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HISTORICAL FACTS: Gomeroi - The Untold Story

Family's search for truth of teen's death stretches on

The family of a teenager who was found on train tracks in 1988 say they want closure and the truth about what happened to the young Gomeroi man.

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'Someone hurt him': teen's schoolmates front inquest

An inquest re-examining the death of Mark Haines, whose body was found on train tracks has heard from friends and schoolmates of the Gomeroi teenager.

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Gamil means no: Gomeroi call on Santos to leave Pilliga

Gomeroi people are celebrating after the Federal Court ruled that Santos should not have been granted licences for coal seam gas mining in the Pilliga forest.

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NSW police breached body-worn camera policies during shooting death of Indigenous man, coroner finds

Inquest into death of Gomeroi man Stanley Russell urges changes to how officers handle people with an intellectual disability

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Voice to Parliament 'No' campaign tour launched in Tamworth by Recognise a Better Way movement

Has the first formal event opposing a Voice to Parliament changed any minds? A group of Gomeroi Yinarr women who attended say it has not contributed to constructive debate, but others say it was "really informative".

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Mosley wakes up Aussies to their sleep issues

YOU'LL often find Dr Michael Mosley awake at 3am. Not because the British documentary maker and science journalist is a renown night owl or party animal, but because he suffers from "terrible insomnia." "I find it easy to go to sleep but I tend to wake up at 3am and…

Newcastle Herald

National Native Title Tribunal green-lights Santos Narrabri Gas Project, rejects Gomeroi arguments

The tribunal determined the project could go ahead subject to a condition, rejecting a novel climate change argument the Gomeroi people had hoped would stop the development.

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Stanley Russell inquest: one of the police who shot Aboriginal man ‘very comfortable’ with firearms, court hears

Asked if police had conducted a risk assessment, constable tells court he did not need to know Gomeroi man’s ‘life story’

The Guardian - AU

The Gomeroi people have fought Santos' Narrabri Gas Project for a decade. They hope a novel climate change argument could help them win

When the Gomeroi people refused to consent to the Narrabri Gas Project, Santos started legal proceedings. The traditional owners hope a novel interpretation of native title laws could see them win.

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Gordon Copeland's family pays tribute as coronial inquest into drowning death wraps up

Family and friends of Gordon Copeland pay tribute to the Gomeroi man as a coronial inquest into his drowning death wraps up, with calls for a "Gordon's Law" to dictate how police pursuits are managed near large bodies of water.

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Gordon Copeland’s family handed a Post-it note by police with search location, inquest hears

Gomeroi man’s family tells inquest they felt disrespected throughout search process after he went missing in a Moree river in 2021

The Guardian - AU

Fleeing Gordon Copeland likened to 'roadrunner' by police before he drowned, inquest told

A police officer has told an inquest into the death of Gomeroi man Gordon Copeland that even a stronger swimmer would have struggled in the river he drowned in while being chased by police. Mr Copeland's image has been used with his family's permission.

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‘Sorry for your loss,’ NSW police officer tells family of Aboriginal man who drowned in river

Gordon Copeland inquest hears officers initially only searched for around 13 minutes after Gomeroi man entered water

The Guardian - AU

Gordon Copeland: inquest begins into death of Indigenous man who drowned after being followed by police

An inquest into the drowning of a 22-year-old Gomeroi man has heard evidence about his final moments as he desperately tried to get to safety

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Gomeroi traditional owners vote against agreement with Santos for Narrabri gas project

Court hearing will determine if Santos can progress coal seam gas development without consent of Gomeroi people

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