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Zachary Rolfe shot the 19-year-old Aboriginal man three times in the remote community of Yuendumu, but was acquitted of murder in a high-profile trial last year.

A coroner investigating a jumping castle tragedy in Tasmania cannot yet access certain documents because doing so would put potential criminal proceedings at risk, a judge has ruled.

The family of a Melbourne woman killed in Mozambique seven years ago are hopeful an Australian inquest will finally give them closure on how she died.

Former AFL player Shane Tuck heard voices, had suicidal thoughts and was forced to stay in a psychiatric ward under a mental health order in the years leading up to his death.

The former NT police officer has lost an appeal and can be forced to answer a coroner's questions about the shooting of Kumanjayi Walker.

Hours after she walked free, Kathleen Folbigg began the first chapter of her new life as a free woman with hugs and smiles on a northern NSW farm.

Steven Whybrow said he wasn't happy with a public statement given by ACT chief prosecutor Shane Drumgold on the day the DPP announced it would not proceed with a retrial.

The brother of a Lismore man who died during a ceremony at a wellness retreat has held back tears while describing the horror of hearing the retreat organiser's upbeat description of the fatal incident.

The inquiry into the handling of the trial of Bruce Lehrmann has heard explosive claims about the jury and the potential outcome of the case.

Taking the psychedelic drug ayahuasca and a frog toxin called kambo have been condoned despite a man's painful death after ingesting both substances at an alternative spiritual retreat in northern New South Wales.

Tasmania's attorney-general has ordered an inquest into the death of Jari Wise, who was struck by a car driven by his partner, despite a judge ruling one was not needed.

At the opening of her inquiry in Port Lincoln on Friday, Coroner Naomi Kereru was told that those who tried to help save Ms Chua's life could not find things on board the tour boat to help.

Captain Ian McBeth, first officer Paul Clyde Hudson, and flight engineer Rick DeMorgan Jr, all died in January 2020 when their air tanker crashed fightinng the Black Summer bushfires in NSW.

Ricky Maddison fatally shot Senior Constable Brett Forte after he was lured down a dirt road in the Lockyer Valley, west of Brisbane, on May 29, 2017.

The coroner said there were several systemic factors that led to Senior Constable Brett Forte's death during the ambush.

Annie O'Brien died from multi-organ failure caused by a sepsis infection within hours of delivering her baby at 18 weeks, and less than 24 hours after falling ill in August 2017.

Zachary Rolfe was charged with murder but acquitted after a Supreme Court trial.

Bradley Hope died in the early hours of December 8, 2019, after using an inhalant with friends during a sleepover.

A series of controversial text messages that may have influenced Constable Zachary Rolfe's defence to a murder charge were not meant for him, an inquest has been told.

NT Deputy Police Commissioner Murray Smalpage said members of the police unit were "unaware" Walker had wanted to return to the alcohol rehabilitation clinic from which he had fled.

A senior police officer has told the Kumanjayi Walker inquest that a special unit deviated from a plan to arrest him and it should have used different tactics.

The parents of a seven-year-old girl who died after Perth hospital staff missed the signs she was dying because of "inadequate" staffing have demanded the resignation of the state's health boss.

An inquest into the deaths of six children in a primary school jumping castle tragedy in Tasmania is unable to begin because the state's workplace safety regulator won't hand over "crucial" material.

The healthcare provider for a Victorian jail where an Aboriginal woman died will be referred to prosecutors for criminal charges.

Commissioner Walter Sofronoff called the report "horrible reading" after exposing alarming oversights over six years at the lab.

A NSW coroner has found there were "significant flaws" in the planning to transfer six-year-old Austin Facer from Broken Hill to a major city hospital.

Detective Inspector Gretchen Atkins said she tried to provide all the resources she could to the investigation.

Concern for the protected great white shark stopped police conducting an experiment to see how a body might travel in the ocean using pig carcasses fitted with location trackers.

Coroner Audrey Jamieson on Tuesday handed down her findings into the 2013 death of Vlado Micetic.

An inquest has heard a crayfish farm worker borrowed a pump-action shotgun to carry on-site because he "feared for his life".

The inquest heard that traditional payback within customary or tribal law is often misunderstood by non-Indigenous Australians as revenge.

Constable Zachary Rolfe shot and killed Kumanjayi Walker during a bungled arrest in Yuendumu, northwest of Alice Springs, on November 9, 2019.

The husband of a Melbourne mother who killed their three children in a murder-suicide has told an inquest his wife should have received better mental health treatment.

Queensland enters new COVID-19 wave; Train strikes resume in Sydney this weekend; Medibank hacker demands $15 million

Medibank expects more customer data to be released; Girl rushed to hospital after skateboard ignites; Thunderstorm asthma event warning for Victoria

Melbourne warned over severe weather; Brenton Tarrant appeals conviction, sentence; Queensland attracts more new residents than any other state.

Her family's been told she's no doubt dead but what happened to her that stormy night in 1988 will likely remain a mystery.

William Tyrrell's foster mother not guilty of lying to commission; NSW town facing biggest flood in 70 years; Target recalls stool; RBA reveals when inflation will start dropping

A Northern Territory police officer who fatally shot Kumanjayi Walker failed to disclose a military charge during his interview for the force.

Aussie shares plummet after US rate hike; Qantas shamed in consumer group award; Major flood warning for NSW city.

TikTok comedian spared conviction over anti-lockdown speech; Vigil underway for slain teen in Perth.

Gold Trip wins 2022 Melbourne Cup race; Interest rates up again; Man injured after kangaroo attack; Search for two missing in NSW floods.

Australian killed in Halloween crowd surge; Cold snap for south-eastern states; Lehrmann rape retrial confirmed for next year

Allegations about racism and use of force at the Alice Springs Police Station have been heard at the inquest investigating circumstances around the shooting death of Indigenous teenager Kumanjayi Walker in 2019.

Elon Musk fires top Twitter executives after closing deal; Human remains in SA identified; Final Powerball winner claims prize.

Jury in Bruce Lehrmann rape trial dismissed; 'I told the truth' Brittany Higgins speaks outside court.

Annual inflation hits 7.3 per cent in fastest rise since 1990; Medibank data breach far worse than originally thought.

Radical plan to ease housing crisis; Cost of PBS medicines slashed; what the budget means for you.

Missing woman's body found in floodwaters; Person rushed to hospital after jellyfish sting in Queensland

A coroner has concluded Belgian backpacker Theo Hayez is dead but she is unable to determine the cause or manner of his death.