’David Crisafulli vows crime would fall under LNP

David Crisafulli has sensationally promised crime would fall under his leadership as he attacked the premier over a high-profile stabbing death.

David Crisafulli has declared “what’s it going to take?” as he slams the government’s youth crime record while sensationally promising Queenslanders to reduce crime and make immediate law changes should he become premier.

The Opposition Leader gave an impassioned election-inspired spiel on Wednesday following Premier Steven Miles’s comments a day earlier at the Queensland Media Club, where the Premier indicated commentary on whether the murder of grandmother Vyleen White could have been prevented was unfair.

“Queenslanders are at breaking point, and for the government to give up on finding more solutions – it’s just the most incredibly heart-wrenching thing for Queenslanders to hear,” Mr Crisafulli said.

“What’s it going to take? What’s it going to take for the government to get on the same page as the rest of Queensland?

“If the government continues to say there’s nothing more that can be done, we will continue to put forward the solutions and we will intend to make this an issue so that Queenslanders know that there is a better way than what they’re experiencing.”

Mr Crisafulli promised removing detention as a last resort would be done this year should the LNP win government in October.

Commenting on the horrific murder of Ms White, allegedly at the hands of a 16-year-old out on bail, Mr Miles said on Tuesday: “I’ve heard some politicians get very close to saying that they’d guarantee they could have prevented this murder.

“That’s a pretty incredible statement to be trying to make. Nobody anywhere in the world has eliminated all violent crime.”

But Mr Crisafulli said there were solutions on the table, as he urged the government to adopt a range of policies he had pitched.

“Ensuring breach of bail is an offence, removing detention as a last resort, gold-standard early intervention, opening up the Children’s Court, reforming the broken resi-care system, making child safety work again, increasing police numbers – how many times have you all heard me talking about these things – repeatedly?” he said.

“With the exception of breach of bail – which the government, after mocking us for two years, adopted our legislation at the last moment – how many times has the government refused to act at all?”

“Crime will always be lower under an LNP government, and we will set targets that show Queenslanders we are fair dinkum about driving crime down, year on year.

“And it can be done – go back and look at the history year on year, and you will see that it can be done.”