pyne, a vocal critic of the legislation, to toe the party line and have said it won't punish its members if they want to cross the floor and vote in favour of the laws.
There has been an increased focus on alcohol-fuelled violence following a rise in attacks against paramedics as well as street assaults in entertainment precincts such as the fatal one-punch attack on teenager Cole Miller in Fortitude Valley.
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