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Coroner's call to prevent 'senseless' youth knife crime

Coroner's call to prevent 'senseless' youth knife crime

Reliance on law and order in response to escalating youth knife crime will create further harm, a coroner says as she recommends community-based action "now".

Mum sedated four times by medics before overdose death

Mum sedated four times by medics before overdose death

Mum sedated four times by medics before overdose death

Mum sedated four times by medics before overdose death

A "pleasantly psychotic" woman seeking treatment for mental illness was sedated four times in a day by health staff before she died, an inquest has been told.

Family's search for truth of teen's death stretches on

Family's search for truth of teen's death stretches on

Family's search for truth of teen's death stretches on

Family's search for truth of teen's death stretches on

The family of a teenager who was found on train tracks in 1988 say they want closure and the truth about what happened to the young Gomeroi man.

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'Forever missed': the final call before mum swept away

'Forever missed': the final call before mum swept away

The families of two people killed in an "inland tsunami" have remembered the victims as loving parents and grandparents whose legacies live on.

Weather bureau defends warning ahead of deadly flood

Weather bureau defends warning ahead of deadly flood

A senior meteorologist says the weather bureau's warnings were "clear and timely" before a flash flood that killed two people and led to more than 100 rescues.

'Put the bike away': warning after triple homicide news

'Put the bike away': warning after triple homicide news

A man has told a court he stole a motorcycle before being told to "put the bike away" when he realised it was evidence in a triple outback homicide.

Weather bureau warnings 'inadequate' before town razed

Weather bureau warnings 'inadequate' before town razed

While the weather bureau was warning of a major flood in a rural town, emergency services feared it was going to be much worse, an inquest has been told.

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'Close to perjury': key witness warned at inquest

'Close to perjury': key witness warned at inquest

'Close to perjury': key witness warned at inquest

'Close to perjury': key witness warned at inquest

A man previously charged with three cold-case murders has been warned of being "close to perjury" under questioning at the inquest into the triple homicide.

Coroner considers lead-up to police officer's death

Coroner considers lead-up to police officer's death

Coroner considers lead-up to police officer's death

Coroner considers lead-up to police officer's death

A coroner is examining the lead-up to the death of a cop haunted by the death of two innocent motorists at the hands of a man he could not track down.

'Day from hell': how family survived an inland tsunami

'Day from hell': how family survived an inland tsunami

'Day from hell': how family survived an inland tsunami

'Day from hell': how family survived an inland tsunami

Locals from a rural village razed by a ferocious, swirling flash flood have told their miraculous tales of survival during an "absolute day from hell".

'Wall of water' wrecked rural town with little warning

'Wall of water' wrecked rural town with little warning

'Wall of water' wrecked rural town with little warning

'Wall of water' wrecked rural town with little warning

Heroic actions of locals prevented further tragedy after a wave of floodwater suddenly struck a rural town, killing two people, an inquest has been told.

Guard dogs menaced worker before meter reader killed

Guard dogs menaced worker before meter reader killed

Guard dogs menaced worker before meter reader killed

Guard dogs menaced worker before meter reader killed

The family of a meter reader mauled to death hopes an inquest into the tragedy will provide answers and help protect front-line workers.

Social housing safety inquiry after boy's fire death

Social housing safety inquiry after boy's fire death

Social housing safety inquiry after boy's fire death

Social housing safety inquiry after boy's fire death

Whether social housing providers ensure dwellings are safe to live in is the focus of a coronial inquiry into the death of a three-year-old boy in a fire.

Killer inmate fantasised about dismembering victims

Killer inmate fantasised about dismembering victims

Killer inmate fantasised about dismembering victims

Killer inmate fantasised about dismembering victims

A coroner says corrective services officers could not have predicted a sadistic prisoner's murderous plan to lure a fellow inmate to his death.

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Foul play to be probed in missing Indigenous man's case

The family of a young Indigenous man who went missing will challenge a central theory that he took his own life, a coroner has heard.

Mum's tears after daughter's 13-year mystery resolved

The mother of a woman who vanished without a trace 13 years ago was overcome with emotion after being told her daughter was killed by her controlling partner.

Peacemaker dies alone after brawl over cookies

A coroner is investigating the death of an Indigenous man hit with capsicum spray while appearing to break up a fight - sparked by a love of cookies.

Startling footage released of deadly 200km/h cop chase

Dramatic video of a police car accelerating to high speeds in a night-time pursuit that ended with two men dead has been made public during a coronial probe.

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Coroner probes death of newborn baby in hospital

The death of a baby five days after an emergency caesarean is being probed by a coroner to determine if the boy could have been saved.

Cops 'chose stealth over safety' in fatal 200km/h chase

Allegations a police officer ignored public safety as he pursued his target in a high-speed car chase that ended in two deaths have been denied in court.

Parents' emotional plea after newborn's hospital death

Thea Flaskett deserved better care than she received before her death in a hospital, the newborn's heartbroken parents say.

Family seeks answers after mother stabbed, burnt

A week before a woman was murdered, an internal police review backed officers' decisions not to act on her complaints about a domestic violence order breach.

Baby's heart issue missed at ultrasound, coroner hears

Parents of a baby who died in hospital just hours after birth say they have faced an anxious two-year wait for answers over their daughter's death.

Someone killed Woody but witnesses 'never' discussed it

Childhood friends involved in a late-night brawl that ended in a 23-year-old's death deny ever talking about who threw the killer punch.

Larrikin dad remembered as inquest searches for answers

A meat worker who died at a small rural hospital after Q fever and a lung clot went undiagnosed has been remembered as a loving, playful dad.

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