A year on as Queensland premier, will David Crisafulli’s small-target strategy prove his undoing?

Queensland premier David Crisafulli. ‘Has the LNP simply run out of things to do?’ Photograph: Darren England/AAP

When David Crisafulli speaks to the Liberal National party faithful, his message tends to become a blunt warning to members and MPs to keep any unsavoury, unelectable tendencies out of sight.

“We don’t exist for culture wars,” the Queensland premier – who marks a year in office on Sunday – told the party’s state council just after the 2024 election.