David Crisafulli

Premier of Queensland since 2024

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2024 During the election campaign, Crisafulli expressed his support for a 'woman's right to choose,' noting it had been six years since the abortion bill had been voted on.
October 28 2024 David Crisafulli was elected as the 41st Premier of Queensland after leading the Liberal National Party to victory in the 2024 Queensland state election, marking him as the first Premier of Queensland with Italian heritage.
October 19 2023 David Crisafulli announced that the Liberal National Party (LNP) would be dropping its support for Indigenous treaty legislation, following the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum.
2021 Crisafulli opposed the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill, which legalized voluntary assisted dying in Queensland. The bill passed in a conscience vote with a margin of 60–29.
November 12 2020 Crisafulli became the Leader of the Opposition in Queensland after being elected as party leader by the Liberal National Party following Deb Frecklington's resignation.
2018 Crisafulli opposed the Termination of Pregnancy Bill, which decriminalised abortion in Queensland. The bill passed in a conscience vote with a margin of 50–41.
December 2017 After Deb Frecklington was elected as Leader of the Opposition, Crisafulli was appointed the Shadow Minister for Environment, Science and the Great Barrier Reef, and Shadow Minister for Tourism.
May 2017 He defeated incumbent Broadwater MP Verity Barton for LNP preselection and subsequently won the Broadwater seat in the 2017 election.
2015 Crisafulli was defeated by Labor candidate Coralee O'Rourke in the Mundingburra seat during the Queensland state election.
February 2013 Crisafulli's role was expanded when he became the Minister for Local Government, Community Recovery and Resilience.
2012 He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland representing the seat of Mundingburra as a member of the Liberal National party.
2012 Crisafulli resigned from his position as deputy mayor to run for a seat in the Queensland Parliament.
2012 David Crisafulli became the member for Mundingburra, serving in this role until 2015.

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