WHERE THE LEADERS CAMPAIGNED:
* Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk: started the day at Airlie Beach in the marginal seat of Whitsunday. Following an announcement at Proserpine Hospital, she travelled to Townsville.
* Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls: kicked off day two in Labor minister Mick De Brenni's seat of Springwood, south of Brisbane, before heading west to One Nation heartland in the Lockyer Valley.
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WHAT LABOR TALKED ABOUT:
* Ms Palaszczuk and Health Minister Cameron Dick pledged $167 million to hire an extra 3,500 nurses and midwives over the next four years if elected to govern.
"There were 1800 nurses and midwives who went out of the health system under the Newman-Nicholls experiment." - Cameron Dick
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WHAT THE LNP TALKED ABOUT:
* Mr Nicholls promised to increase the state's payroll tax exemption threshold by $25,000 a year over the next 10 years in a bid to stimulate 500,000 new jobs.
"That will help 4000 small businesses that won't now fall into the threshold and 10,000 other businesses that are within the deductions area." - Tim Nicholls
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WHAT MADE NEWS:
* One Nation leader and senator Pauline Hanson said she would preference all sitting Queensland MPs last except for the "good, hard-working" ones identified by state leader Steve Dickson.
* An anti-Adani protestor was tackled after he tried to interrupt Ms Palaszczuk while she gave a television interview at Airlie Beach. The premier later said she was concerned for her safety and asked voters to show respect.
* Ms Palaszczuk and Mr Nicholls both ruled out forming a coalition with One Nation, but the opposition leader refused to rule out the possibility of a preference deal in order to guarantee supply.
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