Queensland LNP leader David Crisafulli says he would quit after a term if crime target not met

Crisafulli tells TV debate that if he became premier and could not reduce the number of victims of crime he would stand down

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David Crisafulli would step down after one term as premier if he could not meet an ambitious crime target within four years, he said during the first of three televised debates with Labor's Steven Miles ahead of the Queensland election.

The opposition LNP leader, who is well ahead of Miles in the polls, used the debate in Brisbane on Thursday night to repeat a promise to reduce the number of victims of crime in Queensland below 289,657, which he said was the highest in the country.