The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS),commonly known as the Flying Doctor,is an air medical service in Australia. It is a non-profit organisation that provides emergency and primary health care services for those living in rural,remote and regional areas of Australia who cannot access a hospital or general practice due to the vast distances of the Outback.
Andrew Charles Laming is an Australian former politician who was a member of the House of Representatives representing the Division of Bowman,Queensland,for the Liberal National Party of Queensland from 2004 to 2022. He sat with the Liberal Party in federal parliament.
Jayant Mukundray Patel is an Indian-born American surgeon who was accused of gross negligence whilst working at Bundaberg Base Hospital in Queensland,Australia. Deaths of some of Patel's patients led to widespread publicity in 2005. In June 2010,he was convicted of three counts of manslaughter and one case of grievous bodily harm,and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment. In August 2012,all convictions were quashed by the full bench of the High Court of Australia and a retrial was ordered due to "highly emotive and prejudicial evidence that was irrelevant to the case" laid before the jury. A retrial for one of the manslaughter counts resulted in acquittal and led to a plea deal where Patel pleaded guilty to fraud and the remaining charges were dropped. On May 15,2015,he was barred from practising medicine in Australia.
Queensland Health is the name of the overall public health service in the state of Queensland,Australia. The system is made up of 16 Hospital and Health Services (HHS'),and the Queensland Department of Health. Each HHS covers a certain geographical area of Queensland,with the exception of the state-wide service,Children's Health Queensland,and operates health facilities and other services. The Department of Health is responsible for the management and performance of the system,and support services like finance,centralised supply and procurement,HR,and IT services. Most HHS' also have associated foundations and authorities,which provide additional support.
Sir Raphael West Cilento,often known as "Ray",was an Australian medical practitioner and public health administrator.
The Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) is a major political party in Queensland,Australia. It was formed in 2008 by a merger of the Queensland divisions of the Liberal Party and the National Party. At a federal level and in most other states,the two parties remain distinct and often operate as a Coalition. The LNP is a division of the Liberal Party of Australia,and an affiliate of the National Party of Australia.
Bellbowrie is a suburb in the City of Brisbane,Queensland,Australia. In the 2016 census Bellbowrie had a population of 5,462 people.
Bruce Stephen Flegg is a former Australian politician. He was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2004 to 2015,representing the electorate of Moggill in south-western Brisbane for the Liberal Party and its successor the Liberal National Party. He was the leader of the state Liberal Party from 2006 to 2007 and served as Minister for Housing and Public Works in the Newman government from April to November 2012.
Moggill is an electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in the state of Queensland,Australia. The electorate is held by Dr Christian Rowan,for the Liberal National Party of Queensland.
Moggill is a suburb in the City of Brisbane,Queensland,Australia. In the 2016 census,Moggill had a population of 4,641 people.
The Prince Charles Hospital (TPCH) is a major teaching and tertiary referral hospital in the northern suburb of Chermside in Brisbane,Queensland,Australia. TPCH is a public hospital operated by Metro North Health,the largest public health service in Queensland Health and in Australia. The hospital is described to be the "leading cardiothoracic hospital in Australia",and is the hub for specialised services including heart and lung transplants,adult cystic fibrosis,adult congenital heart disease and complex cardiac care.
The Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) is the state emergency ambulance and patient transport provider in Queensland,Australia. QAS is part of the Queensland Government under the Queensland Health portfolio and is one of the largest ambulance services in the world.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) rights in Queensland have advanced significantly from the late 20th century onwards,in line with progress on LGBT rights in Australia nationally. Private consensual sex between men has been legal in the state since 1991,with lesbian sexual acts never criminalised. The age of consent was equalised to 16 years for all sexual acts in 2016. Sexuality and gender identity are protected attributes under both state and federal anti-discrimination laws. Same-sex couples may marry under Australian law,enter into a civil partnership under state law or live together in an unregistered de facto relationship. Same-sex couples may become parents through adoption,foster care,altruistic surrogacy and,for lesbian couples,IVF. In 2020,Queensland became the first jurisdiction within Australia to pass a law banning conversion therapy,with a maximum penalty of 18 months imprisonment and fines. State anti-discrimination protections for sexuality and gender identity were introduced in 2002 and in 2017 the gay panic defence was abolished from the criminal law. Transgender and intersex Queenslanders are able to update their government records and birth certificate,with the formal repeal of both the "divorce requirements" in 2018 and then the "surgery requirements" in 2023.
The 2015 Queensland state election was held on 31 January 2015 to elect all 89 members of the unicameral Legislative Assembly of Queensland.
The Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine (AITHM) is an Australian tropical health and medical research institute based at James Cook University (JCU) in Townsville and Cairns,Queensland. Formerly known as the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine,AITHM was established at JCU in 2008.
William John Glasson is an Australian ophthalmologist. He was President of the Australian Medical Association 2003–05. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Liberal National Party of Queensland in the contest for the seat of Griffith,held by the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd,in the 2013 federal election. He was again unsuccessful in the by-election held on 8 February 2014 as a result of Rudd's resignation from Parliament.
Barry James O'Sullivan is an Australian politician who was a senator for Queensland from 11 February 2014 until 30 June 2019. He is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) and sat with the Nationals in federal parliament. A former police detective,grazier,property developer and LNP executive treasurer,O'Sullivan was appointed by the Queensland Parliament to the Senate seat vacated by Barnaby Joyce,who had resigned to contest the House of Representatives seat of New England at the 2013 federal election. He was elected to a three-year term at the 2016 federal election.
Eleanor Elizabeth Bourne (1878–1957) was the first Queensland woman to study medicine. She also was one of only 15 women doctors in Australia who volunteered for service in World War I.
Abortion in Queensland,Australia,is available on request in the first 22 weeks of pregnancy,with the approval of two doctors usually required for later terminations of pregnancy. Queensland law prohibits protesters from coming within 150 metres of an abortion clinic and requires conscientiously objecting doctors to refer women seeking an abortion to a doctor who will provide one. The current legal framework was introduced by the Palaszczuk Labor Government with the passage of the Termination of Pregnancy Act by the Parliament of Queensland on 17 October 2018 in a conscience vote. Before the Termination of Pregnancy Act took effect on 3 December 2018,abortion was subject to the Criminal Code and the common law McGuire ruling,which made abortion unlawful unless the abortion provider had a reasonable belief that a woman's physical or mental health was at risk. Availability varies across the state,and is more limited in rural and remote areas outside South East Queensland. In the absence of standardised data collection,it is estimated that between 10,000 and 14,000 abortions occur every year in Queensland.
Bryson Warwick Head is an Australian politician.
