Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has resisted calls from his own side of politics to revisit his state’s coal royalties regime, insisting he will keep a pre-election commitment to maintain the status quo.

The premier came under pressure to “sort out” the coal royalties at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Brisbane on Saturday, days after federal Nationals leader David Littleproud called for a review.

It came after BHP slashed 750 jobs from Queensland operations last week, blaming the end of a decade-long freeze on coal royalties in 2022 under the previous Labor government for edging the market towards “crisis point”.

Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has vowed to stick to his guns on coal royalties. Credit: Brisbane Times / Matt Dennien

On Sunday, Crisafulli

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