The Latest Breaking News from Peter Renshaw

Alleged false death certificate case to be investigated

A state health department tried to have an elderly woman's death excluded from an investigation into alleged hospital wrongdoing.

AAP · Aug 18

'Bad faith' public servants chased for state legal fees

Public servants who didn't act in "good faith" when giving evidence at a child sexual abuse inquiry need to pay back tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees.

AAP · Sep 25, 2025

Additional deaths probed after hospital failure claims

A review into allegations deaths were not correctly reported at a major hospital will probe an additional 63 cases after the discovery of irregularities.

AAP · May 21, 2024

Tas govt date gaffe prompts apology change

The Tasmanian government has rescheduled an apology to survivors of child sexual abuse after it was planned on the anniversary of a perpetrator's death.

AAP · Sep 30, 2022

Child sexual abuse inquiry witness Ben Felton exposed 'the most horrific part of his life' to help others

Ben Felton told the Tasmanian commission of inquiry he was sexually abused by a nurse at the Launceston General Hospital in 1989 when he was 13. He says the issue needs to be talked about to protect future children.

ABC News · Sep 15, 2022

Tasmania's child abuse inquiry praises 'tenacity' of victim-survivors in face of systemic failures

Tasmania's commission of inquiry into child abuse sums up systemic failures and thanks victim-survivors after eight weeks of harrowing evidence at public hearings.

ABC News · Sep 13, 2022

Hospital head unaware of any 'marked changes' to systems after paedophile nurse's offending

Peter Renshaw says he is "not aware of any marked changes" at the hospital after it became aware of the extent of paedophile nurse James Geoffrey Griffin's offending, a commission of inquiry hears.

ABC News · Sep 9, 2022

Abuse revelations 'muddled' Tas hospital

An inquiry has been told processes at a Tasmanian hospital where a pedophile nurse worked have not markedly changed since his offending came to light.

AAP · Sep 9, 2022

LGH head accused of 'lack of insight' into pain he was causing in denying 11yo's alleged rape

The head of medical services at the Launceston General Hospital is accused of showing "an astonishing lack of insight into the pain" he was causing when he said he did not believe the alleged rape of an 11-year-old patient occurred.

ABC News · Sep 8, 2022

Tas hospital manager denies abuse cover-up

A human resources manager at Tasmania's Launceston General Hospital has denied deliberately covering up an allegation of child sexual abuse against a nurse.

AAP · Sep 7, 2022