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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

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.

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.

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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

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

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

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.

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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.

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

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

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

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'

Baby's fatal drowning 'predictable, inevitable'

Baby's fatal drowning 'predictable, inevitable'

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

Coroner probes vaccine link to young woman's death

Coroner probes vaccine link to young woman's death

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

Killer ex partner wanted by police at time of murder

Killer ex partner wanted by police at time of murder

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.

Coroner puts justice department on notice over inquest

Coroner puts justice department on notice over inquest

Coroner puts justice department on notice over inquest

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.

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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.

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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.

Family seek answers as inquest into teen's death begins

A new inquest has begun into the death of an Indigenous teenager whose body was found on train tracks in regional NSW.

'Disbelief' when teen found unresponsive in youth wing

A guard who found an Indigenous teen with self-inflicted injuries in the "unliveable" youth wing of a WA prison says he was initially confused by the discovery.

Inquest reveals detained teen's harm threats ignored

An Indigenous teen, who died after self-harming in an adult prison's youth wing, made eight threats to do so in the hours before he was found in his cell.

Teenager didn't feel safe at school, inquest told

An inquest into the suicide death of a 14-year-old boy in Tasmania has been told he was bullied, assaulted and didn't feel safe at school.

Few answers to mystery death of woman doused in acid

An inquest into how Sydney woman Monika Chetty died from acid burns has been unable to shed any more light on the case despite a $500,000 award.

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