LNP Leader on Party division, yacht cruise

David Crisafulli has claimed the organisational wing of the LNP undermined the leadership of his predecessor Deb Frecklington, as he vowed to reform and “fix” his Party.

David Crisafulli has claimed the organisational wing of the LNP undermined the leadership of his predecessor Deb Frecklington, as he vowed to make reforms to his Party.

Addressing a separate issue Mr Crisafulli today said it was “no good” that past presidents Bruce McIver and Gary Spence were seen on Clive Palmer’s yacht on election night.

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Following extensive reports about the party in The Courier-Mail and The Sunday Mail, the new LNP leader said it had “hurt the members”, as he warned the Party would be consigned to a generation in opposition unless it repairs and heals.

He said he intended to reform the Party, acknowledging it would not be easy but insisting he was up for it.

LNP Leader David Crisafulli has vowed to “fix” the Party’s shortfalls: Liam Kidston.

“People said to Wayne Goss in the late 80s he wouldn’t do it and 20 years later they said the same thing to David Cameron about the Tories in the UK,” Mr Crisafulli said.

“And they’ll say the same thing to me.

“But I will be judged on how successful I am on this.”

Asked if he personally believed Ms Frecklington’s leadership had been undermined by the organisational wing of the Party, Mr Crisafulli said: “Yes.”

“I want to make sure that we can never have a situation where in the shadows of an election we are talking about ourselves,” he said.

“I’m determined to fix this and fix this I will, to make sure that we don’t have a situation where we are talking about ourselves, where people don’t know their roles and responsibilities, where relationships aren’t built and respected.

“That’s the reform that we need right now if we want to reform the state.”

Mr Crisafulli said he was not sure when the Party’s internal election review would be finalised, but said he wanted it to be “warts and all”.

“If we don’t have a long hard look at what we did well and what we did poorly, we will continue to lose elections,” he said.

“I’m in this because I want to see good generational reform and I want to see the sort of state that I believe in.

“And in order to do that, we need to get ourselves fit for office and that review is an important part of it.”