Queensland Opposition Leader David Crisafulli flags sacking ministers if they fail to meet performance targets

Queensland's opposition leader says ministers will be dumped from their portfolios if they fail to meet performance targets under an LNP government. In an interview with ABC Stateline, David Crisafulli said he believed the LNP could win the October state election, but still considered his party "the underdog". Asked about the impact that removing detention as a last resort could have on the system, Mr Crisafulli said the current government was bringing on new youth detention facilities and if "you fix the early intervention model, you don't have to have that churn". Mr Crisafulli strongly rejected questions around whether the LNP would bring back policies to "name and shame" repeat juvenile offenders, or trial a youth curfew. When asked if a Crisafulli government would support nuclear energy development, he said it was not on his agenda "because it just won't happen until Canberra sorts that out".