Queensland's premier has defended an email showing a photo of the opposition leader with the words "don't wake up with regrets".
The email the Liberal National Party sent to supporters features a black and white photo of Annastacia Palaszczuk accompanied by the caption.
It's reminiscent of a NSW anti-binge drinking ad that showed a couple lying in bed facing away from each other the morning after a night out with the words "don't wake up with regrets".
But Mr Newman denies the LNP email is personal, nasty or has sexual connotations.
"I don't see, I don't quite see, I don't quite see how that compares to anything you've seen on previous campaigns," he said in Toowoomba on Saturday.
"It's important that people don't wake up with regrets because if they vote for Labor or the independents or the minor parties, they'll end up with a hung parliament, they'll see chaos, job destruction."
The premier attacked federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten's record when he was employment minister and his past support for state asset sales.
He also repeated claims that bikie gangs were funding Labor.
Mr Newman talked at length about the Liberal National Party's plans to create almost 200 health jobs in the Toowoomba area and build a $365 million upgrade to the Warrego Highway.
Toowoomba North is currently held by the LNP's Trevor Watts by a margin of 9.6 per cent, while Toowoomba South is held by Agriculture Minister John McVeigh by a much more comfortable margin of 21.6 per cent.
Mr Newman again warned that election promises would only be honoured in seats that re-elected their sitting LNP members.
He explained that political rivals may have different plans for their electorates.
"We can't make promises on that of course we can't," the premier said.
"Nor can we bind the hands of someone from the other side of the political fence."
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