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Family still pained by Kumanjayi Walker's death

Family still pained by Kumanjayi Walker's death

Kumanjayi Walker's family has shared their memories of the 19-year-old with a coronial inquest, saying they are still pained by his death.

Man shot by cops failed to heed warnings, inquest told

Man shot by cops failed to heed warnings, inquest told

Man shot by cops failed to heed warnings, inquest told

Man shot by cops failed to heed warnings, inquest told

A man wanted to die and had threatened to kill his family before he turned up at a regional NSW police station with a weapon, a coroner has heard.

Zachary Rolfe tells inquest he's 'bored' of process

Zachary Rolfe tells inquest he's 'bored' of process

Zachary Rolfe tells inquest he's 'bored' of process

Zachary Rolfe tells inquest he's 'bored' of process

An inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker has heard the former NT police officer who fatally shot the 19-year-old is "bored" of the ongoing process.

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'Murderer' comment was a joke, former cop tells inquest

'Murderer' comment was a joke, former cop tells inquest

An NT police officer who fatally shot an Indigenous teenager says he was making a joke when he posted a social media comment about murderers and war criminals.

Charges possible as inquest into kambo death suspended

Charges possible as inquest into kambo death suspended

Two key witnesses did not give evidence about a man's death during an alternative health retreat after a coroner suspended an inquest, citing potential charges.

Kambo user's heartfelt message echoes after his death

Kambo user's heartfelt message echoes after his death

A man who died after taking poison and hallucinogens had written a book about his history of mental health and substance abuse issues, hoping to inspire others.

Man's kambo reaction not abnormal before death

Man's kambo reaction not abnormal before death

Witnesses did not think a man's condition was serious or out of the ordinary before he collapsed and died having consumed poison and hallucinogens.

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Bid to keep police shooting details 'secret' from probe

Bid to keep police shooting details 'secret' from probe

Bid to keep police shooting details 'secret' from probe

Bid to keep police shooting details 'secret' from probe

Extremely sensitive police material may be kept from an inquest into the Wieambilla shootings that claimed six lives including two officers back in 2022.

Cold case family face 'most traumatic kind of loss'

Cold case family face 'most traumatic kind of loss'

Cold case family face 'most traumatic kind of loss'

Cold case family face 'most traumatic kind of loss'

Unable to find answers for a family caught up in a 38-year-old cold case mystery, a coroner says it means they experience "the most traumatic kind of loss".

Man's 'shock' death stirs call for mental health review

Man's 'shock' death stirs call for mental health review

Man's 'shock' death stirs call for mental health review

Man's 'shock' death stirs call for mental health review

A man's deteriorated mental health is at the heart of a coroner's findings, exploring issues in the health services offered to him at the time of his death.

Former attorney-general undermined court, coroner says

Former attorney-general undermined court, coroner says

Former attorney-general undermined court, coroner says

Former attorney-general undermined court, coroner says

The mother of a man hit and killed by her on-off partner while speeding and drunk has mixed feelings after a coroner ruled the action was not deliberate.

NRL to review heat policies after young player's death

NRL to review heat policies after young player's death

NRL to review heat policies after young player's death

NRL to review heat policies after young player's death

The NRL should look at mandating a two-week acclimatisation period when players return from off-season, a coroner has said after a death from heat exhaustion.

Mum found to be 'risk of injury' prior to child deaths

Mum found to be 'risk of injury' prior to child deaths

Mum found to be 'risk of injury' prior to child deaths

Mum found to be 'risk of injury' prior to child deaths

Protective services worried that a woman might be unable to keep her child safe two years before their almost exact fears came to pass with fatal results.

Prison staff raised concerns over inmate before death

Prison staff raised concerns over inmate before death

Prison staff raised concerns over inmate before death

Prison staff raised concerns over inmate before death

An inquest into the death of Heather Calgaret, a proud Yamatji, Noongar, Wongi and Pitjantjatjara woman, has heard she wasn't feeling well before she collapsed.

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Friends of model, escort recount day she disappeared

The circumstances of Revelle Balmain's disappearance have been questioned by a coroner three decades after the model and escort was last seen by loved ones.

Mum had 'casual smoke' before checking on girls in car

Security camera footage showed the mother of two toddlers "casually" lighting a cigarette before checking on her girls who had spent several hours in a hot car.

New probe into Revelle Balmain mystery

Believed murdered by persons unknown, model and escort Revelle Balmain's disappearance is being re-investigated by a coroner after 30 years of no answers..

Gran warned Child Safety before girls died in hot car

The aunty of a toddler who died in a hot car alongside her sister has told an inquest a child safety worker texted the girls' mother about staying off drugs.

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Call for urgent mental health review after prison death

A coroner has called for an urgent review into mental health services available in Tasmanian prisons after an inmate took his own life.

Denied parole, Heather became another death in custody

The family of Heather Calgaret, whose death will be examined in an inquest, say she did not get a fair chance at parole before she died in custody.

Woman's hospital death from over-sedation 'preventable'

Pukumani Alimankinni died in a secure mental health ward at Royal Darwin Hospital after nursing staff did observations by CCTV, an inquest has heard.

'Predatory' behaviour led to Indigenous teens' deaths

The 1987 deaths of two Indigenous teenage girls would likely have been better investigated had the girls been white, a state coroner has concluded.

Bus driver 'couldn't see' cyclist before fatal crash

A bus driver has told a coronial inquest that he couldn't see a young cyclist after they were involved in a fatal collision at a Brisbane intersection.

Baby's fatal drowning 'predictable, inevitable'

The death of a nine-month-old baby girl who was thrown into the Tweed River by her father was entirely predictable and inevitable, a coroner says.

Coroner probes vaccine link to young woman's death

A Victorian coroner is investigating whether a woman's death from heart inflammation after receiving her third COVID-19 jab was due to the Moderna vaccine.

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