Coroner to probe Strathmerton black spot after six deaths in just over a year

Coroner to probe Strathmerton black spot after six deaths in just over a year

The deputy state coroner will examine a decade’s worth of crashes and near misses at the intersection of Murray Valley Highway and Labuan Road as part of the investigation.

  • byErin Pearson

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‘Help me please’:Coroner examines police response to missing grandmother

‘Help me please’:Coroner examines police response to missing grandmother

Police decisions made during the search for Colleen South,in Victoria’s north-west last year,will be scrutinised after it was revealed force command knocked back requests to take carriage of the investigation or deploy the air wing to help.

  • byErin Pearson
‘I’m still completely lost’:Probe into mystery Ocean Grove dune death reopened

‘I’m still completely lost’:Probe into mystery Ocean Grove dune death reopened

The sister of a man whose body was found near a Bellarine Peninsula beach says she is elated Victoria’s coroner has ordered police to re-examine his unexplained death.

  • byLachlan Abbott andMarta Pascual Juanola
‘Act now’:Coroner calls for urgent change after cyclist’s death at risky intersection

‘Act now’:Coroner calls for urgent change after cyclist’s death at risky intersection

A coroner investigating the death of cyclist Angus Collins in Footscray this year has called on Victoria’s transport department to urgently address dual green light configurations at intersections.

  • byErin Pearson andPatrick Hatch
The mystery of the remains found inside a hospital’s ‘bone room’

The mystery of the remains found inside a hospital’s ‘bone room’

A Victorian health service has recruited a law firm to investigate the identity of bones found in Box Hill Hospital this year,and how and when they got there.

  • byDavid Estcourt
At-risk children left without support in caseworker staffing crisis

At-risk children left without support in caseworker staffing crisis

More than 100 at-risk children have no caseworker as child protection offices in Horsham,Hamilton and Portland have not been fully staffed for two years.

  • byBianca Hall
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‘I’m up to no good,love you’:The year-long murder plot over a stolen chainsaw

‘I’m up to no good,love you’:The year-long murder plot over a stolen chainsaw

Martin ‘Marty’ Sheahan hadn’t seen his former colleague for seven years the day the 64-year-old turned up at his home,shooting him twice with a sawn off shotgun through his front stained-glass window.

  • byErin Pearson
‘Our Annie’:Coroner,family call for changes after death of pregnant mother

‘Our Annie’:Coroner,family call for changes after death of pregnant mother

Doctors failed to identify that Annie Moylan,unwell and 18 weeks pregnant,was suffering from sepsis before it was too late.

  • byErin Pearson
Child Protection were told about ‘Jack’ before he was born. Could they have saved him?

Child Protection were told about ‘Jack’ before he was born. Could they have saved him?

In Victoria,about 2000 child protection workers can face 25,000 open cases at any one time. The State Coroner is looking into four cases that ended in death.

  • byBianca Hall
Progressives who love Andrews should be troubled by coroner’s finding
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Progressives who love Andrews should be troubled by coroner’s finding

Bail changes introduced by this government are the harshest in the country and have resulted in a soaring prison population,many of whom are Aboriginal.

  • byAnnika Smethurst
How Victoria’s bail laws work,and why they were changed

How Victoria’s bail laws work,and why they were changed

A Victorian coroner has slammed the state’s bail laws as a “complete,unmitigated disaster” and called for an overhaul. Here’s how the laws currently work.

  • byCaroline Schelle