There will be no referendum on a north Queensland State according to Queensland Premier, Anna Bligh.

As reported in The Newsport article "North Queensland Mayors demand own State" on Wednesday, there was overwhelming support for the split from 98 of 100 north Queensland Mayors.

Ms Bligh said acknowledged the tyranny of distance may isolate north Queenslanders, but refuted comments that north Queensland was propping up the State's economy in the south.



"I can understand that many people in north Queensland feel a long way away from where some of the decisions are made,'' she said.



"But the reality is that the financial winners out of a separate state for north Queensland would be those here in the southeast, who by and large are often subsidising services and buildings in the north.

''Coal royalties are often very visible. What's not so visible is the money that comes into the state coffers from the payroll that's generated in the southeast, the stamp duty, much of which is being redistributed to run the schools and hospitals and provide electricity in north and far north Queensland,'' she said.

North Queensland-based Liberal senator Ian Macdonald, however, said the call for north Queensland to become a separate State was a blight on the State and Federal Governments.

"People feel they are not being recognised,'' he said.