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Women 'not target' of shopping centre stabbing rampage

Women 'not target' of shopping centre stabbing rampage

An unmedicated, mentally ill man was not targeting people but stabbing anyone in his way in a mass stabbing at a busy shopping mall, a lead investigator says.

Findings loom on Indigenous teen fatally shot by police

Findings loom on Indigenous teen fatally shot by police

Findings loom on Indigenous teen fatally shot by police

Findings loom on Indigenous teen fatally shot by police

A coroner will hand down her findings into the death of Indigenous teenager Kumanjayi Walker, who was shot dead by a police officer at a outback community.

Court scrutinises media use of rampage victims' images

Court scrutinises media use of rampage victims' images

Court scrutinises media use of rampage victims' images

Court scrutinises media use of rampage victims' images

Media outlets' ability to publish dead people's images without explicit permission will be tested by families of Bondi Junction shopping mall stabbing victims.

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Mall stabbing inquest to cover 'insensitive’ reporting

Mall stabbing inquest to cover 'insensitive’ reporting

An inquest into a deadly stabbing rampage in a shopping centre has been expanded to the media coverage of the tragedy and its impact on the victims' families.

Four decades of torment after teen's train track death

Four decades of torment after teen's train track death

The family of Mark Haines, who was found dead on a rail line 37 years ago, have few answers after a lengthy inquest re-examining his mysterious death.

Blood discovered in car boot after teen's mystery death

Blood discovered in car boot after teen's mystery death

Police did not seem interested in key evidence after a teenager's body was found on train tracks, forcing family to investigate, an inquest has been told.

'Horrible' mistaken identity in train tracks death

'Horrible' mistaken identity in train tracks death

Police initially wrongly identified the body of an Indigenous teenager, who was mysteriously found dead on rural train tracks 37 years ago, a coroner has heard.

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Guards 'tried everything' to revive Aboriginal inmate

Guards 'tried everything' to revive Aboriginal inmate

Guards 'tried everything' to revive Aboriginal inmate

Guards 'tried everything' to revive Aboriginal inmate

Prison officers have told a coroner they're comfortable with their actions after finding an Aboriginal man unresponsive in his cell.

'Not me': best friend denies role in train track death

'Not me': best friend denies role in train track death

'Not me': best friend denies role in train track death

'Not me': best friend denies role in train track death

A friend of Mark Haines was rumoured to be linked to the Indigenous teenager's death soon after his body was found on train tracks, an inquest has been told.

Aboriginal man 'sick several days' before prison death

Aboriginal man 'sick several days' before prison death

Aboriginal man 'sick several days' before prison death

Aboriginal man 'sick several days' before prison death

An inquest into the prison death of a 38-year-old Aboriginal man has been told he was too sick to get out of bed before his passing.

Family fights for change ahead of prison death inquest

Family fights for change ahead of prison death inquest

Family fights for change ahead of prison death inquest

Family fights for change ahead of prison death inquest

The family of a Gunditjmara and Wiradjuri man hopes an inquest into his death in custody in 2022, will bring about "meaningful and significant" change.

Teach sons respect, warns mother of murdered woman

Teach sons respect, warns mother of murdered woman

Teach sons respect, warns mother of murdered woman

Teach sons respect, warns mother of murdered woman

A coroner has thanked the family of a young murdered woman for their powerful presence throughout her inquest and says their participation will save lives.

Sports coach beaten to death 'as revenge for break-up'

Sports coach beaten to death 'as revenge for break-up'

Sports coach beaten to death 'as revenge for break-up'

Sports coach beaten to death 'as revenge for break-up'

A sports coach was fatally beaten until unrecognisable because her ex-boyfriend wanted to punish her for breaking up with him, a forensic psychiatrist believes.

Stalking, 'dry runs' preceded brutal school killing

Stalking, 'dry runs' preceded brutal school killing

Stalking, 'dry runs' preceded brutal school killing

Stalking, 'dry runs' preceded brutal school killing

"Chilling" footage of a school worker rehearsing his murder of a former lover and colleague has been aired at an inquest into her death.

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Elder abuse support needed after son kills father

A coroner has called for support for people experiencing elder abuse and carers of people with "hidden" mental health conditions after a son killed his father.

Police station death could have been prevented

A police officer, on leave with mental health issues, should never have been able to access the police station where he ended his life, a coroner has found.

'So quick': dog licences recommended after fatal attack

Owners of dog breeds regularly involved in attacks could one day require licences, after a two-year-old was fatally mauled by two animals at a rural motel.

Double mental health beds, coroner tells government

The NT government should urgently fund the doubling of mental health beds, a coroner says, after finding that a Tiwi Island mother died because of “bed block”.

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Woman's alcohol death prompts calls for delivery reform

A coroner has recommended a curfew for alcohol deliveries, a delay between orders and a new action plan to address harms after a woman drank herself to death.

Trauma influenced mum on home birth before baby's death

A coroner will probe what more could have been done to avoid the death of a six-day-old baby after his mother was rushed to hospital during a home birth.

Inquest after church group found guilty of killing girl

A coroner will inquire into the death of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs after her medicine was withheld by religious group members who included her parents.

Mass failures in unheard-of, deadly aged-care outbreak

An aged care centre's operator has apologised after a coroner found residents were left without medication, food and water during a deadly COVID-19 outbreak.

Woman's missed heart attack prompts push for change

A woman who died of a heart attack in an emergency department was misdiagnosed as having an adverse reaction to codeine, a coroner has found.

Call before shooting 'not satisfactory', coroner finds

The conduct of a social worker who spoke to a suicidal man hours before he died in a confrontation with police was not satisfactory, a coroner has found.

Cops accused of 'victim-blaming' over baby, dad deaths

Police were wrong to make submissions to an inquest into the deaths of a baby and her "dangerous" dad that could be read as victim-blaming, a coroner says.

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