Prime suspect excused from giving evidence
A Victorian coroner has excused Peter Jenkinson from testifying at an inquest into the disappearance of Krystal Fraser after being told he's the prime suspect.
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Missing pregnant woman told ‘get in’ car
An inquest into Krystal Fraser's disappearance from Victoria's north has been told she got into a red station wagon with a man on the night she vanished.
Pregnant woman may have been killed
An inquest into the disappearance of Bendigo woman Krystal Fraser 13 years ago is investigating whether she was murdered by her unborn child's father.
National coercive control approach needed
Inquests into the deaths of Queensland women Hannah Clarke and Doreen Langham have put the spotlight on the need to combat controlling behaviour.
‘Cover-up’ in baby’s 2013 death: coroner
A coroner has found family members know what transpired the night a seven-month-old baby died in a northern Queensland home, although no one has been charged.
Hannah killed by ‘master of manipulation’
Coroner Jane Bentley says it is unlikely anyone could have stopped Rowan Baxter from killing his estranged wife Hannah Clarke and three children.
Cops could have stopped DV deaths: coroner
A coroner investigating the deaths of a woman and her ex-partner in a fire he started says there were numerous missed opportunities for police to respond.
Inquest to probe disability service death
An inquest will be held after a 29-year-old Aboriginal man died from a diabetes-related complication while in a shared house under the care of a support worker.
Coroner to probe Qld bones-in-bag death
There are still no answers about how a woman's bones came to be in a duffle bag in long grass at the base of cliffs, an inquest conference has been told.
Family in spotlight after Qld man vanished
A re-opened inquest into the fate of a World War II veteran who vanished in 1993 will hear that police say his son-in-law may have been involved.
Missing Tas mum killed by partner: coroner
A coroner has ruled a Tasmanian mother who disappeared in 1978 died as a result of injuries inflicted by her partner.
Lethal force by Qld police ‘justified’
A man fatally shot by Queensland Police in September 2018 was most likely having a psychotic episode and lethal force was justified, the coroner says.
SA show ride death ‘inexcusable’: coroner
The death of a young girl at the Royal Adelaide Show may have been avoided if the operators of a ride had followed safety instructions, a coroner has found.
Cop shooting of burning man to be probed
The death of a man shot dead by police in Brisbane after setting himself alight and dousing a woman with petrol will be the subject of a December inquest.
Probe into cop shooting after knife attack
The death of a man who was shot by police after stabbing an English tourist in the back in Brisbane's CBD will be the subject of an inquest next year.
Kumanjayi inquest to probe cop’s drug use
An inquest into the death of an Indigenous teenager Kumanjayi Walker will examine whether Northern Territory police constable Zachary Rolfe was using drugs.
Pilot’s training examined at crash inquest
The pilot's training will be examined at an inquest into a plane crash off the Gold Coast that investigators say may have been caused by low level aerobatics.
Roger Rogerson denies Whiskey involvement
Roger Rogerson has told an inquest he did not make threats in order to stop a heroin operation at the Whiskey Au Go Go before the 1973 nightclub firebombing.
Murderer denies role in fatal club attack
A man convicted of murdering a woman and her daughters has denied involvement in the fatal Whiskey Au Go Go attack, dismissing other evidence as lies.
Murderer ‘planned to kill Whiskey bomber’
Murderer Vincent O'Dempsey told a friend one of the men convicted for the Whiskey Au Go Go bombing was the "only man who could finger him" for the 1973 attack.
Nurse watched movie before prisoner died
A Melbourne prison nurse watched a film while Indigenous woman Veronica Nelson made repeated calls for medical attention before dying in her cell.
Investigator warned of Whiskey firebombing
An immigration officer warned then special investigator Bernard Collaery the Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub would be burnt ahead of the fatal 1973 firebombing.
Ex-cop denies Whiskey suspect was beaten
A former detective says a confession was not beaten out of a man convicted of the 1973 Whiskey Au Go Go firebombing in which 15 people died.
Sister left ‘broken’ after Whiskey attack
Visions of her parents dealing with her brother's death in the Whiskey Au Go Go firebombing are etched in Helen Palethorpe's mind, an inquest has been told.
Five scenarios for sewer death: coroner
A coroner has closed the inquest into the death of a drug addict whose decomposed body was found in a sewage tank in southeast Queensland in 2019.
Drain drownings on Palm Island could not have been prevented: Qld Coroner
Treating two young Palm Island men as missing instead of wanted would not have stopped their drowning deaths during monsoonal rains, inquest findings state.
Qld Police policies ‘inadequate’: coroner
Queensland Police procedures were "inadequate" and officers were not properly briefed before a violent offender was shot at a hospital, a coroner says.
Coroner rules child killings ‘preventable’
A South Australian coroner has ruled that the killings of two children in 2016 by their mother's partner were preventable if authorities had intervened earlier.
Pilot error cause fatal crash: inquest
Pilot error was responsible for a helicopter crash near Newcastle in 2019 that killed five people, a coroner has found after an inquest probing the accident.
Cop chase that killed toddler ‘appalling’
A coroner has slammed police decisions during a pursuit that led to a toddler being crushed to death in her own Sydney backyard as appalling.
Families slam ‘reckless’ pilot at inquest
The families of four people killed in a helicopter crash off the coast of NSW have slammed the aircraft's "reckless pilot" at an inquest into the accident.