A $7m unpaid tobacco fine and online sales emerge amid government crack down on illegal trade
Illicit tobacco operators are chalking up unpaid fines so large that one player alone owes more than $7…
Former patients ‘left waiting for justice’ after damning report into Brisbane’s Wolston Park Mental Hospital
Randall Carrington sits on a park bench at Manly Beach. It’s 1977, and he’s got a sun-kissed Australian…
Queensland Health workers lock in 8% pay rise
More than 38,000 Queensland public sector health workers have secured a certified agreement with the government. A majority…
Hopes remain for return of eagles to relocated nest at Bundaberg Hospital site
Wedge-tailed eagles have so far failed to return to a nest relocated from a Queensland hospital site facing…
Nangs to be seized under new Queensland laws cracking down on sale of illegal tobacco and nicotine
Authorities will have the power to seize nangs found alongside illicit tobacco or nicotine products in Queensland, under…
Anthony Albanese writes to states, telling them to rein in public hospital spending
The states and territories are on a collision course with the Commonwealth over public hospital funding, with health…
Calls for federal government to help ‘stranded Australians’ waiting in hospital for aged care bed
George Davis thought retirement would be the best time of his life. But the 80-year-old spends each day…
Health authorities issue a nationwide recall of various alfalfa sprouts due to salmonella outbreak
Health authorities have issued a nationwide recall of various alfalfa sprouts due to a salmonella outbreak. At least…
Queensland medical professionals to take industrial action as negotiations with state government stall
About 2,000 Queensland Health workers are set to take protected industrial action in a bid for better pay…
Health minister reinstates ban on puberty blockers hours after Supreme Court overturned freeze
Queensland Health Minister Tim Nicholls has issued a new directive to ban public doctors from prescribing puberty blockers…
Senior Queensland doctor suspended for more than a year on full pay
One of Queensland’s chief medical officers has been suspended for more than a year on his $500,000 salary…
Investigation into Townsville Hospital urology care finds more impacted patients
More than 500 Townsville Hospital urology patients waiting for reports were “lost to the system”, Queensland’s health minister…