Report failed to spot alleged killer's violent history Reports assessing serial abusers' risk of reoffending do not routinely include expired protection orders taken out against them, an inquest has been told. AAP · Aug 17
Inquest begins into Jesse Deacon’s fatal shooting by police, three years after his death The 43-year-old Sydney man was fatally shot within a minute of police knocking on his door, court hears The Guardian - AU · Jul 20
'Nobody cares about us': death at police hands probed After her son was killed by police following a decades-long struggle with schizophrenia and addiction, a mother wants his inquest to be a positive experience. AAP · Jul 20
Lightning ignited Black Summer blaze in the Hunter, inquiry hears Counsel assisting the coroner, Donna Ward SC, said part of the blaze spread across 11 kilometres in one day, considered "extreme and anomalous" fire behaviour at the time. Newcastle Herald · Jun 20, 2022
Lightning caused Hunter fire, inquiry told The long-running NSW coronial inquiry into the Black Summer fires has heard lightning caused a 171,000 hectare bushfire in the Hunter Valley. AAP · Jun 20, 2022