Budget constraints are affecting the Liberal National Party's ability to campaign in the regions during the Queensland election, LNP leader Tim Nicholls has said.

Mr Nicholls has stayed in the south-east for the first three days of the campaign, while Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk went straight to North Queensland when she announced the election on Sunday.

Air charter costs and the availability of planes are a problem that both sides have to deal with in an election that will be heavily influenced by regional issues.

Mr Nicholls said the cost of travel had gone up and the LNP was trying to manage its campaign as best it could.

"We will be getting to the regions — we have to do it within the budget that we've got," Mr Nicholls said.

"Our resources are controlled by the Government in terms of the campaigning resources. My understanding is they haven't changed over the last three years — that is, the budget that the Opposition office has is the same that was made available three years ago, but obviously costs have increased.

"As always the LNP are good economic managers and we will manage within the budget that we've got."

Speaking from Townsville, Ms Palaszczuk took aim at Mr Nicholls.

"That's a matter for him, but if you don't understand regional Queensland you don't understand Queensland," she said.

Mr Nicholls said he would be going to regional Queensland in the future.

"It's a big state but you've got to love it and you've got to be prepared to cover the distance, and my team and I are absolutely passionate about it," Mr Nicholls said.

"We've got great representatives … throughout the regions making sure regional Queensland gets its best representation possible here in Brisbane when the Parliament sits."

Mr Nicholls began day three of the campaign at a steel fence making factory in the marginal seat of Mt Ommaney, narrowly now by the LNP in 2015, to promote his policy to lift the payroll tax threshold.

He also said an LNP Government would aim to stabilise debt, rather than promising to reduce it.

"The first thing we need to do is stop things getting worse, and under Labor debt is going to $81 billion, and that's despite $15 billion worth of raids, rip-offs and write-downs," he said.

'Everything is a priority'

Ms Palaszczuk said paying down debt would be a priority for a re-elected Labor Government, but that Queenslanders were telling her their number one issue was jobs.

"Everything is a priority but my number one priority is getting people into work," Ms Palaszczuk said.

Asked if she had specific plans to reduce debt, Ms Palaszczuk pointed to last election's commitment to use dividends from state-owned assets.

"Of course we will have a plan to pay down debt, we are always working to pay down debt," she said.