Overview
- At a News Corp panel about attracting interstate business ahead of the 2032 Games, David Crisafulli said workers in Queensland "won’t get stabbed — that’s a good start" when contrasting with Melbourne.
- Late Friday, he issued a statement apologizing for a "poor choice of words" and said "every victim matters, regardless of where they live."
- The timing overlapped with widely shared footage from an October 2 Melbourne CBD stabbing in which 36-year-old Wan Lai suffered a punctured lung and has been unable to work.
- Police have charged 32-year-old Lauren Darul over the Melbourne attack, and reporting states she was on bail at the time.
- Cameron Dick, who attended the event, said he was shocked by the remark, as the episode adds pressure after the government corrected overstated reductions in crime victim numbers this week.