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Courtney Kruk

Courtney Kruk

Courtney Kruk is a reporter for Brisbane Times.

AMA Queensland are calling on the state government to commit $600 million in extra funding to mental health services in the upcoming budget.

‘Queensland has the money that we need’: Doctors’ $600m request for budget

The peak medical body said a recent audit of the mental health levy proved there was money to address chronic underinvestment across the sector.

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Data shows that for the financial year to January, 41 of Victoria’s 75 health services didn’t have 14-day cash supplies to cover operating costs.

Gold Coast nurse who targeted six teen girls to stay behind bars

The mental health nurse accused of having a foot fetish and targeting vulnerable teenage patients was arrested at the airport at the weekend.

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Renders for the former Energex site released earlier this year.

Work to begin on nearly 500 homes in Brisbane’s north ‘within months’

The former Energex site in Banyo has sat vacant for 10 years, with the Crisafulli government announcing it for sale to private developers in February.

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Indigenous activist Sam Woripa Watson was the first of six people arrested at a pro-Palestine protest in Brisbane on Sunday afternoon.

Seven arrested at Brisbane Palestine rally including flotilla activist detained by IDF

Seven people have been arrested at a pro-Palestine rally organised to test Queensland police’s enforcement of the government’s hate speech laws.

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A QCAT tribunal has ruled in favour of a class action style case proceeding against the government’s ban on gender therapies for children diagnosed with gender dysphoria.

Hundreds of children can join class action, seeking millions in claims

The complaint brought by a 12-year-old transgender child will proceed as a class action-style case, meaning hundreds of children can lodge a claim.

  • Courtney Kruk
Former Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and her partner Vahid Reza Adib.

Family says it was obvious grandmother shouldn’t have been discharged after Adib surgery

The Gold Coast woman died days after she was operated on by the prominent weight-loss surgeon, a coroner finding that her path to surgery was rushed.

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Townsville mayor Nick Dametto was involved in an alleged altercation with a 28-year-old man on Sunday.

Townsville mayor at centre of assault allegations at bar

The alleged assault took place at a bar on a picturesque tourism island and was reported to police days later.

  • Courtney Kruk
Chinese rocket Zhuque-2E Y6.

Chinese rocket identified as source of mystery light in Australian skies

The unusual streak of light was visible for about 20 minutes over parts of Australia, including Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast.

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Labor ministers have accused the deputy premier of being ideologically opposed to affordable housing after revealing her wrote to two developers to remove affordable housing components from applications.

Deputy premier tells developers to remove affordable housing from applications

Jarrod Bleijie wrote to two developers, telling them to scrap the cheaper components of their projects and replace them with standard market-rate housing.

  • Courtney Kruk and Julius Dennis
Police arrested a 49-year-old Riverview man and charged him with the rape of a 16-year-old girl in Brisbane’s CBD.

Man charged with rape of teen girl near Central Station

The 16-year-old reported the incident to police, who launched a month-long investigation into the random attack in Brisbane’s CBD.

  • Courtney Kruk