David Frank Crisafulli (/ˌkrɪsəˈfʊli/; born 14 April 1979) is an Australian politician currently serving as the 41st Premier of Queensland since 28 October 2024[1] and leader of the Liberal National Party since November 2020.
His paternal grandfather Francesco Crisafulli immigrated to Australia in 1960 to work as a cane-cutter and later established his own sugarcane farm on the Herbert River.
[5] Crisafulli was raised in Ingham, where he attended Canossa Primary School and Gilroy Santa Maria College.
[citation needed] In 2003, Crisafulli was appointed a ministerial media advisor to the then Howard government Minister and Liberal Senator for Queensland, Ian Macdonald.
[11] Following his 2015 election loss, Crisafulli and his family relocated to Hope Island on Queensland's Gold Coast.
[2] Crisafulli was sworn in as Queensland's 41st Premier by Governor Jeannette Young on 28 October, alongside his deputy Jarrod Bleijie.
[20] 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.
[22][23] However, on 19 October 2023, a few days after the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum Crisafulli announced the LNP will be dropping its support for Treaty.
[27][28] During the 2024 election campaign, he stated he supported a "woman's right to choose" and noted that six years had passed since the bill was voted on.