Queensland Nurses Opting Out of CCP Virus Vaccinations: Union Survey
A Queensland nurses union has revealed strong hesitancy among the “overwhelming majority” of its members towards mandatory immunisation against the CCP virus, given the shorter trial times and higher unknowns for the newer RNA vaccines compared to standard vaccines.
Chief Health Officer Jeanette Young, on March 31, made it mandatory for Queensland nurses working with COVID-19 patients to get one of the jabs. But some nurses say they’ve been left in the dark about what compensation they’ll receive if they develop a bad reaction to the vaccine.
The Nurses Professional Association of Queensland (NPAQ) has said that 82.5 percent of their members surveyed think their employers should compensate them if they start to have side effects from a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Free State of Origin tickets, shares in greyhounds, passionate support for the Australian flag and an honorary chief title are among the interests declared by Queenslandâs 93 state politicians.
The register of membersâ interests typically lists properties, trusts, shares, gifts and memberships of unions, but politicians have also declared some quirky hobbies and passions.
Good times: Queensland politicians up in the corporate boxes enjoyed the Maroonsâ win as much as the players.
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LNP MP James Lister is a life member of the Australian National Flag Association (Queensland).
The associationâs mission includes communicating the importance of the flag, promoting the Australian identity overseas by use of the flag, and encouraging personal identity with the flag at all levels within the community.
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IRONIC TWIST There s been an ironic twist in the landmark case of a whistleblowing career nurse in Brisbane who triggered a legal storm last year after she dared speak up about training flaws impacting student nurses. Margaret Gilbert has assumed the role of acting president of her union, the Nurses Professional Association of Queensland, which spearheaded the defence in her ongoing case. Fittingly, she expects to drop the acting bit and take on the presidency full-time in March, coinciding with the expected release of a ruling in her matter. Gilbert, who has had an exemplary career spanning more than 40 years, was hit with a show cause notice in early 2020 claiming she may have breached media guidelines after she highlighted falling standards in bachelor nursing degrees and a decline in practical skills.