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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Attorney general orders jari wise inquest be held hours after tasmanian judge rules one out | History Defined

Jari Wise's mother, Faith Tkalac, has continued to push for an inquest into her son's death. (ABC News: Loretta Lohberger)
  • In short: A Tasmanian mother who has been campaigning for an inquest into the death of her son has been granted her wish after a rare intervention by the attorney-general.
  • What's next? No date has yet been set for the inquest, which will have coercive evidence-gathering powers to examine Jari Wise's death

Tasmania's attorney-general has intervened to direct the coroner to hold an inquest into the death of a man who died after being struck by a car driven by his former partner, overturning a court decision made just hours earlier.

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