Queensland Ambulance Service bills events $2.71 million in past year

By Felicity Caldwell
Updated December 8 2016 - 12:18am, first published December 7 2016 - 10:19pm
Queensland Ambulance Service staff on site at the Gold Coast Marathon in 2016. Photo: Queensland Ambulance Service
Queensland Ambulance Service staff on site at the Gold Coast Marathon in 2016. Photo: Queensland Ambulance Service
Queensland ambulances can be stationed at community events at a cost of more than $100 an hour. Photo: Supplied
Queensland ambulances can be stationed at community events at a cost of more than $100 an hour. Photo: Supplied

Special events organisers racked up a bill of $2.71 million in the past financial year for Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics to attend their events.