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Queensland's dental waiting list is continuing to balloon, with more than 153,000 people queued in February. The staggering figure has grown from 110,075 in just five years, prompting calls for better resourcing and a partnership with the private sector. Opposition Leader David Crisafulli claimed the waitlist was causing grief for thousands of Queenslanders. "It's heart breaking that a waiting list that has been reduced to zero by 2015 is now at levels we've never seen before," he said. Opposition Leader David Crisafulli. Picture: Tara Croser. According to data compiled by the Oppositi...

A SECOND Palaszczuk Government minister has been caught holidaying in New South Wales, defying calls for Queenslanders support struggling tourism businesses in the Sunshine State. Queensland's Energy and Public Works Minister Mick de Brenni is holidaying in Angourie near Yamba, about 180km south of the border. It comes one week after Deputy Premier Steven Miles was controversially spotted holidaying in Byron Bay. Mr de Brenni, a third-term Labor MP, said the trip was organised more than one year ago. "My family booked this holiday in 2019, it was non-refundable and like a lot of Queensla...

People queuing for testing on the Gold Coast - AAP 1 of 1 5370537724001 A man has died from COVID-19 in a Queensland hospital after first being diagnosed in Papua New Guinea. The dual Papuan-British national was evacuated to Queensland on March 28. Since that day, the 77-year-old has been in intensive care in Redcliffe Hospital and died "from complications due to COVID-19" on Monday, Queensland Health said. As the man was not diagnosed in Australia, he will not be counted in Queensland's official death toll, which stands at 6. A person has not died of the virus in Queensland since April 18. ...

The man who died in a Queensland hospital from Covid-19 was former governor and business man from Papua New Guinea, Mal Kela Smith.  Mr Smith, 77, passed way in Redcliffe Hospital on Monday after the dual Papuan-British national was evacuated to Queensland on an emergency flight on March 28. The former Eastern Highland governor's death has been described as 'a sad day for Papua New Guinea' by PNG Health Minister Jelta Wong.    The man who died in a Queensland hospital from Covid-19 was former governor and business man from Papua New Guinea, Mal Kela Smith (pictured) 'Mal Kela Smith was a...

Health by Madura McCormack Premium Content   The State Government's COVID vaccine rollout grinds to halt each weekend, with all clinics closing on Sundays and just one staying open on a Saturday. No jabs were administered at the 60 vaccine hubs controlled by Queensland Health on Sunday and just 34 were given on Saturday - compared to 690 over the weekend in Victoria and 396 in Western Australia. The halting pace of the rollout comes despite Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk moving to "reassure Queenslanders" it was moving forward after unvaccinated frontlin...