
Your @LNPQld Member for #Clayfield. Dad to 3 kids, friend, partner and local Northside boy. Minister for Health and Ambulance Services.
Clayfield, Brisbane
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For far too long under the former Labor government, Queensland kids with learning difficulties were left without support. This is targeted and practical intervention that backs families with the support they need.
It’s time for the Federal Government to step up & rescue stranded Aussies waiting on aged care or NDIS support from QLD hospitals.
More than 1,400 Queenslanders are stuck in hospitals waiting on aged care or NDIS supports. New data released yesterday reveals there are over 1,100 older and 300 younger patients waiting in Queensland hospitals for more appropriate care and support systems.
#BREAKING Stronger bail laws are coming to Parliament this week.
That’s why today we can announce the next phase of Adult Crime, Adult Time will be bail reform. We’re going to have the strongest bail laws in the country. Labor’s decade of weak laws and fewer police created the Youth Crime Crisis that’s ripped communities apart.
We’re delivering the Mackay Base Hospital Expansion with a clear, funded roadmap for the future growth of the region’s biggest hospitals.
Main construction works will commence in 2027, with all Stage 1 packages to be delivered by 2030, which includes:
- At least 128 new hospital beds
- Expanded emergency, maternity, birthing, neonatal and paediatric services
- More than 1,000 new carparks
- A rooftop helipad.
UPDATE: Our life-changing Surgery Connect program has now delivered more than 35,000 additional procedures for Queenslanders.
Since Surgery Connect began, more than 35,000 additional procedures have already been delivered.
On average, around 100 Queenslanders every day are now receiving surgery sooner, and the elective surgery waitlist is down 8,136 from Labor’s peak.