The premier, who staked his leadership on cutting the number of crime victims per capita, says he has done ‘a little better’ than his election promiseFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland’s LNP government has released figures claiming a substantial drop in the state’s victims of crime rate, as the Labor opposition accuses it of cherrypicking data.During last year’s state election campaign, the premier, David Crisafulli, staked his leadership on reducing the crime victim rates each year of his first term in government. He initially vowed to resign if crime victim numbers did not reduce under a government led by him, but later walked that back, claiming that he was referring to per capita rates, and not the overall number of victims. Continue reading...