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The Latest Breaking News from Hillcrest Primary School

Hope jumping castle tragedy inquest can deliver reform

Grief, anger and hope for change have been aired during the opening week of an inquest examining a deadly primary school jumping castle accident.

AAP · Sep 26

Jumping castle maker queries inquest involvement

An inquest into a primary school jumping castle tragedy that left six children dead is moving closer to a start, almost five years after the event.

AAP · Jul 24

Hillcrest families launch class action against state

Families of the children killed and hurt in Tasmania's Hillcrest Primary School jumping castle tragedy have launched a class action.

AAP · Dec 15, 2024

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Eight star pickets would have saved children's lives: Expert tells court

Castle anchorage had already failed when dust devil hit directly.

The Canberra Times · Nov 12, 2024

Jumping castle to be examined in Hillcrest court case

Two experts will examine the jumping castle used in the Hillcrest Primary School tragedy ahead of a court hearing for alleged safety breaches.

AAP · Mar 22, 2024

Mother lashes out during jumping castle court hearing

The operator of a jumping castle company has pleaded not guilty to workplace safety breaches after the deaths of six Tasmanian primary school students.

AAP · Feb 1, 2024

Decision on Hillcrest criminal charges 'in weeks'

Tasmania's workplace safety regulator says a decision on whether charges will be laid over a fatal jumping castle tragedy is expected in coming weeks.

AAP · Oct 10, 2023

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Court stoush over Hillcrest inquest documents ongoing

Tasmania's workplace safety regulator has taken legal action to prevent the coroner from accessing documents relating to the Hillcrest Primary School tragedy.

AAP · Apr 17, 2023

Hillcrest jumping castle tragedy survivor's long road to recovery

Six children died and three were seriously injured when a jumping castle flew 10 metres into the air at Hillcrest Primary school in north-west Tasmania in 2021. Beau Medcraft was one of those who fell.

ABC News · Apr 12, 2023

Hillcrest jumping castle tragedy anniversary memorial held in Devonport

The six students who died in a jumping castle tragedy in Tasmania's north west a year ago have been described as "precious children ... never, ever forgotten" at a memorial.

ABC News · Dec 15, 2022

Hillcrest jumping castle tragedy anniversary looms, as Devonport community prepares

Georgie Burt has lived with the "greatest pain" a parent can bear, losing a child. Now, almost a year on from the Hillcrest jumping castle tragedy, Ms Burt says life without Zane is "a pain I can't put into words".

ABC News · Dec 14, 2022

Parents who lost children in Hillcrest Primary School jumping castle disaster recount day of tragedy

Georgina and Andrew are each grieving the loss of a son in the jumping castle tragedy in Tasmania's north-west. They also both initially received wrong information about what happened to their children.

ABC News · Feb 25, 2022

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