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The Commonwealth failed to allocate money for a second rail river crossing for Brisbane in its May budget.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk raised the topic of federal funding for the $5.4 billion project as recently as last week,at theCouncil of Australian Governments meeting in Hobart,but was not successful.

"We are not seeing Malcolm Turnbull come to the party when it comes to our number one project,Cross River Rail,"Ms Palaszczuk told reporters on Monday.

"We will continue to fight for Queensland and we will continue to fight for our fair share."

The state government has previously touted the possibility of private funding to help get Cross River Rail off the ground.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull outside Waterfront Place in Brisbane.Credit:Felicity Caldwell

Ministers have called for all three levels of government to kick in funding and it's expected the door will be left open for future funding from Canberra.

The project would link Dutton Park and Bowen Hills with another train line,including a second river crossing and new inner-city stations.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk:"We will continue to fight for Queensland and we will continue to fight for our fair share."

The minority Labor government has already announced several big-ticket items in the budget but more are expected,with the government repeatedly referring to it as a"jobs budget".

Among the announcements,the government has earmarked $5 million over two years to honour its commitment to help small councils install fluoride infrastructure for local water supplies.

A $2 billion surplus had been on the cards,according to the mid-year economic review,but that took a hit of more than $1.1 billion when Tropical Cyclone Debbie smashed into central Queensland and triggered flooding down the coast.

Treasurer Curtis Pitt said he intended to post a surplus.

Mr Pitt will hand down the budget in state Parliament at 2.30pm.

-With AAP

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