Audrey Courty

Brisbane

Digital Journalist at ABC News (Australia)

Journalist @ABCNews National newsdesk via @abcbrisbane 🎥 📝 Ex-researcher. 1st gen Aussie 🇦🇺 French/Turkish heritage 🇫🇷 🇹🇷 https://t.co/JO1o4TOJEf

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Articles

Healthscope collapse raises questions about the viability of private hospitals

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Audrey Courty

The collapse of Australia's second largest private hospital group is an early warning sign for the financial viability of private hospitals, a health policy expert says. Healthscope's network of 37 private hospitals treat about 650,000 Australians each year and employ about 19,000 staff nationally. Owned by the Canadian-American investment firm Brookfield, the indebted operator fell into receivership on Monday after its syndicate of banks and hedge funds withdrew support.
Live: Politicians discuss Trump-proofing Australia's fragile economy on Q+A

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Audrey Courty

Just nowMon 7 Apr 2025 at 11:27amOn the panel tonightThe program starts in less than five minutes. Joining presenter Patricia Karvelas, tonight's guests are:Jenny McAllister, Minister for Emergency Management of AustraliaAndrew Bragg, Shadow Assistant Minister for Home OwnershipMax Chandler-Mather, Greens spokesperson on Housing and HomelessnessAngelica Ojinnaka-Psillakis, social researcher and youth affairs advocateMarc Fennell, journalist and broadcaster
Separated by years of war, Ukrainian families balance safety, duty and love

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Audrey Courty

Whenever Kira hears thunder rolling across the ocean in her adopted home of Ulladulla, NSW, she's reminded of explosions rocking her native town in Ukraine. Over three years ago, the then-15-year-old was jolted awake by falling missiles in the hours before dawn. "It was so surreal," she says. "A booming noise came through the window and I realised it wasn't thunder. "Bombs were going off.
Liberals dump NSW candidate who said women should not serve in ADF combat

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Audrey Courty

Benjamin Britton has been disendorsed as a Liberal candidate for the NSW seat of Whitlam, after expressing views "inconsistent with the party's position," a spokesperson says. Before his preselection in December last year, Mr Britton said the Australian Defence Force (ADF) "need to remove females from combat corps" in order to "fix" the military. He also blamed "diversity and equity quotas, Marxist ideology and woke ideologies" for weakening Australia's defence.
Can we end youth homelessness before it begins? One city shows it can be done

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Audrey Courty

You've probably walked by them on the street or sat next to them in class, but you likely couldn't tell the secret they were keeping from looking at them. "I was embarrassed. I didn't want people to know. It was almost like I would do anything to make sure I did not present as homeless," Ella says. "Even admitting it to myself was hard."The 18-year-old student from Mackay, Queensland, is one of the faces of what advocates describe as "a silent epidemic" of youth homelessness.
Accepting my body with disability began with learning to love myself

Mar 29, 2025 | abc.net.au | Audrey Courty

For ABC Heywire winner Jezabella, being unique has come with its challenges. When she was a baby, she was diagnosed with a medical condition so rare, only eight other Australians were known to have it at the time. It's not clear what triggers it but acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is a kind of inflammation that affects the brain and spinal cord. The 16-year-old from Broken Hill, NSW, says it affects how she walks, comparing her gait to the "waddle" of a penguin.
Australia is considering making changes to build all-gender toilets. What are they?

Mar 19, 2025 | abc.net.au | Audrey Courty

We all need to pee, but a visit to public toilets forces Sol into a daily dilemma: feel like a fraud or hold it until they're home. The 18-year-old student says it's a struggle to choose between the men and women's bathrooms because they identify and present as non-binary. "I have both masculine and feminine traits. Regardless of which bathroom I walk into, someone's giving me a weird look," Sol says. "They'll do a double-take at the sign or they'll stare at me at the sinks.
Another kangaroo 'crash' is coming - some say they should be shot before they starve to death

Mar 1, 2025 | rnz.co.nz | Audrey Courty

By Audrey Courty for ABC's Heywire[Warning: This story contains images of dead and starving kangaroos. Andi cares so much about her environment that she thinks kangaroos should be shot before they starve to death - and many ecologists agree it should be made a priority. Just a head taller than the rifle in her hands, Andi acknowledges the legal shooting of Australia's national icon may be confronting for some.
Another kangaroo 'crash' is coming - some say they should be shot before they starve to death

Mar 1, 2025 | abc.net.au | Audrey Courty

Warning: This story contains images of dead and starving kangaroos. Andi cares so much about her environment she thinks kangaroos should be shot before they starve to death — and many ecologists agree it should be made a priority. Just a head taller than the rifle in her hands, Andi acknowledges the legal shooting of Australia's national icon may be confronting for some. But the 16-year-old who regularly joins her father on kangaroo hunts in Narrogin, Western Australia, is unfazed.
Bee hunter saving native species, one 'hotel' at a time

Feb 8, 2025 | abc.net.au | Audrey Courty

When Clancy talks about saving native bees, he bursts with energy reminiscent of his conservationist idol Steve Irwin. "There's a common misconception that all bees make honey and live in hives," he says, citing Australia's 2,000-odd species. "But the majority of our native bees are actually solitary."The 23-year-old ecologist known as "The Bee Man" is on a mission to conserve solitary pollinators by building them structures in which they can take shelter.