A groundbreaking coroner’s hearing is trying to unravel what led the women to take their own lives and how others could be saved.
Young trans woman Bridget Flack was missing for days before her sister managed to convince police to take it seriously. She was found dead 11 days after her disappearance.
A coroner has recommended sweeping changes to Victorian carnival ride safety after the death of Eugene Mahauariki in 2017.
Loved ones of a mother and daughter who died when a car ploughed into an outdoor dining area packed the Victorian Coroners Court for the opening day of an investigation into the tragedy that claimed five lives.
A coroner has been unable to make a finding about the identity of the person the bones belonged to.
Lawyer John Adams died just days before it was discovered that up to $100 million in clients’ funds had vanished.
The suicide of an in-house lawyer has caused such deep distress and grief,a magistrate says he would have imposed a harsher penalty if he could.
Coroner John Cain agreed not to release the report over concerns its publication could deny procedural fairness to two of the agencies responsible for the children’s care.
Travis Cashmore was his usual smiling self on his weekly trip to a newsagent to buy a lottery ticket. But within minutes he’d shot two men dead and taken his own life.
Darren Culleton’s grief-stricken family cried after a Victorian coroner found “an unfortunate confluence of circumstances” led to his death.
The state body tasked with investigating the unexpected deaths of Victorians has pleaded guilty to failing to protect staff from bullying,overwork and vicarious trauma after an in-house lawyer took her own life.