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Queensland’s Premier David Crisafulli touts a nearly 10% drop in crime victims — a major political win for his tough-on-crime government — but critics are raising alarms over how the data is being presented. The police have switched from year-over-year comparisons to financial year comparisons, making it harder to spot real trends and sparking accusations of misleading statistics. Experts warn this inconsistency undermines credibility, especially since the Premier pledged to resign if crime didn’t fall under his watch. While officials defend the new method as a fair baseline for long-term tracking, many residents remain skeptical — crime perception is still rooted in local experience, not government reports.

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