Emergency services

Frustrated patients are discharging themselves after two-day waits at Mildura Base Hospital as hundreds languish in the overwhelmed ED.

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Fire Rescue Victoria endured three separate outages in the past week, for up to seven hours at a time.

Controlling behaviours linked with physical and sometimes lethal escalation now come with up to 14 years’ prison for convicted offenders.

There isn’t an inch of ground in Michelle Bennett’s house that’s free of the thick, brown muck after the Manning River swept through her Croki home.

The state government has infuriated farmers and volunteer firefighters with its expanded emergency services levy.

Police said they believed three armed people had broken into a home south-west of Brisbane, with a resident escaping uninjured.

Dozens of brigades went offline on Thursday night to protest the new tax that passed through parliament early on Friday.

Victorians are expected to pay double from July 1, but a deal struck with the Greens has reduced the rate for drought-affected farmers.

A 36-year-old woman is under police guard in hospital after Wednesday’s blaze in Toowoomba.

The 45-year-old man was arrested 200 kilometres away in Redcliffe after his wife’s body was found in the charred remains of their home.