Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls has dodged questions over how he will pay for more than $2 billion in campaign promises and called on Queenslanders to trust him with the state's finances if elected to office.
In Bundaberg to announce an electricity rebate for farmers on Tuesday, the Liberal National Party leader said a suite of announcements had been fully costed, but refused to reveal where the money would come from.
Asked whether voters should simply trust him, Mr Nicholls said: "You will be better off under an LNP government".
Mr Nicholls says costings will be released on November 23; 10 days after pre-polling opens and 48 hours before Queenslanders cast their vote at the ballot box.
It's a standard practice he denied was used as a tactic to avoid scrutiny.
"I'm sure that with the assistance of the good folk in the media, they'll be able to understand exactly what it is that we're talking about," he said.
It is understood the costings will be independently reviewed by one of the big four accounting firms before they are revealed.
While the LNP has released an initial economic strategy promising to maintain competitive taxes, match spending with the state's earnings and cut red tape, Mr Nicholls has refused clarify if his promise to "stabilise" Queensland's debt was measured to CPI or inflation, or an overall reduction.
He has also declined to provide a benchmark figure his party aimed to reach.
As a single term treasurer under Campbell Newman, he slashed thousands of jobs from the public sector and proposed asset sales cuts.
He has insisted there would be no new taxes, asset sales or forced redundancies in the public sector, and says the LNP would find savings by not renewing unspecified programs, and cutting government advertising.
Asked on Tuesday how he could guarantee there would be no significant cost cutting if elected on November 25, Mr Nicholls said: "I'm just giving you the guarantee".
His remarks followed his pledge to give farmers and irrigators and annual $1400 rebate for up to three years for those on obsolete and transitional tariffs 62, 65 and 66.
