The Crees lose a taxpayer-funded client Astonishing that it got so far: An assault victim has lost a bid for taxpayer-funded compensation so she could receive "spiritual healing" in Canada, capping off a three-year legal wrangle. The Queensland government had previously been ordered to foot the bill, which included more than $20,000 for the treatment program and airfares for the woman, who also planned to take a companion... The application for compensation was triggered by a 2007 assault on the woman when she was enlisted by an Aboriginal clan to negotiate a native title compensation claim. She suffered "emotional and physical trauma ... since that time" of the assault by an indigenous woman... She said mainstream treatment had failed and she needed therapy under a program designed for indigenous Canadians with whom she identified. Cree Nations Treatment Haven offered the 35-day treatment at a cost of $4000. Her evidence was that because of her anxiety she would require three stopovers on the way. She also did not want to fly through Asian or American airports as she found them stressful," the tribunal document states... She had therapy in Cairns, far north Queensland, more than 20 years ago for "significant psychological trauma" caused by a motor vehicle accident. She was sexually assaulted in 1995, receiving criminal compensation and using mainstream psychological treatment to assist with her recovery. In 2005, she suffered "unwanted male attention." "She went to Canada and obtained treatment at Cree Nations for what she describes as "woman's issues," according to tribunal documents. Such a modern victim story.