| North Queensland First | |
| Native Name Lang: | English |
| Abbreviation: | NQF, NQ First[1] |
| Leader: | Jason Costigan |
| President: | Dick Filewood |
| Secretary: | Ange Nixon[2] |
| Founder: | Jason Costigan |
| Registered: | [3] |
| Split: | Liberal National Party |
| Headquarters: | Whitsundays, Queensland |
| Dissolved: | 2021 |
| Ideology: | Regionalism Conservatism |
| Position: | Centre-right |
| Colours: | Navy blue and yellow |
| Seats1 Title: | Queensland Parliament |
| Seats1: | (2019−2020) |
| Website: | https://www.nqfirst.com.au/ |
| State: | Queensland |
North Queensland First was a political party founded and based in the state of Queensland by former Queensland MP for Whitsunday Jason Costigan.[4] The party was created in late 2019 after Costigan was expelled from the Liberal National Party.[5]
After being expelled by the Liberal National Party,[6] Independent MP for Whitsunday, Jason Costigan created the North Queensland First Party.
In response to the foundation of the new political party, Katter's Australian Party leader Robbie Katter said: "We are doers, we have left the others for dead in terms of what we have done. We can all talk a big game but it is about who will have a seat in Parliament."[7]
As of 2023, the party's website is a dead link, although it previously redirected to the webpage of the Democratic Party of Queensland, another minor state-level party.[8]
In the published constitution of the party, it states three objectives of the party:[9]
(a) to promote and deliver Self-Government and Statehood for North Queensland;
(b) the election of MPs to the Queensland Parliament;
(c) to give specific voice in the Queensland Parliament to the desires and expectations of the people of North Queensland.
The party's website stated that "North Queensland First is a conservative, pro-North Queensland political party and believes that Queensland and Australia was founded on traditional Christian values, notwithstanding our respect for people from non-Christian backgrounds."[10]