Queensland Minister for State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure Cameron Dick said the Labor Queensland Government was considering plans for a Bradfield scheme.

"We will progress a Bradfield scheme plan in due course," Mr Dick said.

"We are keen to make sure the state has appropriate and adequate water infrastructure that it needs for the future."

Mr Dick said the Labor Government had invested significantly into dams, effective water infrastructure and drought stricken farmers.

"An example of this is the 176 million dollars was invested into Rookwood Weir which will meet future water demands and improve water security for residential, industrial and agricultural users in Rockhampton, Gladstone and the Capricorn Coast," Mr Dick said.

While Labor is considering a plan the LNP have announced a plan to build their own version of the Bradfield scheme which would irrigate an area of land larger than Tasmania.

LNP Leader Deb Frecklington said their New Bradfield Scheme would use water from the largest dam ever built in Queensland to create a new foodbowl on the western side of the Great Dividing Range.

The scheme has been developed by Sir Leo Hielscher and Sir Frank Moore - and was inspired by the drought-relief scheme proposed by Queensland engineer John Bradfield in 1938.

"The New Bradfield Scheme is an entirely new drought-busting infrastructure project that will deliver massive benefits to Queensland," Ms Frecklington.

"The New Bradfield Scheme would almost double the height of the proposed Hell's Gate Dam in North Queensland to over 120m, drawing water from the South Johnstone, Tully, Herbert and Burdekin rivers into a lake potentially twice the size of the Burdekin Falls Dam.

"The water would be used to irrigate around 80,000 square kilometres of rich blacksoil plains to the south and west of Hughenden," Ms Frecklingon said.

"Instead of draining into Lake Eyre as John Bradfield proposed the New Bradfield Scheme would divert water into the Warrego River and the northern basin of the Murray-Darling System, where it will be reserved for use by southern Queensland farmers.

"Instead of consuming electricity, the New Bradfield Scheme would generate thousands of megawatts of power through a series of hydro-electric plants."

"The project would require billions of dollars and take over a decade to construct.

"I'm backing the New Bradfield Scheme because it will create new jobs, provide water for our farmers, generate green hydro-electric power and reduce nutrient run-off onto the Reef."

If elected in 2020, a Deb Frecklington LNP Government will commission the CSIRO to begin advanced planning through a $20 million commitment to the New Bradfield Scheme.

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