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In an interview with this masthead, Crisafulli refused to offer advice to federal colleagues, but he said the structure of the state branch, which was formally amalgamated in 2008, allowed the party room to thrash out disagreements in private without the toxicity of public stoushes. “The decision to merge the Liberal and National parties in Queensland has been the single best decision for centre-right politics in the history of this state, and I wouldn’t be here without it,” he said. “We would have been perpetually in opposition without it, and instead, we’ve got a formidable movement that enables people to see the world through different prisms. “If we can maintain discipline and talk to people about the things that matter to them, I believe we can remain electorally successful, but more importantly, successful in what we do.” The state leader’s reflections come nearly one year in office and after delivering a stinging warning at the recent state party convention, where he urged federal colleagues to ditch ideological positions on climate and migration.
