Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk have urged voters to put their faith in them at upcoming elections by promising to deliver on jobs, a republic, and reducing inequality.
The pair delivered keynote speeches at the sunshine state's Labor conference in Townsville on Saturday.
Both Mr Shorten and Ms Palaszczuk used the platform to put their case for why they should be charged with leading Australia and Queensland.
Mr Shorten vowed to tackle the country's rising inequality crisis if he was elected to govern, by saying he would improve the lives of "working and middle-class Australians" rather than the top one per cent.
He also reaffirmed his commitment to reinstating penalty rates and promised to hold a vote on whether Australia should become a republic within his first term of government.
A federal election is likely another two years away, but there is speculation Queensland could go to the polls in a matter of months.
Ms Palaszczuk said Labor would be underdogs in the "fight", but she told the party faithful seated in front of her they were up to the job.
"Last time, we climbed Mount Everest against all the odds," she said.
"This time, with the LNP cosying up to One Nation, the battle will be just as hard."
But Ms Palaszczuk made no secret about the fact she was not interested in forming a minority government.
"In the next term of parliament, I want a working Labor majority to keep driving Queensland forward and protect our state from the excesses of the LNP," she said.
The Labor party hierarchy put a stop to three anti-Adani resolutions proposed for debate at the conference earlier this week.
It was replaced with a single resolution that supports the mega-mine and endorses the environmental controls surrounding it.
But outside Saturday's conference, protesters gathered to voice their opposition to the project.
Stop Adani Townsville member Helen Hynes urged Ms Palaszczuk to "stop backing" a dying industry that was killing the Great Barrier Reef and destroying the climate.
The shortened conference will finish on Saturday afternoon and is the last before the next state election.
