Queensland Opposition Leader David Crisafulli has ruled out changes to the state's abortion laws. Video by AAP
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00:00And I'm not giving any wriggle room, there will be no change to that act.
00:04You've been asked a hundred different times, a hundred different ways about a conscience vote.
00:09You can't give a straight answer on the conscience vote, why not?
00:12Because I'm giving you a straight answer about my team doesn't want to see change.
00:15And I'm not raising this by the way, for four years I've been leader in this party,
00:20I haven't raised that issue once, not once.
00:22But you've also had MPs talk to community forums.
00:27I'm also giving you the position of my team, all of them.
00:31And you've asked many of them.
00:33You've asked members with long held views, you've asked candidates, and they've all said the same thing.
00:38So I come back to why we're discussing it.
00:40We're discussing it because the Labor Party is spending a bucket load on social media
00:45to peddle something because they're trying to whip up some sort of...
00:48Can I disagree with you on that?
00:49Aren't we talking about it because almost all of your MPs in 2018 voted against the laws
00:54and then other members of your team, like John Kraus, have been telling community forums that we need to change the laws.
00:59No, I believe you're talking about it because the Labor Party is attempting to run a campaign on it.
01:03But you also can't give a straight answer about whether there'll be a conscience vote.
01:06I'm giving you a very straight answer, there'll be no change.
01:09And I reckon if you went into any group today, any sporting club, if you went into a restaurant
01:15and you asked somebody, and you asked them about that,
01:19and you put the position, which I'm putting, I think they'd understand that's a pretty straight answer.
01:23That's what it is.