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Cops 'missed chances' before mum set on fire by husband

Cops 'missed chances' before mum set on fire by husband

Officers incorrectly granted a man bail, wrongly filed a complaint and couldn't open an important file before a young mum was murdered, a coroner has heard.

'Not appropriate': killer released by cop before attack

'Not appropriate': killer released by cop before attack

'Not appropriate': killer released by cop before attack

'Not appropriate': killer released by cop before attack

A man who stabbed and set his wife alight after being released by a police officer should have applied for bail in front of a magistrate, a coroner has heard.

Couple on 'bucket list' trip before fatal zipline fall

Couple on 'bucket list' trip before fatal zipline fall

Couple on 'bucket list' trip before fatal zipline fall

Couple on 'bucket list' trip before fatal zipline fall

A woman riding a tandem zipline through a rainforest canopy felt a sharp drop but her husband thought it was staff playing a prank, a coroner has heard.

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Teen camping death from meat allergy a near world-first

Teen camping death from meat allergy a near world-first

A coroner has warned more people could be at risk after she found a teenager died from a tick-derived allergy after eating beef sausages on a camping trip.

Coroner urges lifejacket reforms after eight deaths

Coroner urges lifejacket reforms after eight deaths

Eight people who died in boating tragedies could potentially have survived if they wore lifejackets, according to a coroner who has recommended stricter rules.

'Not in vain': family's hope after boy's allergy death

'Not in vain': family's hope after boy's allergy death

The family of a 17-year-old boy who died after suffering an anaphylactic reaction are hoping a coroner's strong recommendations are heard and acted upon.

Father lashes out at suggestion he started fatal fire

Father lashes out at suggestion he started fatal fire

A father whose son died of extensive burns in a house fire has frequently lashed out at an inquest, saying his memory had been erased.

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'Be sensitive': Bondi stabbings a wake-up call to media

'Be sensitive': Bondi stabbings a wake-up call to media

'Be sensitive': Bondi stabbings a wake-up call to media

'Be sensitive': Bondi stabbings a wake-up call to media

Changes in the way newsrooms report on mass casualties have been proposed after the loved ones of victims of a stabbing spree were re-traumatised by coverage.

Deadly disparity for Indigenous people under restraint

Deadly disparity for Indigenous people under restraint

Deadly disparity for Indigenous people under restraint

Deadly disparity for Indigenous people under restraint

A study of deaths in custody has highlighted a disturbing disparity involving the use of a potentially lethal restraint on Indigenous Australians.

Systemic changes urged after mass stabbing revelations

Systemic changes urged after mass stabbing revelations

Systemic changes urged after mass stabbing revelations

Systemic changes urged after mass stabbing revelations

Almost two years after six victims died in a horrifying mass stabbing, the pressure is on the government and others to make changes and prevent further deaths.

Emergency services learn quick lessons from stabbing

Emergency services learn quick lessons from stabbing

Emergency services learn quick lessons from stabbing

Emergency services learn quick lessons from stabbing

A lack of communication between police and paramedics during the Bondi Junction mass stabbing was a "near miss" but improvements have already been fruitful.

Hope out of tragedy as mass stabbing lessons laid bare

Hope out of tragedy as mass stabbing lessons laid bare

Hope out of tragedy as mass stabbing lessons laid bare

Hope out of tragedy as mass stabbing lessons laid bare

The husband of a woman killed in a shopping mall stabbing spree says lives will be saved by improvements suggested after an inquest into the mass killing.

Cops slammed as sister seeks truth about model's death

Cops slammed as sister seeks truth about model's death

Cops slammed as sister seeks truth about model's death

Cops slammed as sister seeks truth about model's death

The sister of an escort who vanished more than 30 years ago has criticised an "indifferent" police force's failures to do a proper initial investigation.

'Distressing': parents to attend baby death inquest

'Distressing': parents to attend baby death inquest

'Distressing': parents to attend baby death inquest

'Distressing': parents to attend baby death inquest

The death of a baby girl and the injuries found at her autopsy led police to put her parents under covert audio and internet surveillance, a coroner has heard.

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Madam recounts 'life of terror' when model vanished

The boss of an escort who disappeared without a trace has blamed an allegedly abusive and controlling husband for inconsistencies in her statements to police.

Notorious killer took own life in secure cell: coroner

A notorious killer of a mother and her two daughters used a prison issue item to take his own life in a secure unit, a coroner has found.

Madam made 'intriguing' call after young model vanished

As one of Australia's most notorious disappearances is reinvestigated, there is renewed focus on a brothel madam's call shortly after her employee vanished.

Diabetic driver loses bid for silence in crash inquest

A man previously charged over a crash that killed five people has lost his bid to be excused as a witness in an inquest into their deaths.

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Tears as teen pilot's final moments relived in court

Questions swirl around why a 16-year-old on his first solo flight suddenly nose-dived, putting his plane on a fatal collision course with the ground.

Mistakes led to late search for desert walker: coroner

Lack of communication about risk and urgency delayed a search for a man who was later found dead in a desert gully, a coroner has found.

Potential drugs claim delays helicopter collision probe

A second round of coronial hearings into one of Australia's worst air disasters has been delayed for more than five months after a new witness came forward.

Exploited worker's death sparks anti-slavery calls

The death of a migrant worker who was exploited and fearful of his visa sponsor has prompted calls for the creation of an anti-slavery hotline.

Clintons may face contempt for refusing Epstein probe

Bill and Hilary Clinton may face contempt charges after refusing to testify at a Republican-led investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Dad with Q fever should have had scans before death

A rural meat worker's risk of a disease spread by livestock should have been identified before his death from a blood clot on the lungs, a coroner has ruled.

Medical mistakes led to grandmother's death: coroner

A grandmother from a remote Indigenous community died in hospital following a chain of medical failures, a coroner said.

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