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Controversial pill testing program still on the cards
As music festivals make their return post-Covid, a peak body is making a renewed call for a contentious pill testing program to be rolled out, and the Palaszczuk government is still openly considering it.
Retirees to the rescue: Is this the answer to doctor shortage crisis?
The state’s peak medical body is lobbying the Queensland government to allow retired doctors to return to work due to unprecedented workforce pressures.
Health crisis in rural, remote Qld with chronic GP shortage
Health care in rural and remote Queensland – which makes up 70 per cent of the state – is having the rug pulled out from it by governments trying to solve GP shortages in the cities, says the peak doctors’ body.
‘My life has been destroyed’: CCC facing lawsuit from sacked councillors
Mayors and councillors sacked due to CCC investigations are now looking at legal action after a review of the watchdog recommended widespread change.
A-G: Queenslanders can ‘absolutely’ trust the CCC
Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman says it’s up to the state’s corruption watchdog to apologise to eight Logan councillors who had fraud charges against them dropped.
Minister defends building regulator as corruption complaints double
The state’s corruption watchdog received double the complaints about the QBCC in the 2021-22 financial year that it did in the previous period – most from within the organisation.
Dominance of Labor’s Left Faction grows in Queensland
Queensland Labor’s Right Faction now holds just 30 per cent of the vote on the party’s conference floor after another dominant performance from the Left Faction.
Gender shake-up coming to Qld birth certificates
Major changes may soon be coming to Queensland birth certicates with parliament to debate a gender shake-up later this year.
Huge gap in flood warnings as $740m fund untouched
Creek systems subject to flash flooding are not covered by a formal Bureau of Meteorology flood warning service, a report has highlighted. It comes as none of the $741m fund for buybacks and future-proofing flood-affected homes has been spent.
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