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Mystery, police flaws shroud Indigenous teen's train track death
A series of police blunders have kept the truth from the family of an Indigenous...
Stephanie Gardiner 30 Apr 2026
Search delay for missing Indigenous man, coroner hears
A young Indigenous man's missing persons case could have had a different outcome...
Rex Martinich 24 Apr 2026
'Drop the knife': conflicting accounts of cop shooting
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Rex Martinich 10 Apr 2026
Dad with Q fever should have had scans before death
A father-of-five who died after a blood clot and Q fever went undetected at a sm...
Stephanie Gardner 14 Jan 2026
Aboriginal woman died of cardiac arrhythmia not long after seeing person who had previously assaulted her, coroner finds
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Dechlan Brennan 23 Dec 2025
Indigenous toddler's death prompts coroner's septic tank reprimand

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following story contains the name of a person who has died. A toddler's death after falling into a septic tank happened as govern...

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Lloyd Jones Dec 9, 2025
How can a child die in state care? Coroner to release findings on the death of Cleveland Dodd

The image of Cleveland Dodd — a smiling, 16-year-old Yamatji boy who died in custody — is etched into the national consciousness.

Social housing safety inquiry after Indigenous boy's death

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following story contains the name of a person who has died. A three-year-old Indigenous boy's death in a house fire has prompted...

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Lloyd Jones Oct 9, 2025
NT government "underwhelming" in tackling domestic violence

The Northern Territory government's response to a coroner's report on the deaths of four Aboriginal women fails to address "critical gaps" in combating domestic violence, a coalition of community serv...

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Lloyd Jones Jul 30, 2025
Long wait over for Kumanjayi Walker inquest findings

They were shots heard around Australia and beyond, leaving a young Aboriginal man dead and leading to the exposure of ingrained police racism.

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Lloyd Jones Jul 6, 2025
NSW:Four decades of torment after teen's train track death

Mark Haines' siblings have spent every day of the last 37 years desperately missing their beloved older brother. Mr Haines, a happy and unassuming Gomeroi teenager who loved playing footy, was found d...

Blood discovered in car boot after Indigenous teen's mystery death

The uncle of an Indigenous teenager found dead on rural train tracks 37 years ago says he discovered blood in the boot of a nearby car wreck.

'Not me': best friend denies role in train track death

The best friend of Mark Haines has denied any involvement in the Indigenous teenager's death on train tracks, telling the bereaved family: "I hope you get answers, I really do.

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Stephanie Gardiner Mar 31, 2025
Aboriginal man 'sick several days' before prison death

An Aboriginal man was unwell for days before he died in prison, a coroners court has been told. Gunditjmara and Wiradjuri man Clinton Austin was found unresponsive in his cell at Loddon Prison in cent...

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Keira Jenkins Mar 25, 2025
"My brother deserved better from the justice system": Family seek answers at inquest into Indigenous man's death in custody

Clinton Austin wanted to share his passion for art with others and dreamed of becoming an Aboriginal art teacher before he died in custody in 2022.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 24, 2025
"Dearly loved" Aboriginal man deserved better healthcare in prison before his death

Warning to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The following article contains names and images of a person who has died. The mother of an Aboriginal man who died in custody after gaining mor...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Dec 17, 2024
Humanity lost in dealing with prisoners, inquest into Indigenous man's death told

Use of restraints on prisoners in hospital has taken away their dignity and their guards' compassion, a coroner has heard. Judge Elisabeth Armitage is holding a mandatory inquest into the death of ter...

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(A)manda Parkinson Dec 11, 2024
'Undeniable': police label ex-cop a racist at inquest

The former police officer who fatally shot an Indigenous teenager during a botched arrest has been labelled a racist by the force which employed him.

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(A)manda Parkinson Nov 29, 2024
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