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Queensland Premier David Crisafulli claims drop in victim of crime numbers as new police pay deal reached
Queensland's new LNP government has claimed victim of crime numbers have fallen, as it signs a new pay deal with police that includes an $8,000 retention bonus. During last October's election campaign, Premier David Crisafulli promised to resign from the top job if there were not fewer victims of crime by the end the term. He today said victim numbers had fallen by 5.7 per cent in the first six months of the 2025 calendar year, compared to the first six months of 2024. "Robbery is down 13.2 per cent. Break and enters are down 12 per cent. Stolen cars are down 6.4 per cent," Mr Crisafulli said. "Just to be clear, the information that we are presenting is Queensland Police Service data. It's been there since 2001, so it is apples with apples. Mr Crisafulli said the figures cover 12 categories of crime, including homicide, assault, robbery, kidnapping, life endangering acts, unlawful entry, and coercive control. "Across those categories, that's where the drop has come about, which is 5.7 per cent with population adjusted [or] 3.3 per cent just on raw numbers," he said. In total numbers, the government says victim numbers have fallen from 75,084 to 72,588 over this period. Mr Crisafulli acknowledged the figures he provided were different to those published annually by the Australia Bureau of Statistics (ABS). This is because it does not include the category of "other thefts", which Mr Crisafulli suggested could relate to victimless crimes. For example, Mr Crisafulli indicated the theft of a road marker was a crime without a victim. "That's certainly a crime and that data has always been included in some of the ABS stats," he said. "But in the spirit of transparency we thought we would give you the ones that do relate to the victims."
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Man, 20, killed in horror six-vehicle crash in Chandler, Brisbane
A young man has died in a six-vehicle crash in Brisbane's east, with police revealing one of the drivers involved fled the scene. A man has died after a horror six-vehicle crash involving trucks on a major road in Brisbane's east. Six vehicles collided on Old Cleveland Rd, Chandler at about 3.20pm on Monday. A 20-year-old Meadowbrook man travelling as a passenger in an Isuzu tip truck died at the scene. Police said another vehicle fled the scene before they arrived. Five others were assessed by paramedics at the scene. 'No one else was injured as a result of the incident,' police said in a statement.
