Queensland's crossbench is expected to swell as minor parties make waves among disenfranchised voters.
Of 93 seats in the Sunshine State parliament, seven are currently held by someone other than an ALP or Liberal National Party member.
Among them, lone independent Sandy Bolton in Noosa looks likely to comfortably retain her spot while her crossbench neighbours are confident of growing their representation in the next term of parliament.
Michael Berkman, who was first elected in 2017, and first-term member Amy MacMahon give the Greens an existing foothold in Maiwar and South Brisbane.
But they are determined to pick up at least three more seats on October 26 and have targeted several Labor-held Brisbane electorates.
They include Cooper, deputy speaker Joe Kelly's seat of Greenslopes, Miller and McConnel, held by Infrastructure Minister Grace Grace.
The Greens say there is a growing appetite for minor party representation as Labor and the LNP fail to meet community demands.
"What we're seeing is fewer and fewer people voting for the major parties," Ms MacMahon told AAP.
"They can see that neither of the major parties are actually working in the interests of everyday people."
Mr Berkman says it is becoming harder to tell the difference between the two main players as they take similar policies to the election including permanent 50 cent fares and scrapping stamp duty for first home buyers.
"I think the two party system in Queensland has been broken and hasn't been serving Queenslanders for a long time now," he said.
Travel past the tropic of Capricorn and deep into the state's northern mining belt and Katter's Australian Party leader Robbie Katter echoes that sentiment.
The 12-year member for Traeger, whose patch covers nearly 429,000 square kilometres, believes the two-party system is seriously flawed.
"Australia, for far too long, has been dominated by two major parties," he said from his office in Mount Isa.
"These two major parties have got too big and they're trying to be everything to everyone, and they end up standing for nothing.
"I might like some of the outcomes of the parliament but I do think we all benefit from more competition.
"One of the greatest oxymorons in modern politics is having a stable majority - I think that's an absolute joke. The stable majority has only bred disruption and and instability in politics in Queensland."
Mr Katter's party has deliberately limited itself to 11 candidates including incumbent MPs.
The addition in Mirani of Steve Andrew, who joined the Katters after being disendorsed by One Nation, leaves the Katter outfit as the largest party outside of the two majors.
Mr Katter says the party continues to pass the longevity test and that should send a message to Labor and the LNP.
"We're continuing to grow and they're more likely than ever now to need us to govern going forward."
The Katters are hoping to pick up at least another two Labor-held seats in far northern Queensland: Barron River and Cook.
Townsville is also a focus and a place where Mr Katter spends plenty of time due to crime issues.
As confident as he is in his own polling, the bigger picture indicates that the LNP is on track to win the election.
Leader David Crisafulli is consistently ahead in the polls, with the latest showing a 56-44 per cent two-party preferred lead.
Yet even if Labor pulls a rabbit out of a hat and wins by minority, they may not secure the Greens support.
The Greens want to introduce a rent freeze, reduce the cost of groceries, make public transport free and create a public developer to build affordable housing.
"Ultimately, it's a question for Labor, whether they are willing to come to the table to negotiate with us on any or all of those issues," Mr Berkman said.
If the LNP fails to gain a majority, the Greens are staunchly against doing a deal with them.
However the Katters, while preferencing against Labor in Townsville, will look for support on abortion law reform, the right to defend one's home from intruders with lethal force, and tougher policies on crime.
Both major parties have ruled out changes to termination of pregnancy laws but Mr Crisafulli faces mounting pressure after failing to explain how he will guarantee that while refusing to say whether or not he would deny LNP colleagues a conscience vote.
Despite confidence from minor parties in picking up more seats, political experts expect a landslide of blue.
Griffith University expert Paul Williams says it's likely the Greens will pick up Cooper and McConnel.
But the party's hopes for Greenslopes or Miller may be dashed.
As for the Katter party picking up Barron River or Cook, Mr Williams says it is unlikely.
"Barron River has always had a big Green vote so there's a lot of centre left voters there and is environmentally sensitive, so I doubt the Katters would win," he said.
However, Mr Williams says minor parties will gain ground during this election amid their increasing popularity.
"The Katter vote will improve because they've gone from strength to strength but it is very hard to translate votes into seats because there's not that many seats that have that sort of appetite," he said.
