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A crackdown on cosmetic injectables is looming.

Queensland is tightening Botox and dermal filler laws. Cosmetic nurses are not happy

The way hundreds of cosmetic clinics operate in Queensland is not compliant, but nurses claim a strict interpretation of the law will run them out of business.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt and Marissa Calligeros

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Queensland Nurses and Midwives Union in West End on Thursday.

First strike in decades on the cards for public nurses, midwives

“The level of frustration is incredibly high,” a representative of the Queensland union said.

  • William Davis
Queensland’s pill testing sites closed in April. A report evaluating their efficacy was completed last week, but the LNP won’t say if it will be made public.

Advocates warned people would die. Now we know someone has

An independent evaluation of Queensland’s now-closed pill-testing services was completed last week. There are many reasons why the LNP should make it public.

  • Courtney Kruk
Brisbane’s Princess Alexandra Hospital.

Police probe patient’s death after attack in hospital psych ward

Information about the man’s death in May was not released until hospital staff contacted the media, saying the public needed to know.

  • Tim Arvier and Catherine Strohfeldt
Vaccinations for COVID are at a five-year low, as health authorities warn of a new variant ahead of winter.

New COVID variant emerges as vaccination rates plunge

The World Health Organisation is monitoring a new variant of COVID as health authorities urge people to consider getting free flu jabs and booster shots.

  • Courtney Kruk
Brisbane’s Toowong Private Hospital will close down after administrators found no viable option to keep it open.

Patients at Brisbane hospital told to prepare for its imminent closure

Toowong Private Hospital was found to be in such poor financial shape, it will close within weeks after administrators failed to find a buyer.

  • Sean Parnell
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Strike action could include work stoppages, bed closures and reduced services.

Queensland nurses vote to strike for first time in decades

The nurses’ and midwives’ union says promised “nation-leading” wage increases never transpired.

  • Savannah Meacham
Toowong Private Hospital has been operating on Milton Road for more than 40 years.

‘Beacon of hope’: Future of Brisbane private hospital remains unclear

One of Brisbane’s leading psychiatric hospitals has entered voluntary administration amid a funding crisis that threatens the viability of private facilities nationwide.

  • Marissa Calligeros
The claim focuses on First Nations patients in the health districts of North West Hospital and Health Service and the Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service.

Lawsuit claims hospitals ignored patients, treated mums unfairly. Kids have died

A class action has been filed against the Queensland government alleging the Health Department withheld adequate medication and was racially discriminatory towards patients.

  • Cloe Read
The Aedes aegypti mosquito can transmit dengue, Zika, yellow fever and Chikungunya viruses. Its population is currently limited to Queensland.

Cairns records locally caught case of dengue amid global surge

Despite the locally acquired infection, expert opinion said the region has dodged a bullet as global cases come off an all-time high in 2024.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt

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