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Doula could face charges after influencer's birth death

Doula could face charges after influencer's birth death

Sworn evidence provided by an unregistered doula to an inquest into the free birth death of an influencer has been contradicted by a phone recording.

Jumping castle inquest looks to NASA wind expert

Jumping castle inquest looks to NASA wind expert

Jumping castle inquest looks to NASA wind expert

Jumping castle inquest looks to NASA wind expert

A scientist specialising in dust devils on Earth and Mars has been called on to provide his opinion about a deadly primary school jumping castle accident.

Chilling question after woman vanished into thin air

Chilling question after woman vanished into thin air

Chilling question after woman vanished into thin air

Chilling question after woman vanished into thin air

A man repeatedly asked if he could trust a friend in the hours before a woman disappeared after being seen with him.

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Coroner weeps as sister speaks of young sibling’s death

Coroner weeps as sister speaks of young sibling’s death

A coroner has been left in tears after a grieving sister remembered an eight-year-old girl who died when her insulin was withheld by her fundamentalist parents.

'Chilling': man's death sparks gambling reform calls

'Chilling': man's death sparks gambling reform calls

Online gambling was the direct cause of a young problem gambler taking his own life, a coroner has found while recommending a national betting watchdog.

Teen's tragic cricket death won't lead to rule changes

Teen's tragic cricket death won't lead to rule changes

The parents of a 17-year-old boy fatally struck in the neck during cricket training have responded after a coroner determined the death was a tragic accident.

Plan to send girl to cult triggered 'extreme' warning

Plan to send girl to cult triggered 'extreme' warning

Child safety officers were warned a young diabetic girl's mother would refuse her insulin two years before the child was found dead, a coroner has heard.

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Child safety 'misunderstood' cult before girl's death

Child safety 'misunderstood' cult before girl's death

Child safety 'misunderstood' cult before girl's death

Child safety 'misunderstood' cult before girl's death

A child safety officer did not fully understand diabetes or the anti-medical beliefs held by the mother of an insulin-dependent girl, a coroner has heard.

Pool fence safety in focus amid adventurous boy's death

Pool fence safety in focus amid adventurous boy's death

Pool fence safety in focus amid adventurous boy's death

Pool fence safety in focus amid adventurous boy's death

A coroner will examine pool fencing compliance following the drowning of a three-year-old boy in a backyard swimming pool.

Coroner finds girl's hospital death was preventable

Coroner finds girl's hospital death was preventable

Coroner finds girl's hospital death was preventable

Coroner finds girl's hospital death was preventable

The parents of a girl who died in hospital after presenting with a stomach ache have wiped away tears as a coroner released findings into her death.

Effort to keep young girl from mum's cult 'stonewalled'

Effort to keep young girl from mum's cult 'stonewalled'

Effort to keep young girl from mum's cult 'stonewalled'

Effort to keep young girl from mum's cult 'stonewalled'

Before a young girl died, medical experts warned she faced "extreme risk" if returned to a mother whose religious beliefs forbade insulin, a coroner has heard.

Pressure grows for inquest into triple murder

Pressure grows for inquest into triple murder

Pressure grows for inquest into triple murder

Pressure grows for inquest into triple murder

Calls for an inquest into the murder of three Aboriginal children by their mother are growing, with a federal minister lending her support to a probe.

Officer's death a lesson in PTSD, coroner finds

Officer's death a lesson in PTSD, coroner finds

Officer's death a lesson in PTSD, coroner finds

Officer's death a lesson in PTSD, coroner finds

The death of an officer haunted by a double murder and other traumatic events should be a lesson for police on how to prevent future tragedies, a coroner says.

Coroner acts on anorexic woman's plea for change

Coroner acts on anorexic woman's plea for change

Coroner acts on anorexic woman's plea for change

Coroner acts on anorexic woman's plea for change

Expansion of eating disorder treatments has been recommended by a coroner after examining the death of young woman who battled anorexia for two years.

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Top cop makes apology over jumping castle tragedy

A senior officer has expressed sadness that a mother of a child killed in a jumping castle tragedy was not given a chance to be with her son after his death.

'Chaos, confusion': cop recalls jumping castle tragedy

Chains of command were confusing in the initial aftermath of a primary school jumping castle tragedy that killed six students, an inquest has been told.

Hospital 'difficulties' in Hillcrest tragedy aftermath

A senior health executive has told an inquest into the deaths of six children in a jumping castle accident about problems communicating information to parents.

Substantial NDIS package untouched before woman's death

An intellectually disabled woman found emaciated the day before she died had a $75,000 NDIS plan that had never been used, a coroner has been told.

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Double dose of meds among failures before NT death

A coroner has recommended sweeping changes to hospital procedures after an over-sedated psychiatric patient suffered a preventable death.

Mum's last words to son before jumping castle tragedy

Georgie Burt, the mother of Zane Mellor who was among six killed in a jumping castle tragedy, has spoken about the day that "ripped my heart out".

Mystery police station death reexamined 91 years later

The 96-year-old daughter of a police officer mistakenly ruled to have taken his own life on the job in 1935 says the grief of losing him has never left.

'Trust your gut': mum's message after daughter's death

After her little girl's "wholly preventable" death from sepsis, a mother hopes more weight will be given to parents' views in Australian hospital settings.

Frantic calls aired after blaze kills five kids, dad

Domestic violence, no smoke alarms and restrictions on the firefighting response will be examined as part of an inquest into six deaths from a house fire.

Ambulance shortage 'contributed to patient deaths'

A coroner has reported that the long-delayed arrival of ambulance crews contributed to the deaths of two elderly patients who had suffered falls.

Cheerleader death inquest delay for abuse expert search

As an NRL cheerleader's inquest is delayed, former partners of the last man to see her alive have come forward in droves to make statements.

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