Minister Pressures Abortion Advocate to Resign
Update: 2025-12-14
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Queenslands Health Minister, Tim Nicholls, allegedly pressured abortion advocate Daile Kelleher to resign from a hospital board due to concerns about her public advocacy work. Kelleher, CEO of Sexual and Reproductive Health Australia, was appointed to the Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service board by the previous Labor health minister. New laws gave the cabinet power to dismiss board members without cause, leading Kelleher to believe she was given an ultimatum to resign. Despite an independent commissioner deeming her conflicts of interest minor, Nicholls never approved a plan to manage potential conflicts, citing administrative difficulties. Kelleher argues that sexual and reproductive health policy decisions rarely come before the board, making the conflicts more imagined than real.
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