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Latest news: Inquest

Birth trauma change urged after 'free birth' inquiry

Birth trauma change urged after 'free birth' inquiry

A coroner has called for hospitals to be more sensitive to women with traumatic past experiences after investigating an unassisted home birth resulting in death

Family rejects coroner's newborn death finding

Family rejects coroner's newborn death finding

Family rejects coroner's newborn death finding

Family rejects coroner's newborn death finding

A family's three-year battle for answers about the death of their newborn daughter has ended in disappointment after coronial findings were released.

'See and avoid': inquest given crash site skies insight

'See and avoid': inquest given crash site skies insight

'See and avoid': inquest given crash site skies insight

'See and avoid': inquest given crash site skies insight

Technology was critical when navigating crowded skies in a tourist hotspot but many pilots avoid collisions by "looking out the window," a coroner has heard.

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Safety authority grilled over pilot drug testing gaps

Safety authority grilled over pilot drug testing gaps

A senior aviation safety official has been grilled over the lack of routine drug tests for joy flight pilots amid a probe into four deaths near Sea World.

'Nobody cares about us': death at police hands probed

'Nobody cares about us': death at police hands probed

After her son was killed by police following a decades-long struggle with schizophrenia and addiction, a mother wants his inquest to be a positive experience.

Claim choppers blocked pilot view before crash 'false'

Claim choppers blocked pilot view before crash 'false'

Air crash investigators claim that new helicopters gave pilots poor visibility prior to a mid-air collision at Sea World has been denied by a tour flight boss.

'Gross, negligent': drugs blamed for chopper tragedy

'Gross, negligent': drugs blamed for chopper tragedy

The head of a joy flight provider has alleged that a pilot was under the influence of drugs when he was killed in a tragic helicopter collision.

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Coroner reveals cause of cop-killer's death in prison

Coroner reveals cause of cop-killer's death in prison

Coroner reveals cause of cop-killer's death in prison

Coroner reveals cause of cop-killer's death in prison

A man jailed over the fatal shooting of a police officer during a hold-up at a tavern years later died in custody of natural causes, a corner has found.

Shaman accused of lying to save skin in mushroom death

Shaman accused of lying to save skin in mushroom death

Shaman accused of lying to save skin in mushroom death

Shaman accused of lying to save skin in mushroom death

A shaman healer and a woman's partner were too worried about self-preservation to tell medics she had ingested magic mushrooms, an inquest has been told.

Missing father never found after flawed police probe

Missing father never found after flawed police probe

Missing father never found after flawed police probe

Missing father never found after flawed police probe

An investigation into a missing husband and father of three fell short after police failed to follow standard procedure, a coroner has found.

Tip-offs spark second inquest for missing hitchhiker

Tip-offs spark second inquest for missing hitchhiker

Tip-offs spark second inquest for missing hitchhiker

Tip-offs spark second inquest for missing hitchhiker

Two men will be called to give evidence in a second inquest probing the suspected death of a mother who went missing while hitchhiking almost 30 year ago.

Man told cops he could not breathe during fatal arrest

Man told cops he could not breathe during fatal arrest

Man told cops he could not breathe during fatal arrest

Man told cops he could not breathe during fatal arrest

A man died while unsupervised on a short trip to a police station in the back of a van after telling officers to take off his handcuffs.

Unfortunate truth: fatal crash 'could not be predicted'

Unfortunate truth: fatal crash 'could not be predicted'

Unfortunate truth: fatal crash 'could not be predicted'

Unfortunate truth: fatal crash 'could not be predicted'

Police could not have prevented a crash that killed two women, despite a speed camera recording one car at almost 190km/h an hour earlier, a coroner has found.

'I have a hostage': findings released after fatal siege

'I have a hostage': findings released after fatal siege

'I have a hostage': findings released after fatal siege

'I have a hostage': findings released after fatal siege

Police who shot dead an armed fugitive who held his pregnant wife hostage were inadequately prepared for the risks they faced, a coroner has found.

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Missing man 'wandered off' on bushwalking tour

No trace has ever been found of a 76-year-old man who was on a group tour with his wife at a popular tourist site when he went missing.

Police to review response to Epstein accuser's claims

A state police force will review its interactions with former prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre before her death near Perth in 2025.

Baby's murder by 'dangerous' dad was preventable

The murder of a baby by her father at a popular reservoir followed significant errors by authorities and was preventable, a "harrowing" inquiry has found.

Troubled vet provoked fatal police shooting: coroner

A coroner has called for better information sharing and veteran liaison support after finding a former soldier provoked police to fatally shoot him.

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'Forever 10': parents' emotional tributes to slain girl

The parents of a young girl brutally killed by a teenager on a rural property want the world to hear her voice, see her face and know her name.

Uncle's quest reveals police racism in train track case

After a long campaign by the family of an Aboriginal teenager mysteriously found dead on train tracks, a coroner has found racism hindered the investigation.

Free birth complications rise, hospital dobbed in doula

A perception doctors and midwives are "doing things to women without consent" may be behind a rise in free births, an inquest into a mother's death has heard.

Mum of girl's killer believed psychosis was hormonal

A teenager was given a vitamin to treat mental health symptoms before she killed a 10-year-old girl on a rural property, an inquest has been told.

Family blamed video games for teen killer's violence

The mother of a teenager who killed a child while in the grips of psychosis didn't believe in mental illness, an inquest has been told.

Tradie's mysterious death on roadside likely a homicide

More than a decade after a young tradie was found lying dead in a pool of blood in a resort town, a coroner has ruled he was likely killed with a weapon.

Family of death-in-custody victim engage pathologist

The family of a young Aboriginal man who died in police custody have engaged a pathologist to provide an independent report to be part of a coronial inquest.

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