Annastacia Palaszczuk, David Crisafulli rule out deals with crossbench in hung parliament

The latest public polling shows both major parties would fall short of the 47 seats required to form majority government at next year’s state election.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and her Liberal National Party rival, David Crisafulli, have both ruled out forming a minority government with crossbench support.

With the latest public polling showing both major parties would fall short of the 47 seats required to form majority government at next year’s state election, both leaders have said they would not negotiate with minor parties in a hung parliament.

A YouGov poll of 1013 Queensland voters, released last week by the Courier Mail, shows the LNP leads Labor on a statewide two-party-preferred basis of 52-48 per cent.

On those numbers, the challenge for the LNP to win the 13 extra seats needed to govern in their own right remains tough, pointing to the likelihood of a hung parliament after the October 26 election.

Queensland Leader of the Opposition David Crisafulli arrives for a press conference in Brisbane. Picture: Dan Peled / NCA NewWire

On Tuesday , LNP leader David Crisafulli said he would not strike deals with minor parties because “Queenslanders need stability”.

“The only people talking about doing deals is a very, very desperate government” he said.

In an interview with The Australian last week, Ms Palaszczuk also ruled out doing any deals to stay in power.

“We will go for majority government,” she said.

“I think the people of this state realise that majority governments are actually good for stability.

“I promised the people in Queensland stability, and that's what I have delivered over the past eight and a half years.”

During the 2015 campaign, Ms Palas­zczuk pledged that she would never do a deal on minority government, but weeks later, she formed government with the support of independent MP Peter Wellington.

In Queensland’s 93 seat parliament, Labor holds 52 seats, the LNP have 34. The seven-member crossbench includes three Katter’s Australia Party MPs, two Greens, one One Nation and independent Sandy Bolton.

Earlier this month Mr Crisafulli said he had not decided whether to preference Greens candidates over Labor and risk a backlash from his conservative base.