Premier David Crisafulli says the amalgamation of his Liberal National Party in Queensland was the “single best decision for centre-right politics in the history of this state” as the federal branch’s tentative grasp of a Coalition continues to be riddled with infighting and defections.

The highest-ranking elected conservative leader on the mainland has, so far, defied a national LNP slump after securing a hefty mandate at the 2024 state election.

Crisafulli’s personal popularity has persisted with the state’s majority a stark contrast to the Peter Dutton-led Coalition’s historic defeat, West Australian Liberals’ plunge into electoral oblivion and the South Australian equivalent on track for a similar humiliation.

The Queensland government has avoided the loud and fractured debate ove

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