1. David Frank Crisafulli is an Australian politician currently serving as the 41st Premier of Queensland since 28 October 2024 and leader of the Liberal National Party since 12 November 2020.
24 Facts About David Crisafulli
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David Crisafulli has been the member of the Legislative Assembly for Broadwater since 2017 when he ousted the sitting member, Verity Barton, during pre-selection.
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David Crisafulli was the member for Mundingburra from 2012 to 2015, holding ministerial portfolios in the Newman government.
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David Crisafulli was born on 14 April 1979 in Ingham, Queensland.
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David Crisafulli is one of two children born to Karen and Antonino "Tony" Crisafulli; his parents are both of Italian origin.
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David Crisafulli was raised in Ingham, where he attended Canossa Primary School and Gilroy Santa Maria College.
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David Crisafulli graduated with a Bachelor of Journalism degree from James Cook University in Townsville in 2000.
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In 2000, David Crisafulli moved into television, becoming a journalist with WIN News in Townsville, and was made chief of staff of the Townsville newsroom in 2002.
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In 2003, David Crisafulli was appointed a ministerial media advisor to the then Howard government Minister and Liberal Senator for Queensland, Ian Macdonald.
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David Crisafulli became the youngest person ever elected to the council.
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David Crisafulli served as deputy mayor until his resignation in 2012 to run for a seat in the Queensland Parliament.
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David Crisafulli was appointed the Minister for Local Government in the new Newman government.
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David Crisafulli re-contested Mundingburra at the 2015 Queensland state election but was defeated by the Labor candidate Coralee O'Rourke.
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David Crisafulli subsequently ran a small business giving advice about dealing with government and business development opportunities.
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In December 2017, after the election of Deb Frecklington as Leader of the Opposition, David Crisafulli was appointed the Shadow Minister for Environment, Science and the Great Barrier Reef, and Shadow Minister for Tourism.
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On 12 November 2020, David Crisafulli became Leader of the Opposition in Queensland, after the Liberal National Party elected him as party leader following the resignation of Deb Frecklington.
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David Crisafulli led the LNP into the 2024 Queensland state election.
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David Crisafulli opposes allowing trans women to compete against cisgender women in sport and voted for an unsuccessful bill tabled by Katter's Australian Party leader Robbie Katter that sought to ban trans women from playing women's sports in Queensland.
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David Crisafulli personally opposed the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, but decided not to campaign against it and members of the LNP were given a free vote on the issue.
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David Crisafulli has said, if he is elected as premier, he would not roll back Indigenous treaty legislation.
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However, on 19 October 2023, a few days after the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum David Crisafulli announced the LNP will be dropping its support for Treaty.
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David Crisafulli opposed the Termination of Pregnancy Bill 2018, which decriminalised abortion in Queensland, and the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021, which legalised voluntary assisted dying.
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David Crisafulli is a skeptic of nuclear energy, despite the federal opposition Coalition's affirmative stance towards modular nuclear reactors.
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David Crisafulli is a supporter of the North Queensland Cowboys rugby league club.