Patients treated in tents, surgery postponed amid health crisis
Some elective surgery has been postponed and tents are being used to treat patients outside emergency departments as hospital workers grapple with some of their busiest days in history.
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The Palaszczuk government has ruled out changing the way it collates and reports paramedic wait times.
Crisafulli backs ‘extreme right-wing’ transgender motion
The Opposition has doubled down on its backing of a controversial motion that says Queensland’s transgender women shouldn’t be allowed to play women’s sport, but the State Government has voted it down. HAVE YOUR SAY IN OUR POLL
$741m home resilience scheme opens for submissions after flooding disaster
A $741m home resilience scheme that will allow Queensland properties to be raised, repaired and retrofitted – or voluntarily bought back – has opened to homeowners.
Dodgy doctors could be named and shamed under new laws
The public would be warned about doctors who are under investigation or subject to disciplinary proceedings under new Queensland laws.
Commission of inquiry to probe police response to domestic violence
A commission of inquiry will probe whether there are cultural issues within the Queensland Police Service and the capability of officers to respond to domestic violence.
Coercive control to be criminalised in $360m plan to fight DV
Coercive control will be criminalised, police practices probed and domestic and family violence courts expanded under a historic $363m State Government plan to better protect Queensland women against domestic violence.
Wellcamp quarantine beds could be mothballed
The remaining 500 beds at the Palaszczuk Government’s Wellcamp quarantine facility could be mothballed before they even open, with authorities unsure if they will be needed.
Green dream over as $300m Urban Forest tower scrapped
Plans for a 32-storey apartment tower in Brisbane that was heralded as being one of the world’s greenest residential buildings have been scrapped, with the developer now looking to build something completely different.
‘Unconscionable’: Plans to change rights of terminally ill workers
The rights of terminally ill workers in Queensland would be wound back, according to outraged unions who have slammed the move as “unconscionable”.
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