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Premier David Crisafulli has spent little time reflecting on his first six months leading the Queensland government, preferring instead to look at future performance.
Flanked by his Attorney-General Deb Frecklington and Police Minister Dan Purdie at 1 William Street on Monday, Mr Crisafulli said “we’re only getting started” when asked how he could have improved since he was sworn-in on October 28.
“We’ve got a lot of work to do,” Mr Crisafulli said.
Mr Crisafulli would not specify what his past “losses” could be but deferred that judgment onto “many people” expected to judge him.
While in office he has broken an election promise not to fund new stadiums, having revealed last month the government would fund a multi-billion dollar precinct at Victoria Park after a 100-day review into Brisbane 2032 infrastructure.
His government also appointed Jarrod Bleijie’s director-general John Sosso onto the Queensland Redistribution Commission, which has raised concerns from corruption investigator Tony Fitzgerald because of increased government influence over electoral boundaries.
Recently Mr Crisafulli put to task his Treasurer and Energy Minister David Janetzki for failing to disclose a Callide Power Station explosion.
He also publicly reminded his ministers to answer questions relevant to their portfolio after Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek said he would “politely decline” to speak on reported assaults in childcare centres.
And in the aftermath of western Queensland flooding, Disaster Recovery Minister Ann Leahy was stripped of her community recovery responsibilities, which were given to Amanda Camm.
“I’ll make the observation that we’ll have wins, we’ll have losses, we’ll make good calls, we’ll make bad calls,” Mr Crisafulli said.
“But they’ll always be done with one thing in mind, and that is trying to do the right thing by the state.”
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