{"id":370483,"date":"2026-03-23T12:58:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T02:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=370483"},"modified":"2026-03-23T18:29:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T08:29:21","slug":"former-health-worker-charged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2026\/03\/23\/former-health-worker-charged\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Health Worker Charged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>March 23, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Toowoomba detectives have charged a 62-year-old former Darling Downs Health employee with breach of privacy offences.<\/p>\n<p>The Wilsonton Heights man, who was arrested on Saturday, has been charged with 23 counts of observations or recordings in breach of privacy.<\/p>\n<p>He is due to appear in Toowoomba Magistrates Court on April 1.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Queensland Health spokesperson confirmed the man was no longer employed by Darling Downs Health.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Queensland Health and Darling Downs Health are fully co-operating with the Queensland Police Service investigation,&#8221; the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our priority is the safety and wellbeing of our staff, patients and visitors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Given this is an active police investigation, it would not be appropriate to comment further on specific details at this time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A police spokesperson said members of the public with information in relation to this matter should\u00a0 contact Toowoomba CIB or Policelink on 13-14-44.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating a fatal head-on smash which occurred near Esk on Saturday afternoon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A police spokesperson said a 2016 Kia Cerato and a 2015 Toyota Kluger were travelling in opposite directions along Esk-Hampton Road when they collided about 3:05pm.<\/p>\n<p>The Kia driver, a 26-year-old Beaudesert man, died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The Toyota driver, a 55-year-old Esk man, was transported in a serious condition to Toowoomba Hospital.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>A teenage bullrider suffered a serious leg injury during Saturday night&#8217;s Jandowae Show rodeo.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Emergency services were called to the showgrounds about 6:30pm.<\/p>\n<p>The boy was transported by ambulance to Jandowae Hospital in a stable condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toowoomba detectives have charged a 62-year-old former Darling Downs Health employee with breach of privacy offences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":327957,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[172,3,24],"tags":[1551,1132],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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