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'Too late': memory lapses saw children die in hot cars

'Too late': memory lapses saw children die in hot cars

Public awareness campaigns to help parents avoid memory lapses have been endorsed after two children were left alone in hot cars with deadly results.

Baby's death after home birth could have been avoided

Baby's death after home birth could have been avoided

Baby's death after home birth could have been avoided

Baby's death after home birth could have been avoided

A mother should have been transferred to hospital four hours earlier to save her baby's life, a coroner has found.

RAAF airman's tragic death 'preventable'

RAAF airman's tragic death 'preventable'

RAAF airman's tragic death 'preventable'

RAAF airman's tragic death 'preventable'

A serviceman who died after experiencing a mental health crisis could have been saved if authorities had taken appropriate action, a coroner has found.

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Push for expanded scrutiny at jumping castle inquest

Push for expanded scrutiny at jumping castle inquest

Teachers may not be required to give evidence at an inquest into a deadly jumping castle accident, despite a request from the victims' families.

Heartbreak as cops avoid charges over Aboriginal death

Heartbreak as cops avoid charges over Aboriginal death

Police says anger in communities will be understandable after a decision not to prosecute officers who held down an Aboriginal man who died.

'Come have a beer': how Dezi Freeman engaged with cops

'Come have a beer': how Dezi Freeman engaged with cops

Details surrounding the negotiations between police and fugitive double killer Dezi Freeman before he was gunned down have been revealed for the first time.

'I'm sorry': cop's parting words before taking his life

'I'm sorry': cop's parting words before taking his life

Months after being sent to work in a remote town, a struggling police officer told his partner he loved her before ending his own life alone in his vehicle.

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Elderly man's fatal overdose after pharmacy error

Elderly man's fatal overdose after pharmacy error

Elderly man's fatal overdose after pharmacy error

Elderly man's fatal overdose after pharmacy error

A pharmacy dispensed a mislabelled pill organising pack for an elderly, vision-impaired man, who later died from a drug overdose, a coroner has bee told.

'No dignity': formal apology for stolen body parts

'No dignity': formal apology for stolen body parts

'No dignity': formal apology for stolen body parts

'No dignity': formal apology for stolen body parts

A state government has formally apologised to the loved ones of people whose remains were secretly taken during autopsies and kept without consent.

Risk assessment on deadly scaffold made in owner's head

Risk assessment on deadly scaffold made in owner's head

Risk assessment on deadly scaffold made in owner's head

Risk assessment on deadly scaffold made in owner's head

A man who erected a scaffold that later killed a dad watching his son play soccer admitted he did not consider the risk posed to the public by adverse weather.

Man found dead after 'police opt against full search'

Man found dead after 'police opt against full search'

Man found dead after 'police opt against full search'

Man found dead after 'police opt against full search'

An inquest is examining why police did not conduct a full search for a man who fled hospital after self-harming before he was found dead days later.

Options aplenty for Taser cop, gran's inquest told

Options aplenty for Taser cop, gran's inquest told

Options aplenty for Taser cop, gran's inquest told

Options aplenty for Taser cop, gran's inquest told

An inquest into the death of a 95-year-old grandmother tasered by police has laid out a host of alternatives available instead of pulling the trigger.

Cop could have been ordered not to taser great grandmum

Cop could have been ordered not to taser great grandmum

Cop could have been ordered not to taser great grandmum

Cop could have been ordered not to taser great grandmum

The supervisor of an officer who tasered a 95-year-old woman could have directed him to re-holster the weapon before he fired, an inquest has been told.

Suspected death likely linked to organised crime

Suspected death likely linked to organised crime

Suspected death likely linked to organised crime

Suspected death likely linked to organised crime

A man who vanished without a trace more than a decade ago is now believed to have died, with his death thought to be linked to organised crime figures.

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Woman felt 'something bad' before ill-fated night hike

A mother remains haunted by a final conversation with her daughter, who died after getting lost and disorientated during a moonlit walk in dense bushland.

'Lost': tragic final moments of missing walker revealed

An inquest is examining how a midnight trip to a picturesque mountain-top ended in the death of a 47-year-old woman.

'Risky' co-sleeping likely caused death of three babies

The "risky" co-sleeping of three babies by their parents and siblings likely caused their deaths, a coroner has found as she recommended prevention measures.

Mystery, police flaws shroud teen's train track death

A coroner will decide whether police racism was a factor in the investigation into the death of an Indigenous teen, whose body was found on rural train tracks.

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Woman continued attack on mother even after shots fired

A police officer has described at an inquest how he reluctantly fired off eight shots to stop a woman cutting at her mother's neck with a knife.

Police fatal shooting in farm gun battle 'justified'

A man was shot four times and his vehicle was struck by dozens of police bullets after he drove at officers while armed with a rifle, a coroner has heard.

Search delay for missing Indigenous man, coroner hears

The search for a missing Indigenous man faced a delayed start and premature end due to police making errors and following a false lead, a coroner has heard.

Fatal Molotov attack after mother not considered risk

A woman had been assessed as not a homicide risk to the father of her children before she killed him with a Molotov cocktail, a coroner has found.

'Distress': woman questioned over theft after DV claim

An upset woman was questioned over claims she had stolen money from an ex-partner moments after reporting domestic violence allegations, a coroner has heard.

Ambos locked out after triple-zero call, coroner told

A locked door delayed paramedics for an hour as they tried to reach a woman who self-harmed at a refuge shelter, an inquest has heard.

Police did their all in teen terror tragedy, probe told

An inquest into the death of a state police employee and his Islamic State-driven shooter has been told nothing could have been done to avoid the tragedy.

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