Ipswich copper theft costs traders a day; Qld health plan undated
Ipswich traders lost a day after copper wire was stolen from a shopping centre, while Queensland's health minister won't set a workforce plan deadline.
Businesses at an Ipswich shopping centre lost a day of trade and shoppers were turned away after hundreds of metres of copper wire were stolen from the site, according to Nine's Brisbane bulletin on Tuesday 10 November.
The bulletin did not say when the theft happened, how the wire was taken or whether anyone has been charged. It also did not say which shopping centre was affected or when normal trading resumed.
The same bulletin, presented by Aislin Kriukelis, reported that Queensland's health minister was under pressure over a long-awaited plan to address critical health worker shortages. The minister had refused to commit to a deadline for releasing the plan.
It has been 12 months since the scale of the workforce crisis was laid bare. The government is continuing with hospital upgrades, but there is still no workforce strategy to match them.
The bulletin gave only a brief outline of both stories. Further detail on the Ipswich theft and the minister's comments was not included in the source material.
Video: 9 News Australia.
Key questions
- What happened at the Ipswich shopping centre?
- Hundreds of metres of copper wire were stolen from the centre. Businesses lost a day of trade and shoppers were turned away, according to the 10 November bulletin.
- Has Queensland's health workforce plan been released?
- Not according to the bulletin. The health minister refused to commit to a deadline for the long-awaited plan, and there is still no workforce strategy.
- How long has the health worker shortage been known?
- The bulletin said it has been 12 months since the crisis was laid bare. In that time the government has pressed ahead with hospital upgrades.