Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has entered Liberal National Party heartland, visiting Deputy Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington's seat of Nanango as speculation mounts on when she'll call an election.
The electorate, which centres around the peanut capital of Kingaroy, is staunchly conservative but it's figuring highly in Labor's plans with several frontbenchers slated to visit the area in coming days.
Deputy Premier Jackie Trad has also toured the area and Ms Palaszczuk flagged her government's contributions to the electorate, including around $60 million for Kingaroy hospital prior to her arrival.
But the premier said the attention on Nanango wasn't an attempt to unseat Ms Frecklington.
"Let's be upfront; we are not going to win the seat of Nanango," Ms Palaszczuk told reporters in Kingaroy.
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"But I want to show Queenslanders very clearly that I am here for Queenslanders no matter where you live."
For her part, Ms Frecklington, who holds the seat with a 13.3 per cent margin, challenged Ms Palaszczuk to "bring her chequebook" if she wanted to visit her electorate.
"It's taken this premier nearly three years to find Kingaroy on the map and a whistle-stop tour won't make the people of Nanango forget Labor has done nothing for three years," Ms Frecklington said in a statement.
The premier also spent the weekend in conservative territory, visiting Toowoomba, where she opened the annual Carnival of Flowers.
Both the electorates of Toowoomba North and South are held by the LNP, with Labor choosing not to contest the 2016 by-election for Toowoomba South, leading to accusations the government had given up on the region.
But Ms Palaszczuk reconfirmed on Monday that Labor would be contesting both electorates, with former Toowoomba North MP Kerry Shine to try to take back the electorate he lost in 2012.
It comes in the lead-up to the state election, which is due by early 2018, but could be called earlier.
Ms Palaszczuk has repeatedly said her intention to go to the polls next year but there is speculation a poll could be called for October or November.
Asked directly whether she would call the election on Tuesday, Ms Palaszczuk would only say "tomorrow will be a beautiful day".
