Pauline Hanson has popped the champagne to kick off her week-long regional tour for the Queensland election campaign.

The One Nation leader looked relaxed and confident as she boarded her “battler bus” and confirmed the party had secured a preference deal with the Katter’s Australian Party.

“They will be No.2 on our ticket right across the state,” she said.

“I think because we’re aligned with many policies and views and I think it’s very important we get it right.”

Senator Hanson said the party had not discussed preferences with Labor or the Liberal National Party.

“We’ve made it quite clear that every sitting member, we will be putting them last,” she said.

“This is going to be one hell of a campaign because I think the people of Queensland are fed up with the major parties.

“Honestly I think this is going to be bigger than it was in 1998.”

That year, One Nation won 11 seats in the Queensland Parliament.

Senator Hanson would not offer her prediction on how many seats she expected the party to win this year, but said she was confident party leader Steve Dickson would win his seat of Buderim.

Queensland will be ‘the power state’: Hanson

Speaking on Sunday night, shortly after flying into Brisbane from India, she said the cost of electricity would be her main focus.

Senator Hanson was greeted by Mr Dickson and party supporters as she arrived at Brisbane International Airport after her time overseas with a parliamentary delegation.

She immediately took aim at both major parties.

“I believe the people of Queensland are fed up with both of them they have not delivered for Queensland,” she said.

“They’re going to realise now they truly have a campaign on with me being back.”

Last week, Senator Hanson accused Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk of deliberately calling the election early to capitalise on the fact that she was out of the country.

Mr Dickson said the party was caught out by the election announcement because they had taken Ms Palaszczuk at her word that the election would be next year.

Senator Hanson said the major issue to be highlighted on her campaign would be electricity supply and power prices.

“The main factor is to drive down the electricity prices. We will make this not the Sunshine State but the power state,” she said.

When asked about voter preferences, she was quick to reject any suggestion of a deal with the LNP.

“There’s no deal whatsoever – it’s up to the people of Queensland to decide how they care to vote and where their vote will go.”

On the first stop of the regional tour, One Nation pledged $500,000 to help set up a regional retreat for veterans.

It would help rehabilitate returned servicemen and women who suffer from post-traumatic stress and issues like homelessness.

“This is very important to me,” Senator Hanson told the group of veterans.

“I haven’t come here with millions of dollars but it’s something I think I can give to you and everyone who have served this country.”

One Nation said the facility would be funded by scrapping Brisbane’s Cross River Rail project.

One Nation Queensland leader Steve Dickson with Pauline Hanson and supporters at Brisbane Airport on Sunday night. Photo: AAP

Both major parties accuse each other of preference deal

Ms Palaszczuk was asked whether she was worried about Senator Hanson campaigning in Queensland.

“Wasn’t it launched with champagne? That says a lot,” she said.

“I cannot be clearer to the people of Queensland, if you vote for One Nation, you’ll get Tim Nicholls.

“The Labor Party, my government, will do no deal with One Nation, if that means going into Opposition, so be it.”

LNP leader Tim Nicholls said he did not care about One Nation’s preference decisions.

Mr Nicholls is campaigning on Monday in several seats north of Brisbane to promote his power price plan.

He fielded questions about the LNP’s yet-to-be-revealed decision on preferences and said they would be decided seat by seat, regardless of what Labor did.

Mr Nicholls said the LNP’s seat-by-seat preferences would not be affected by One Nation’s decision not to deal with either major party.

“It doesn’t make any difference to our decision,” he said.

“I’ve always known a vote for One Nation will be a vote for the Labor Party and a Labor government.

“We’re in this to win it.”

-ABC