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A Sydney police officer confronted a mass murderer. Her backup was a carpenter and construction worker wielding bollards

On 13 April 2024, two shots ended Australia’s worst mass murder in more than a decade. As an inquest continues, the question remains: what more could have been done?

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Bondi Junction Killer Had A ‘Preoccupation With Death’ Before Rampage, Inquest Finds

Joel Cauchi — the man who went on a rampage in Bondi Junction Westfield In April 2024 — had a 'preoccupation in death', the inquest finds.

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Women 'not target' of shopping centre stabbing rampage

An unmedicated, mentally ill man was not targeting people but stabbing anyone in his way in a mass stabbing at a busy shopping mall, a lead investigator says.

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Coroner's impossible job to make sense of mass stabbing

A year on from one of Australia's worst mass killings, families of the victims are looking to an inquest to uncover what went wrong.

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Teach sons respect, warns mother of murdered woman

A coroner has thanked the family of a young murdered woman for their powerful presence throughout her inquest and says their participation will save lives.

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Homicide detectives investigate death of man who consumed frog toxins and ayahuasca at NSW spiritual retreat

Police raid Collins Creek property where 46-year-old Jarrad Antonovich died after taking Amazonian ‘medicines’ in 2021

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Inmate's death puts spotlight on prison weapons policy

How an inmate could easily grab a prison officer's gun in a car park is being examined by the NSW state coroner.

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Police should have searched for missing skier earlier

The search for a skier who died in Kosciuszko National Park took too long to start after he was reported missing, the NSW state coroner has found.

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Fresh report into deadly Luna Park fire to stay secret

A recent police report on the deadly 1979 Luna Park fire has been kept from the public as questions remain about whether a fresh inquest will probe the tragedy.

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Review gun laws 'so no one else has to go through it'

An urgent review of correctional officers' use of firearms has been recommended by an inquiry into the death of an Indigenous man shot while fleeing custody.

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Two Indigenous teens died in a car crash – a drunk, white predator lived. Decades on, the family still seeks justice

The report from parliament’s inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and children is due this week – for one Bourke family, it’s another step on a long road for police accountability

The Guardian - AU

Extent of domestic violence deaths revealed in landmark NSW Coroner report

Nearly one third of NSW homicides involved domestic violence

Newcastle Herald

True extent of killing laid bare in DV scourge review

A major NSW report analysing hundreds of domestic violence-related killings has provided a sobering wake-up call for politicians.

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Law change for officers aired after prisoner shot dead

Reforms could be needed to prevent another incident like the shooting death of an Indigenous man who ran from custody, a coroner has heard.

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Cops 'not touching' pursuit of officer over fatal crash

A sergeant charged over the death of an Indigenous teen will argue he was just doing his job when the boy hit his unmarked police car and died.

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'Predatory' behaviour led to Indigenous teens' deaths

The 1987 deaths of two Indigenous teenage girls would likely have been better investigated had the girls been white, a state coroner has concluded.

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RFS not supportive amid calls for emergency oversight

A coronial inquiry into the Black Summer bushfires has been finalised, as the head of the Rural Fire Service resists calls for another emergency body.

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‘Someone knows something’: inquest unable to resolve mystery of Marion Barter’s disappearance

For Sally Leydon the NSW coroner’s findings are a step closer to learning what happened to her mother, who’s been missing for decades

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Police failures blight 'troubling' missing teacher case

Marion Barter's disappearance nearly three decades ago has been referred to unsolved homicide detectives after crucial evidence was lost due to police inaction.

The Guardian - AU

Marion Barter inquest findings: coroner criticises NSW police, says former lover ‘does indeed know more’

Coroner finds Ric Blum lied and deceived inquest, but does not recommend charges against him

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Frog poison ritual affecting vulnerable people: coroner

Natasha Lechner, 39, died at a NSW home in March 2019 after she went into cardiac arrest during a natural therapy procedure involving kambo frog poison.

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Natasha Lechner inquest: ‘kambo’ proponents underestimate its ‘clear and identified risks’ , NSW coroner says

The 39-year-old died suddenly and violently after a ritual involving Amazonian frog poison in Mullumbimby in 2019

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Teen death inquest halted as charges mulled against cop

Prosecutors will examine potential charges against a sergeant whose unmarked police car was involved in a fatal crash with an Indigenous teen on a trail bike.

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Mental health reform flagged after boy stabbed 76 times

The death of a five-year-old stabbed 76 times by his father during a psychotic episode has spurred suggestions about boosting community mental health services.

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Police made 'mistakes' as Gordon Copeland drowned

Police have been urged to fix mistakes made around the death of Indigenous man Gordon Copeland who drowned while trying to evade officers in northern NSW.

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