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The Latest Breaking News from Blake Corney

Immediate trauma support services urgently needed in the ACT

An inquiry has found shortfalls in existing services.

The Canberra Times

Mum of fatal crash child victim suing killer driver, his insurer

Blake Corney died in 2018 when a truck rear-ended his family car.

The Canberra Times

Crackdown on heavy vehicles, unlicensed drivers on ACT's 'tradie highway'

Several trucks were found with defects on same road where Blake Corney, 4, was killed in 2018.

The Canberra Times

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'It never goes away': how family's pain drives the closing of a legal loophole

Can the law force a doctor to reveal a patient is unfit to drive?

The Canberra Times

Crackdown on hoons as ACT toughens laws to tackle dangerous driving

The ACT now has tougher penalties for excessive speeding and street racing.

The Canberra Times

Dangerous driving inquiry recommends new laws, greater police powers, as families share grief over deaths on Canberra's roads

An ACT legislative assembly inquiry into dangerous driving makes almost 30 recommendations, including an upgraded charge of vehicular manslaughter.

ABC News

Share interstate driver information to prevent tragic crashes, ACT govt told

A parliamentary inquiry has expressed concern over a possible cross-border loophole in laws designed to keep unsafe drivers off the roads.

The Canberra Times

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Grieving family wants on-scene trauma counselling reinstated for victims

Canberra parents tell of the terrible trauma when a truck slammed into the back of their car.

The Canberra Times

Parents call for ACT's sentencing laws to be strengthened following fatal crashes

Matthew McLuckie, Blake Corney and Lachlan Seary all died in separate car crashes on Canberra roads. Now their parents have petitioned the ACT Legislative Assembly, calling for tougher sentencing laws.

ABC News

'What purpose'? Doubts over inquiry into ACT's dangerous driving sentences

The committee will consider the criminal justice and police responses to dangerous driver offending, along with what capacity trauma and support services have to respond to the post-crash event.

The Canberra Times

Review fails to address killer road safety issue of chronic sleep disorder

No change to sleep disorders in latest driving fitness review

The Canberra Times

Traffic offence penalties under review in ACT

The ACT government said its top priority was making roads safer and preventing tragic deaths.

The Canberra Times

Blake Corney's father welcomes government's commitments as doctors sound caution

Andrew Corney, whose son Blake was killed in a crash in 2018, said there should be a review of the way the criminal justice system dealt with traffic offences.

The Canberra Times

Blake's Legacy: ACT wants to make doctors report unfit drivers with new laws

"Young Blake Corney's life should never have been lost. Our work does not finish here and we will continue to relentlessly pursue road safety in the future," Transport Minister Chris Steel said.

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Road safety review wants newer, safer trucks made more affordable

Road safety would improve by reducing the number of old trucks

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