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Renewed call to end festival drug dogs, strip searches

Calls to stop using sniffer dogs at music festivals and provide pill testing instead have escalated after damning data about the use of the canines.

AAP · Sep 30, 2023

Body-worn video played at inquest into fatal shooting of Taree man Todd McKenzie by police

A former senior constable who spoke to a Taree man for more than three hours before he was fatally shot tells a court he regrets some of his comments.

ABC News · Mar 29, 2023

Parents of 11yo autistic boy grieve his 'entirely preventable' death in care of Civic Disability Services

Five years ago, Alex Raichman's parents entrusted a disability services provider to look after him while they were away. He never came home.

ABC News · Feb 13, 2023

'Flawed' investigation criticised as lawyer urges open finding in teen death inquest

He says deficiencies in a police probe should contribute to an open finding being made about the manner of a 17-year-old Queanbeyan girl's death.

The Canberra Times · Jul 7, 2022

Custody death brings great shame: coroner

The story of Stolen Generation member Kevin Bugmy "brings great shame on white Australia", says a coroner in findings on his death after 36 years in prison.

AAP · Jul 6, 2022

Death of Aboriginal man in prison cell 'brings great shame on white Australia', inquest finds

A coronial inquest into the death of an Aboriginal man who spent his life in institutions says his case "brings great shame on white Australia". Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that the following story contains the name and image of a person who has died.

ABC News · Jul 6, 2022

Death in custody of member of stolen generations ‘great shame on white Australia’, inquest finds

Kevin Bugmy, who spent his life in state institutions and 36 years in prison, received inadequate care for solvent abuse problem that affected his ability to get parole

The Guardian - AU · Jul 6, 2022