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Question Time live: Protest outside parliament as Premier defends NRL WAGS border decision
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has faced a grilling over the decision to open the border for NRL WAGS, with claims of a "lack of leadership" over the matter.
The Premier has been forced to defend a decision to let in a football entourage while Queenslanders have been locked out of their own state as state parliament is put into lockdown.
It's understood police made the decision in response to anti-lockdown, anti-mask protesters who turned up to Parliament House during a peaceful demonstration by voluntary assisted dying protesters.
Question Time began with a raft of questions over the decision that has left Queenslanders and others moving to the state angry following a two-week pause to arrivals because of pressures on hotel quarantine.
Opposition Leader David Crisafulli kicked off the first of several questions asked why she had "prioritised a sporting entourage over everyday Queenslanders", and raising the case of a cancer patient who had gone interstate for her mother's funeral and was now stuck there.
He slammed the decision as "shambolic".
"If there's room for sporting families, there's room for Queensland families," he said.
Mr Crisafulli claimed the "lack of leadership" started last Wednesday when Queenslanders in interstate hotspots were given two hours' notice that the border was further closing.
He said he wanted to know when that decision was taken because minutes mattered.
Ms Palaszczuk continued to defend the decision to welcome the NRL officials and wives as outside the operation of the normal hotel quarantine system.
"Stress on the system was going to stretch our resources and we had to get that under control," she said.
She said there were exemptions for people with health issues and who were grieving loved ones.
Fiery debate was abruptly halted by Speaker Curtis Pitt, and a barb from Ms Palaszcuzk to LNP frontbencher Tim Mander that "at least I'm not wearing a flowery mask" was received with outrage from opposition benches.
Meanwhile, Mr Pitt informed MPs during debate that the parliament has been locked down due to an "attempted incursion" by protesters outside the building.
No one is to be allowed in or out.
Updates
Surgery accreditation
Toowoomba North MP Trevor Watts has asked Yvette D'Ath whether she could guarantee the Caboolture Hospital won't lose its surgical accreditation with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
The Health Minister said accreditation was underway right now.
"I'll wait for the final accreditation," she said.
– Domanii Cameron
D'Ath grilled over Caboolture Hospital
Everton MP Tim Mander questioned Health Minister Yvette D'Ath whether "surgical deaths at Caboolture Hospital have been fully investigated".
Ms D'Ath called on the Opposition to provide specific concerns about care instead of asking "open-ended questions".
"As the member should be aware not every death was investigated, unexpected deaths are automatically referred to the coroner," she said.
"I'm aware one of the three referred to in The Courier-Mail article yesterday was referred to the coroner and they chose not to investigate."
"They come in here asking these open ended questions which make an imputation on the health system."
She said there were "many channels" to raise concerns about care.
– Hayden Johnson
Overdose Awareness Day
Greens MP Michael Berkman has asked whether the government would commit to providing funding so frontline alcohol and other drugs workers can supply naloxone, in light of today being Overdose Awareness Day and Queensland being the second highest state for pharmaceutical overdose deaths.
Health Minister Yvette D'Ath said it was a very serious issue.
"We have strategies around drug and alcohol … but the jobs never done in this space," she said.
She said no government should be closed off to any ideas and that it was committed to working in these areas.
– Domanii Cameron
Who would be held responsible?
Health is dominating Question Time with Glass House MP Andrew Powell asking Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk who would be held responsible if botched surgery causes death in the Queensland Health system.
"If the member has any allegations we're happy to look at those," Ms Palaszczuk responded.
– Hayden Johnson
Queensland records no new Covid cases overnight
Queensland as recorded no new cases of Covid-19 overnight.
More than 11,200 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours while 15,621 vaccines were administered yesterday by Queensland Health.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said 51.3 per cent of Queenslanders have now had one jab while 31.76 per cent are fully vaccinated.
The Premier said Queensland could be proud of its handling of the pandemic.
"The clear lesson is if you go hard and go early you can get on with life," she said.
"We must make the most of this window of opportunity to encourage as many people as possible to get vaccinated."
Spruiking the regional quarantine facility that will be built at Wellcamp near Toowoomba, Ms Palaszczuk reiterated the state's hotel quarantine system was "stretched to the limit".
– Domanii Cameron
Grilling over Caboolture Hospital continues
Opposition frontbencher Christian Rowan has asked Yvette D'Ath whether Caboolture Hospital didn't have a permanent or acting director of surgery for five months in 2020.
The Health Minister said she would inquire into the matter.
– Domanii Cameron
Caboolture Hospital hotline
LNP health spokeswoman Ros Bates has asked Health Minister Yvette D'Ath about Caboolture Hospital.
Ms D'Ath said Queensland Health was setting up a phone line for people to ring in relation to the hospital should they have concerns they want to raise.
She said the number was 3647 9559 and that it would be operational from midday today and be staffed by a clinical nurse consultant.
– Jack McKay
Parliament precinct locked down
The Queensland Parliamentary precinct is in lockdown following threats of "intrusion" by protestors.
Queensland Police advised Speaker Curtis Pitt of the protest activity outside parliament and recommended the precinct be locked down.
Nobody will be permitted to enter or leave parliament during the lockdown.
– Hayden Johnson
International arrivals cap
Annastacia Palaszczuk says Queensland has been taking above the international arrivals cap set by national cabinet.
In response to a question from Opposition frontbencher Jarrod Bleijie, who asked if Queensland hospitals were for Queenslanders, why weren't the state's quarantine hotels, the Premier referred to the caps.
"We are taking above the cap that has been set for international arrivals," she said.
"If the cap comes below what it's supposed to be … we can take more people coming into Queensland."
– Domanii Cameron
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