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Elder abuse support needed after son kills father

Elder abuse support needed after son kills father

A coroner has called for support for people experiencing elder abuse and carers of people with "hidden" mental health conditions after a son killed his father.

Police station death could have been prevented

Police station death could have been prevented

Police station death could have been prevented

Police station death could have been prevented

A police officer, on leave with mental health issues, should never have been able to access the police station where he ended his life, a coroner has found.

'So quick': dog licences recommended after fatal attack

'So quick': dog licences recommended after fatal attack

'So quick': dog licences recommended after fatal attack

'So quick': dog licences recommended after fatal attack

Owners of dog breeds regularly involved in attacks could one day require licences, after a two-year-old was fatally mauled by two animals at a rural motel.

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Double mental health beds, coroner tells government

Double mental health beds, coroner tells government

The NT government should urgently fund the doubling of mental health beds, a coroner says, after finding that a Tiwi Island mother died because of “bed block”.

Woman's alcohol death prompts calls for delivery reform

Woman's alcohol death prompts calls for delivery reform

A coroner has recommended a curfew for alcohol deliveries, a delay between orders and a new action plan to address harms after a woman drank herself to death.

Trauma influenced mum on home birth before baby's death

Trauma influenced mum on home birth before baby's death

A coroner will probe what more could have been done to avoid the death of a six-day-old baby after his mother was rushed to hospital during a home birth.

Inquest after church group found guilty of killing girl

Inquest after church group found guilty of killing girl

A coroner will inquire into the death of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs after her medicine was withheld by religious group members who included her parents.

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Mass failures in unheard-of, deadly aged-care outbreak

Mass failures in unheard-of, deadly aged-care outbreak

Mass failures in unheard-of, deadly aged-care outbreak

Mass failures in unheard-of, deadly aged-care outbreak

An aged care centre's operator has apologised after a coroner found residents were left without medication, food and water during a deadly COVID-19 outbreak.

Woman's missed heart attack prompts push for change

Woman's missed heart attack prompts push for change

Woman's missed heart attack prompts push for change

Woman's missed heart attack prompts push for change

A woman who died of a heart attack in an emergency department was misdiagnosed as having an adverse reaction to codeine, a coroner has found.

Call before shooting 'not satisfactory', coroner finds

Call before shooting 'not satisfactory', coroner finds

Call before shooting 'not satisfactory', coroner finds

Call before shooting 'not satisfactory', coroner finds

The conduct of a social worker who spoke to a suicidal man hours before he died in a confrontation with police was not satisfactory, a coroner has found.

Cops accused of 'victim-blaming' over baby, dad deaths

Cops accused of 'victim-blaming' over baby, dad deaths

Cops accused of 'victim-blaming' over baby, dad deaths

Cops accused of 'victim-blaming' over baby, dad deaths

Police were wrong to make submissions to an inquest into the deaths of a baby and her "dangerous" dad that could be read as victim-blaming, a coroner says.

Eight deaths after voluntary assisted dying refusals

Eight deaths after voluntary assisted dying refusals

Eight deaths after voluntary assisted dying refusals

Eight deaths after voluntary assisted dying refusals

A coroner has called for improvements to voluntary assisted dying selection criteria, finding eight people took their own lives after being refused access.

Indigenous teen drowned fleeing with brother from cops

Indigenous teen drowned fleeing with brother from cops

Indigenous teen drowned fleeing with brother from cops

Indigenous teen drowned fleeing with brother from cops

A coroner has found an Indigenous teen drowned as a result of following his brother into a river to escape detection by police over a stolen car.

Flowers, reflection for 10th anniversary of Lindt siege

Flowers, reflection for 10th anniversary of Lindt siege

Flowers, reflection for 10th anniversary of Lindt siege

Flowers, reflection for 10th anniversary of Lindt siege

A hostage and a rescuer of the Lindt Cafe siege have opened up about their struggles in the decade since as leaders lay flowers to mark the anniversary.

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Safety warning after worst beach tragedy in decades

Swimmers are warned of risks at beaches and waterways this summer after a coroner handed down findings into a state's worst beach tragedy in almost 20 years.

Alleged police killing of fugitive 'complete nonsense'

An inquest is examining the death of a wanted man whose body was found in a burnt-out car following a police pursuit in bushland.

'We want an arrest': new push over exhumed teen's death

His grave has been dug up and fresh evidence handed over, but the battle by the family of Lewis Kelly for justice for the Indigenous teen continues.

Coroner calls for urgent closure of troubled youth jail

The coroner hearing an inquest for an Indigenous teen who fatally self-harmed in a youth detention centre has provisionally recommended the facility close.

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Humanity lost in dealing with prisoners, inquest told

Corrections staff have lost sight of humanity when dealing with prisoners, their boss has told an inquest into an Indigenous man's death in custody.

Wanted shooter set up bushland camp before death

An inquest is examining the death of a man wanted for shooting at police whose body was found in a burnt-out car following a pursuit.

Terminally ill Indigenous man shackled in hospital

An inquest has been told an Indigenous palliative care patient died in custody after he spent 661 days awaiting trial for assault and theft.

'National shame': the women killed and forgotten

With nine Aboriginal women killed in six months across the Northern Territory, experts are trying to pin down causes of the shocking domestic violence rate.

Reform thwarted at jail with 'racist' culture: inquest

A senior public servant faced barriers "way beyond what I imagined" when he tried to turn around a trouble-plagued youth detention centre.

Voice of the child must be heard, top cop tells inquest

Police need to influence victims to "confide in them" when domestic violence offenders breach no-contact orders, a senior police officer has told an inquest.

Racism role in death at centre of teen shooting inquiry

A coroner is being urged to discount racism as a cause of an Indigenous teen's death, despite the ex-officer who shot him being labelled a racist by police.

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