‘A lot of work to do’: David Crisafulli officially sworn in as new Queensland Premier

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‘A lot of work to do’: David Crisafulli officially sworn in as new Queensland Premier

David Crisafulli has officially been sworn in as Queensland Premier following his win against Steven Miles over the weekend.

Mr Crisafulli has become the state’s 41st premier after the LNP won 46 seats.

He was formally sworn in alongside deputy Jarrod Bleijie at Queensland Government House on Monday.

Addressing the media outside Government House, Mr Crisafulli said his cabinet is set to be sworn in at the end of the week, with considerations already underway.

“It is our intention to swear that cabinet in at the end of this week…it will then give ministers the weekend to go to work ahead of the cabinet meeting next week, that’s important,” Mr Crisafulli said while addressing the media on Monday.

“There will be a lot of work to do once we get those structures right.”

Camera IconDavid Crisafulli has officially been sworn in as Queensland Premier. NewsWire/Tertius Pickard Credit: News Corp Australia

He said he doesn’t take his new role “lightly”, assuring Queenslanders his “focus is on them”.

“The position of Premier gives me the ability to do the things that Queenslanders want to see,” Mr Crisafulli said.

“Ultimately, it’s about people. And we campaigned on the issues people told us they wanted us to focus on.

“Youth ******, health, housing and cost of living.

“That will be our big focus in this term of government, to make sure people see improvement across those four issues.

“Our success at the election was built on the back of listening to people about those issues and the responsibility of fixing those things is something we take very seriously.”

Mr Crisafulli earlier declared Queenslanders had “voted for hope over *****”.

“To the people of this great state, I have lived and worked at both ends of it and I love every inch of it and I want to let them know that we will be serving them with every ounce of fibre we have, and we are determined to make sure that this state returns to the powerhouse we all know it can be,” Mr Crisafulli said.He added the win was “a vindication of a ***** of a lot of hard work”, while declaring to turn his attention to youth ******, hospitals, infrastructure and schools.

However former premier Mr Miles said he would “never stop fighting for (the) Labor agenda and I will never stop holding the LNP to account” following the loss.

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