Although denied by leader David Crisafulli,speculation has been rife that former conservative senator Amanda Stoker could be parachuted into an LNP cabinet.
The actions of four MPs from both parties are now being investigated by Queensland parliament’s powerful ethics committee after last month’s incident.
Opposition MP Ros Bates yelled the comment while Health Minister Shannon Fentiman was responding to a question about cancelled maternity services.
The legislation has passed in state parliament,more than four years after the tragic deaths of Hannah Clarke and her young children.
Queensland Women’s Week has kicked off with a $46 million state government commitment to build four free walk-in clinics for women and children.
A second pitch for Queensland’s top job may have fizzled this week,but the embers flared just brightly enough,and long enough,to be revealing.
Queensland’s incoming premier has issued a strong rebuke to critics of the union movement and its long Labor links after comments he was “utterly owned” by them.
With no other challenger,Friday’s Queensland Labor team meeting to pick Annastacia Palaszczuk’s successor should be little more than a formality.
After Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s decision to resign after almost nine years in the job,two contenders have so far put their hats in the ring.
The Health Minister has pitted herself against outgoing Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s succession pick for support among fellow Labor MPs.
Queensland Health has adopted a five-point,$20 million plan to address ambulance ramping after two people died in as many days.