Queensland State Minister O'Rourke to Step Down

Queensland State Minister O'Rourke to Step Down
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk speaks during a press conference in Brisbane, Australia on June 16, 2020. Jono Searle/Getty Images
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Queensland’s minister for communities, disability services and seniors has declared she will not recontest her seat at the upcoming state election.

Coralee O'Rourke, the MP for the Townsville-based seat of Mundingburra, said she needed to put her health first after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018.