Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk referred Queensland’s Integrity Commissioner for “possible action” over a low-level, two-year-old allegation of misconduct within a few weeks of the probity boss blowing the whistle on a bizarre raid on her office, it can be revealed.
The Integrity Commissioner says “substantial concerns” raised by a 2019 review that deemed the oversight of her office by the PSC as inappropriate were never implemented, as the Premier finally apologises to public servants.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has finally backed giving the state’s integrity commissioner independence, while apologising to public servants who feel they aren’t listened to.
Another 24 people have died with Covid-19 in Queensland – more than half of them in aged care — as the state records its highest daily death toll since the start of the pandemic.
More than 500 Queensland Health staff are currently subject to a disciplinary process for refusing to get the jab, new figures show, after more than 1200 requests for an exemption to bypass the vaccine mandate were declined.
Twelve more people have died with Covid in Queensland in the past 24 hours, including an ‘unusual case’ in a person in their 30s. The state has recorded 5178 new cases of coronavirus, with the chief health officer warning there were no plans to scrap masks indoors.
While Queensland may be reaching the peak of the current Omicron outbreak, the chief health officer says authorities are already planning for a new wave come winter.
Annastacia Palaszczuk has fired back in a heated exchange during a press conference as she was questioned over allegations concerning interference in her office amid the ongoing integrity issues plaguing the government. SEE THE FIERY ENCOUNTER
Queensland has recorded 8643 Covid-19 cases and nine more deaths, as a Gold Coast study has revealed just how widespread unknown community transmission is, with figures showing nine out of 10 positive cases didn’t even know they had the virus.
Hundreds of category 1 elective operations – which need to be provided within 30 days to avoid a patient quickly deteriorating – have been pushed back as Queensland hospitals struggle to cope with the affects of a two-pronged attack on their resources.
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