Women can apply for up to $5000 to support their return-to-work efforts, with the first grants to target those who have been unemployed for more than six months.
Queensland Health’s director-general announced a probe into urology services at a top Townsville hospital after concerns about treatment and diagnosis delays.
One organisation described the rate offered to rural patients travelling hundreds of kilometres from their homes to access specialist health services as “inexcusable”.
An extended stay in the city turned to a nightmare, as a family were left to navigate hospitals and insurance systems they say are failing overseas visitors.
The pill testing initiative was launched with a promise there would be an independent evaluation after 12 months, but the government is rejecting calls to share those findings.
Despite some calls from sexual abuse victims’ families, less than a quarter of respondents wanted men banned entirely, although the figure was higher for parents with children under five.