AS HIS party faced shifts, switches and scandals, Senator Malcolm Roberts was hitting the road.

The One Nation Senator for Queensland touched down in Roma on Friday as part of a 10-day tour of regional Queensland.

He said the aim of the tour was to listen to the needs and opinions of people throughout the state.

"Pauline Hanson and I believe in listening to the people and speaking out strongly,” Senator Roberts said.

"We don't tell people what they should do. We listen and speak out on their behalf, and also try to do what they want us to do.”

Senator Roberts said his party had experienced a resurgence in support, particularly since the last federal election, and this was down to their stated philosophy of serving the people.

"What's happening in this country is people are serving the politicians, and that's got to stop, and that's what we're about,” he said.

"We want to get the politicians back to serving the people.”

As an example, Senator Roberts referred to what he called the "politician perks” issue, which culminated in Federal Health Minister Sussan Ley's resignation on Friday.

In a statement, Ms Ley said she resigned due to public backlash, not because she broke the rules.

Senator Roberts said tax and labour issues had been raised as points of concern throughout the tour so far.

He said more needs to be done to support regional Queensland.

"What we've known for quite a while is the regions are doing it tough, but the regions are also where Queensland's opportunities lie,” he said.

"So if we build the regions, the whole state benefits.”

Senator Roberts praised Maranoa mayor Tyson Golder for his efforts in bringing a more localised structure to Maranoa Regional Council, a move he said gave residents better access to their councillors.

While Senator Roberts' tour continued, significant movement took place within his party.

Most notably, it was announced that LNP MP Steve Dickson had decided to leave his party and join One Nation.

Scandals also rocked the party, including a blog post published by Mulgrave candidate, Peter Rogers, claiming a famous 2015 photo of a drowned Syrian toddler was fabricated.