The Latest Breaking News from Peggy Dwyer SC

Senior politicians supported young NSW Liberal power brokers trying to shift party to right, corruption watchdog hears

So-called ‘Reformers’ hosted recruitment functions with speakers including Tony Abbott and Alan Jones

The Guardian - AU · Jul 27

NSW:Mum of girl's killer believed psychosis was hormonal

A teenager was given a vitamin to treat mental health symptoms before she killed a 10-year-old girl on a rural property, an inquest has been told.

AAP · Jun 17

NSW:Mum of girl's killer 'never believed in mental health'

The family of a teenager who killed a child while in the grips of psychosis did not see her slaughter of six chickens as a "red flag", an inquest has been told.

AAP · Jun 17

Family of death-in-custody victim engage pathologist

The family of a young Aboriginal man who died in police custody have engaged a pathologist to provide an independent report to be part of a coronial inquest.

AAP · Jun 15

Tammy Shipley drank 67 glasses of water before her death in custody from water intoxication, inquest hears

Coroner to examine whether police told prison staff about Aboriginal woman’s acute mental health conditions, despite previous arrest under Mental Health Act

The Guardian - AU · Feb 23

Bondi Junction stabbings: ‘10 seconds warning’ from security could have saved lives, inquest hears

Families of those killed ‘angered’ that Scentre Group and Glad security did not accept control room operator was not competent to be in the position she was that day

The Guardian - AU · Nov 28, 2025

Bondi Junction stabbings: Joel Cauchi’s psychiatrist was belligerent and confrontational when giving evidence, inquest told

Witness Dr Andrea Boros-Lavack was at times ‘confusing’ and incorrect, senior counsel assisting coroner says

The Guardian - AU · Nov 25, 2025

Heartbroken mother tells inquest she’s ‘lost her way’ after ‘stuff of nightmares’ murders at Bondi Junction

Elizabeth Young, who is mourning her ‘slightly goofy’ daughter Jade, gives emotional evidence that 2024 attack was due to ‘cumulative failures’

The Guardian - AU · May 29, 2025

Everyone agreed Joel Cauchi was psychotic when he murdered six people at Bondi Junction. Until his psychiatrist didn’t

The third week of a coronial inquest into the death of Cauchi and the six people he killed gave the fullest picture of his illness yet

The Guardian - AU · May 17, 2025

Nurse who treated Joel Cauchi for schizophrenia threw up when told about Bondi Junction stabbings, inquest hears

Health worker describes 40-year-old as ‘compliant’ and ‘diligent’ patient but recalls 2020 phone call and a possible ‘warning sign’ of mental health relapse

The Guardian - AU · May 12, 2025