Tony Moore
Tony Moore is a senior reporter for brisbanetimes.com.au.
Serious fears about hospital's mental health unit
Tony Moore A 28-year-old patient at Princess Alexandra Hospital's mental health unit had been drinking three bottles of vodka a day inside the centre – without being stopped by staff – in the...
Ten suicides, one mental health hospital: coroner asks why
Tony Moore System failings have meant 10 patients at Princess Alexandra Hospital's mental health unit have walked to a nearby “suicide hotspot" and taken their lives when they were supposed to be closely...
Sex health clinic cuts will see STI rates rise: experts
Tony Moore Queensland Health’s decision to axe 32 jobs from a Brisbane sex health clinic will see the rate of sexually transmitted diseases increase, an experienced sex health nurse said yesterday.
Health services close across state
Tony Moore Queensland's health services are under massive pressure statewide as health districts make tough decisions to close services and cut staff to meet budget fund reductions.
Queensland Health takes brunt of redundancies
Tony Moore More than 4100 Queensland Health employees will be paid redundancies, the Newman government revealed as it detailed the 14,000 public service jobs to go in one of the largest-ever transformations of...
Suicide barrier advice ignored for nine years
Tony Moore Despite Queensland Health deciding to "contribute money to build suicide prevention barriers" at a known suicide hot spot near a Brisbane hospital nine years ago, no work has been done.
Nurses union wants talks in wake of attack
Tony Moore The Queensland Nurses Union will urgently write to Queensland Health today seeking urgent talks over statewide nurse safety after two chilling abduction attempts near Princess Alexandra Hospital over...
Attempted nurse abduction: company offers $3 a night parking
Tony Moore Queensland nurses have applauded a move by a private company operating car parks at Brisbane's inner-city hospitals to provide cheap, safe parking for nurses following a chilling abduction attempt on...
MP gnashes teeth over fluoride cuts
Tony Moore The six Queensland councils removing fluoride from drinking water are “making a terrible mistake”, according to the state's highest-profile dentist - Education Minister John-Paul...
Union to fight power asset sales
Tony Moore and Marissa Calligeros Queensland’s electricty union has declared it will campaign against any sell-off of government-owned energy suppliers in the government’s marginal seats.
The battle over Kevin's T-shirt
Tony Moore Former prime minister Kevin Rudd's Griffith opponent has weighed into his 2013 election T-shirt competition, suggesting it should say "Where's Kevin?".
Witnesses to Burleigh awning collapse heard cracks
Tony Moore Witnesses have told how they heard loud cracks in a Burleigh Heads shopping precinct this morning moments before a metal awning collapsed, killing one man and injuring three women and two children.
LNP selects Bill Glasson to challenge Rudd
Amy Remeikis and Tony Moore Former Australian Medical Association chief Bill Glasson will challenge Kevin Rudd in the seat of Griffith at next year's federal election.
Anxious weekend for public servants
Tony Moore Close to 2000 Transport and Main Roads staff will have a restless weekend after finding out they will be told by telephone on Tuesday – the day of the Queensland budget – whether they still have a...
For Labor ex-minister, a time of atonement
Tony Moore Brisbanetimes.com.au approached several of Labor’s former MPs to guage their reaction to their new lives four months after their savage election loss. One obliged.
Leaders in stoush over incinerator buffer zone
Tony Moore After two years, the state government and Brisbane City Council are still at loggerheads over a "buffer zone" between a waste incinerator and 1000 new homes in Brisbane's west.
Call for unemployed to get transport discounts
Tony Moore Queensland's two major political parties have rejected calls to offer the unemployed public transport concessions to help them find work.
