Qld woman critical after drunken attack

A woman is fighting for her life in hospital after a drunk man allegedly tried to punch her in the head when she refused him entry to a pub in northwest Queensland.

The staff member, 36, refused to let the man, 28, enter the pub in the Mount Isa suburb of Parkside overnight Friday because he appeared to be too drunk.

"The employee was speaking with another woman when she was allegedly assaulted by the man causing her to fall the ground, hitting her head," a police statement said.

Police say the man tried to punch the woman in the head, but missed and his momentum carried himself into her.

The woman was taken to Mount Isa hospital with critical head injuries and was to be transferred to Townsville later on Saturday.

The man is due to appear in Mount Isa Magistrates Court on January 11 charged with causing grievous bodily harm.

The incident comes in the wake of public outrage over the one-punch attack in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley last weekend that claimed the life of 18-year-old Cole Miller.