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”.

On Sunday, Crisafulli rejected that pressure, insisting there would be no change to the state’s royalties regime – a position he took to last year’s st

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