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.

At the August state conference he doubled down, urging the membership not to be distracted by “ideological issues” or internal squabbles.

“We cannot be captured by those who seek to divide us.”

Having been elected on a “small-target” platform focused mainly on addressing a perceived youth crime “crisis”, the Crisafulli government has kept those divisions in check by focusing much of its first year on the same small target.

It passed h

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