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Ex-Qld premier Bligh to front health probe
Sydney :: Australia | 1 day ago
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A spokeswoman for the inquiry told AAP Ms Bligh had been summoned by the Brisbane-based inquiry. Former health minister Paul Lucas and former public works minister Robert Schwarten could also be called, however the inquiry has not yet named them. Ms
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Investigation widens into baby's death at Rockhampton Hospital
Sydney :: Australia | 8 days ago
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Central Queensland woman Sue Bishop says staff at the hospital confirmed her niece's baby had died in her womb on Monday, but would not admit her because of a shortage of hospital beds. Ms Bishop said her niece had been in labour for nearly a week
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Budget gives $1bn extra for Qld hospitals
Sydney :: Canada | 9 days ago
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S hospitals will get an extra $1 billion in the federal budget, Federal Health Minister Tanya Plibersek says. Just over $13 billion will be given to Queensland over the next four years, going from $2.8 billion in 2013/14 to $3.8 billion in 2016/17. "
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Qld measles case sparks statewide alert
Brisbane :: Australia | 16 days ago
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Queensland after a mine worker was diagnosed with the potentially deadly virus. Queensland Health says the central Queensland man probably caught the virus during a recent holiday in Asia and may have passed it on to colleagues. He had contact with
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Qld men cop highest sun risk: report
Sydney :: Australia | 18 days ago
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ONE in eight men and one in 12 women in Queensland get sunburnt on an average weekend, according to a report in the Medical Journal of Australia. Young men who work outdoors appear to be most at risk, and people who take part in physical activity are
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Scrum before Qld Health payroll system rolled out
Melbourne :: Australia | 30 days ago
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AFP IBM and Queensland Health staff were involved in a "daily scrum" in the lead up to the launch of the failed health payroll system, an inquiry has heard. Queensland Health's former payroll director Janette Jones on Wednesday told the Queensland
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Qld minister refuses to drink CSG water
Toowoomba :: Australia | 1 month ago
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S health minister has refused to sample a bottle of groundwater from a coal seam gas (CSG) region in the state's south. Protesters from the anti-CSG group Lock the Gate Alliance gathered outside the health department's Brisbane office and challenged
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IT tool a custom-made failure: Qld parly
Sydney :: Canada | 1 month ago
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Bligh government's list of overpriced IT disasters, state parliament has been told. The Travel Management System (TMS) was meant to be a single portal for online booking of airfares, hotels, car hire and reconciling expense claims across government
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Job cuts helped boost healthcare: Qld govt
Sydney :: Canada | 1 month ago
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Queensland was made possible by cutting jobs, the state government says. Health Minister Lawrence Springborg says a new $3.2 million plan to provide more support to families of sick children who don't live in big cities was made possible by creating
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Qld inquiry to grill former IBM top man
Cape Town :: South Africa | 1 month ago
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A MAN who played a key role in the Queensland government adopting his former employer's flawed health payroll system has denied any wrongdoing. Terry Burns, once IBM's "top man" in South Africa, is expected to front the Queensland health payroll
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