North Queensland First (NQ First) was an Australian political party founded and based in the state of Queensland by then-MP Jason Costigan.

[4] The party was created in late 2019 after Costigan, who was serving as the member for Whitsunday in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, 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.

[8] In the published constitution of the party, it states three objectives of the party:[9] 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.