QLD:'Foot fetish' nurse accused of abuse stays behind bars A mental health nurse and father of three will stay behind bars after a court heard "deeply troubling" claims involving six vulnerable patients. AAP · Jun 15
Ancient ‘alien’ brittle stars linked to relatives across the globe by a deep-sea evolutionary superhighway Analysis finds that over millions of years, and without the help of fins or wings, brittle stars have quietly migrated across entire oceans The Guardian - AU · Jul 23, 2025
Octopus DNA gives clues about Antarctic ice melt Octopus DNA analysis has pointed to the likely collapse of an Antarctic ice sheet 120,000 years ago when global temperatures were similar to current levels. AAP · Dec 21, 2023
'Systems failed' in rheumatic heart disease deaths An inquest has found health systems failed three women from a remote Queensland community who had rheumatic heart disease and died within 18 months. AAP · Jun 30, 2023
Institutional racism contributed to deaths of three Indigenous women, Queensland coroner finds Deaths of the three Doomadgee residents were caused by complications due to rheumatic heart disease The Guardian - AU · Jun 30, 2023
Lockhart River fatal plane crash inquest to look at training, safety, and warning systems The coroner says Liz Thomas has unique capacity and knowledge as a spouse and a pilot, and will likely be called to an inquest into the 2020 plane crash that killed five men in far north Queensland. ABC News · Apr 21, 2023
At 16 years plus, Speedy is the oldest known sea dragon, facial-recognition project finds John has been diving with Speedy the sea dragon on Tasmania's east coast for 16 years. Using facial recognition, scientists have identified Speedy as the longest-living sea dragon recorded. ABC News · Jan 28, 2023
Australian sea dragon conservation enlists help of divers, artificial intelligence Known for their leaf-like appendages, the seahorse-like creatures found along the Australian coastline can be identified by the markings on their faces and along their chiselled snouts. ABC News · Jan 8, 2023
Discovered in the deep: is this the world’s longest animal? A submersible off the coast of Western Australia chanced upon a 45-metre-long deep-sea siphonophore arranged in a feeding spiral, trailing its deadly tentacles The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2022
Kerri Pike's husband says nothing has changed in the skydiving industry since her death five years ago The husband of a woman who died in a skydiving accident in Far North Queensland says the industry is still largely unregulated and that more needs to be done to prevent other lives being lost. ABC News · Oct 13, 2022
Doomadgee inquest hears of more systemic issues, prejudice and a need for solutions As the coronial inquest into the deaths of three Indigenous women from the Gulf community of Doomadgee concludes its latest sittings in Cairns this week, relatives of the deceased say they are exhausted with frustration and grief. ABC News · Sep 16, 2022
Cairns coroner finds mother, Synoa Tabuai, most likely inflicted fatal injuries on baby Six-month-old baby James was found to have died from a severe and forcible blunt impact, and had sustained multiple other injuries in the weeks and months preceding his death ABC News · Jun 30, 2022
'Cover-up' in baby's 2013 death: coroner A coroner has found family members know what transpired the night a seven-month-old baby died in a northern Queensland home, although no one has been charged. AAP · Jun 30, 2022
Coroner finds Bailey Pini's death in car stolen from residential care facility was preventable Bailey Pini had been living in residential care for a month before he stole an officer's car and attempted to drive back home. ABC News · Jun 30, 2022
ABC News · Jun 16, 2022 Bailey Pini inquest hears why his family put him in state care The family of a North Queensland teen who died in state care have opened up about the heartbreaking decision to put him there as a coronial inquiry investigates what went wrong.
ABC News · Jun 15, 2022 Bailey Pini coronial inquest uncovers harrowing moments leading to his death Bailey Pini was barely a teenager when he was placed in state care after his mother's death. He died a month later. An inquest hopes to discover how and why it happened.
ABC News · Jun 7, 2022 Inquest begins into baby James's death in southern Cairns Nine years after the death of a six-month-old baby, a coronial inquest has heard from one of the persons of interest.
AAP · May 26, 2022 Pilot's training examined at crash inquest The pilot's training will be examined at an inquest into a plane crash off the Gold Coast that investigators say may have been caused by low level aerobatics.
ABC News · May 20, 2022 Queensland coroner to travel to remote Doomadgee for rheumatic heart disease inquest The 'third world' disease the women died from was largely eradicated in Australia's urban non-Indigenous population about 60 years ago. Now, a Queensland coroner will travel to the remote community of Doomadgee, so family members can give evidence on Country.
The Guardian - AU · Apr 8, 2022 Allison Bernard vanished nine years ago. What came next is an uncomfortably Australian story The reaction to the young mother’s disappearance is a tragic example of the systematic disregard for Indigenous women, advocates say
ABC News · Apr 6, 2022 Ms Bernard coronial inquest hears from person of interest, coroner orders new search An inquest into the disappearance of Ms Bernard has heard from the main person of interest, another search has been ordered, and the adequacy of the police investigation is to be reviewed.