The Wire

Registered nurses in Queensland’s remote Torres Strait Island communities are threatening to leave their posts by Friday and operate a fly in and out service only, if security and health concerns are not addressed. This comes after a nurse on the Torres Strait Island of Mabuaig was allegedly raped. The Queensland Nurse’s Union is demanding that basic security needs, such as locks on doors and window’s are met. Meanwhile the community of Mabuaig have gone one month without a registered nurse. If the planned industrial action goes ahead, the whole of the Torres Strait Island community will face the same problem.