In 2006 he entered state politics, taking the seat of Kawana and defeating sitting ALP member Chris Cummins with a 7% swing.

[6] In the run up to the 2017 Queensland State elections, and in the presence of Pauline Hanson, Dickson erroneously stated about the Safe Schools program: "We are having little kids in grade four at school, young girls being taught by teachers how to masturbate, how to strap on dildos, how to do this sort of stuff — that is the real problem in this country."

Dickson went on to liken an adult sex shop (Cupids Cabin) to a "newsagency which can sell Playboy-style magazines".

[11][12][13] Al Jazeera conducted a 3-year long operation to uncover this activity, by having a person called Rodger Muller pose as the head of a fake gun lobby group 'Gun Rights Australia', then having Muller record meetings he attended with Dickson and James Ashby, where strategies to seek support from the National Rifle Association and at least one of their large corporate benefactor were discussed.

"[11] While meeting with the NRA, Dickson made derogatory remarks about Muslim immigrants to Australia, claiming they are criminals and killers; he called members of the Greens "fucktards".

[11] Though both Ashby and Dickson declined Al Jazeera's invitation to comment on the footage, ABC news reported that, 'In a statement, Mr Ashby has accused Al Jazeera of being "a state-owned propaganda arm of the Qatari Government that supports Islamic extremist groups and are not a legitimate media organisation".

"It is understood One Nation was targeted because of its strong approach to reducing immigration numbers and a travel ban on countries with terrorism links."

"[13] A further public statement was made by Ashby and Dickson on 26 March 2019, in which the pair excused themselves on the grounds of being drunk at the time.