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Latest news: Inquest

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.

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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

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

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.

Friends of model, escort recount day she disappeared

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.

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

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

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

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

New probe into Revelle Balmain mystery

New probe into Revelle Balmain mystery

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

Gran warned Child Safety before girls died in hot car

Gran warned Child Safety before girls died in hot car

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.

Call for urgent mental health review after prison death

Call for urgent mental health review after prison death

Call for urgent mental health review after prison death

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

Denied parole, Heather became another death in custody

Denied parole, Heather became another death in custody

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'

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

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

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

'Predatory' behaviour led to Indigenous teens' deaths

'Predatory' behaviour led to Indigenous teens' deaths

'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.

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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.

Killer ex partner wanted by police at time of murder

An inquest into the 2020 death of Noeline Dalzell has been told her ex-partner was wanted by police for months before he fatally stabbed her.

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Coroner puts justice department on notice over inquest

The coroner overseeing an inquest for an Indigenous teen who died in detention wants answers from the justice department.

Tragic death inevitable in prison youth wing: nurse

A nurse who tried saving Cleveland Dodd from self-inflicted injuries has told an inquest a tragedy was inevitable in the troubled youth wing of an adult prison.

Unit 18 'inhumane' and a 'war zone' before teen's death

The youth wing of an adult prison where a teenager fatally harmed himself has been described as a "war zone" by a nurse who worked there.

Senior officer when teen harmed breached lawful order

An officer overseeing an adult prison's youth wing the night an Indigenous teenager fatally harmed himself had breached a lawful order but remained on duty.

'Major error': Doctor's admission after toddler's death

A doctor who wrongly diagnosed a 19-month-old with gastro, days before he died of meningitis, has thought about the "error" every day since, an inquest heard.

Indigenous teen's death in detention avoidable: guard

The guard who found a teen with a self-inflicted injury in an adult prison's youth wing has told an inquest the death was tragic and could have been avoided.

Sick boy was 'so much worse' when let go from hospital

A coroner is investigating the circumstances that led to a 19-month-old boy's death from meningitis after he was seen by multiple health professionals.

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