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Kirstin PayneSenior Journalist

Kirstin Payne is a senior reporter for the Gold Coast Bulletin who covers current affairs, health and education.

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Cannabis Doctors Australia Clinical Director Dr Ben Jansen, at his Varsity Lakes clinic, dispelling the rumour that cannabis is a cure for COVID19. Picture Glenn Hampson

How Coast cannabis industry took on opioid epidemic

Popping opioids like Tic Tacs is a daily reality some Gold Coasters, but now the medicinal cannabis industry is fighting back.

Gold Coast

Vincent Victor Berg appeared in Southport Court for changing and prescribing drugs as well as saying he was a psychiatrist for what he is not qualified to do

Frauds, fakes and drugs: Exposing dodgy Coast medics

From an obstetrician with dangerous drugs to a nurse who ran over her neighbour, here are the doctors and medics who faced Gold Coast courts. READ THE FULL LIST

Gold Coast

‘People thought I was dead’: Revisit amazing survival tale

It was a story that captured national attention – revisit the remarkable story of how a woman survived five days lost in Gold Coast bushland during which she saw multiple brown snakes and slept under a plastic bag. RELIVE THE DRAMA

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Rachael Fairhurst with her two month old Aurelia Rose Fairhurst at her Burleigh Waters home.Picture Glenn Hampson

FULL LIST: Top Coast baby names

For soon-to-be parents, it is the most baffling question in the world. Find the Gold Coast’s top local names here.

Regional news

FIRST LOOK: Coast venue’s multimillion-dollar upgrade

REVEALED: A moody luxury sports and cocktail bar has been revealed as the final piece in a multimillion-dollar club makeover on the Gold Coast.

Gold Coast

A security personnel wearing protective clothing to help stop the spread of a deadly SARS-like virus which originated in the central city of Wuhan is seenseen at the entrance of subway station in Beijing on January 28, 2020. - The deadly new coronavirus that has broken out in China, 2019-nCoV, will afflict a minimum of tens of thousands of people and will last at least several months, researchers estimate based on the first available data. (Photo by NOEL CELIS / AFP)

Coast GPs’ coronavirus warning after hotel scare

Gold Coast doctors ask suspected coronavirus patients to call ahead before arriving, after another suspected case at a popular hotel.

Gold Coast

Homeless people in Southport, faces blurred.

Thirteen-year wait for Coast housing

People are facing a crushing wait for social housing as the number of seniors seeking help balloons on the Gold Coast.

Gold Coast

Australian Taxi Industry Association CEO Blair Davies speaks to the media as Darwin taxi drivers gathered outside the office of Labor politician Michael Gunner in protest of Uber.

‘Funding alone won’t fix disabled transport issues’

The State Government has unveiled a $21 million scheme to increase the number of wheelchair-accessible taxis. But the families of disabled passengers repeatedly left on the side of the road are uncertain if it will change the attitude of drivers.

Gold Coast

Cancer survivor Georgia McLennan and her xray

Nurse starts dream career after horror brush with death

A mysterious pain in her stomach led to a horror diagnosis for Georgia McLennan, almost costing the Gold Coast nursing student her life. But now she will head back to hospital – this time to help others as a graduate nurse. This is her remarkable story.

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