The Latest Breaking News from Simon Cooper

A coroner has issued a safety reminder about the dangers of do-it-yourself quad bike modifications after a 16-year-old boy died in a rural crash.

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An 88-year-old woman was given a lethal dose of drugs by her doctor son who had the "express intention" of ending his mother's life.

A coroner has ruled a former police officer who went missing in Tasmania in 1969 was likely shot by a neighbour who had been having an affair with his wife.

The mother of a man hit and killed by her on-off partner while speeding and drunk has mixed feelings after a coroner ruled the action was not deliberate.

A coroner has found three friends who drowned on a trip off the coast of Tasmania were affected by drugs and alcohol and should not have been on the water.

A coroner suspects the young driver at the wheel in a crash that killed his girlfriend could well have been under the influence of nitrous oxide, or "nangs".

A coroner has been unable to determine the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a 52-year-old man from a coastal town in Tasmania.

A coroner has found a 72-year-old woman who suffered a fatal fall at a supported living facility had been left unsupervised outside at night.