Queensland’s Health Minister is facing pressure to resign over the collapse of maternity services in regional Queensland, after a top obstetrician says her department had received plenty of warning of a dire situation that left doctors were left with “no choice” but to leave. POLL
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The state government has ordered a full review of Queensland’s school swimming program following revelations the program is plagued with inconsistencies.
Queensland’s school swimming program is allocated less than a quarter of the funds the Victorian government’s flagship water safety program costs.
A hefty pay packet is on offer for this government job – but whoever gets the gig has their work cut out for them dealing with the challenges of the state’s under pressure health system.
More than 80 per cent of Queensland schools don’t have their own pools, and the state government has not allocated a pool as part of any of the 20 new schools built since 2017.
Exasperated parents have attacked the cost of Queensland’s “compulsory” school swimming program, as the Education Minister admits a “one size fits all approach” will not work.
Queensland schools are not adequately funded to offer swim lessons, according to parents, while teachers agree lessons are not compulsory as the Education Minister has insisted.
Midwives in Gladstone who have defied the local hospital’s maternity bypass rules have been praised as ‘heroes’, as the state government confirms an investigation into ‘serious allegations.
Hundreds of e-scooter riders have been slapped with hefty fines in two months, after new laws came in targeting helmets, speeding and carrying passengers.
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