Premium Content Subscriber only A Whitsunday businesswoman and former council candidate has fronted court after calling police "c--ts" and 'f---ing idiots" on New Year's Eve. Heidi Michelle Ward faced Proserpine Magistrates Court this week charged with obstructing a police officer in the vicinity of a licensed premises, committing public nuisance in the vicinity of a licensed premises and breaching bail. Magistrate James Morton noted Ward already had charges proceeding through the courts dating back to December 2019 and Ward confirmed this, saying she had pleaded not guilty. The court heard one of the charges - assault occasioning bodily harm - was progressing through Mackay District Court while others were proceeding through the magistrates court.