Janessa Ekert Journalist I didn’t always want to be a journalist. In fact, when I was younger my dream was to be an archaeologist – who wouldn’t want to be like Indiana Jones? However, now that I am a journalist, I couldn’t imagine doing anything else with my life.
I love listening to people’s stories and sharing them with others.
I’m a Queenslander through and though. Mackay is the furthest south I have ever lived. I’m an only child and I was raised in Airlie Beach.
My parents are former boaties; we lived on a 42 foot.
It follows police charging a 41-year-old woman for allegedly assaulting three nurses at Proserpine Hospital on Monday afternoon. The woman was charged with serious assault after the alleged incident in which three nurses suffered various injuries. One nurse was kicked and struck in the face. Ms Davies Jones said MHHS was encouraged to report incidents to allow the health service to capture a more accurate picture of workplace aggression . The increase in reporting shows us where the hot spots are and allows us to target resources and training, she said. We have seen an increase in the number of staff reporting aggressive conduct, not necessarily an increase in actual physical violence.
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Subscriber only A woman will front court next month over the alleged serious assault of three hospital emergency department nurses. Police were called to Proserpine Hospital about 3pm Monday with reports of a disturbance at the ED. It will be alleged the woman, who presented to the ED, became verbally abusive towards staff and assaulted three nurses, kicking one in the chest. The nurses suffered injuries ranging from a bruised face to back injuries. Police arrested the woman and was taken to the Proserpine police station where she was held in custody and charged.
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From skinned crocodiles to major drug busts, these were the biggest crimes that rocked the Whitsundays in 2020.
Absolute croc
A man took a crocodile to a motel, skinned it, chopped it up and then ate it.
For that he copped fines amounting to almost $10,000.
Paul Andrew Isaacson, from Cannonvale, pleaded guilty in Proserpine Magistrates Court to taking a protected animal and making a false or misleading statement to a conservation officer, after he lied about it.
The court heard the Islands Inn Motel owner, in Mandalay, saw the 47-year-old cutting up the body of a crocodile, on September 18, 2018.