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Drug overdose 'crisis' as deaths double road fatalities

Advocates are warning of a "preventable" public health crisis as lives lost to drug overdoses more than double road fatalities in one state.

AAP · 9h ago

A teenage mother died in a Melbourne prison yard just days after leaving youth detention. A coroner is examining why

Coroner’s court hears it took corrections officers nearly two hours to find body of Tarsha Golightly, 18, on 27 July

The Guardian - AU · Aug 22

VIC:Gun licence 'rubber stamping' process panned by coroner

Medical evidence should be required when applying for a gun licence after a man with a history of mental illness took his life, a state coroner says.

AAP · Jun 10

Coroners plead for a drug testing trial

Two Victorian coroners have called for a drug testing trial in the state as users unknowingly consume dangerous synthetic substances.

AAP · Mar 13, 2024

Doctor claims damning Veronica Nelson findings unfair

A doctor is appealing against findings made by a coroner who tarnished his reputation over his care of Aboriginal woman Veronica Nelson while in custody.

AAP · Oct 31, 2023

International students did not seek help before deaths

A coroner has handed down his findings into the suicide deaths of five international students living in Victoria in 2020.

AAP · Oct 2, 2023

International students in crisis not seeking mental health support, Victorian inquest finds

Coroner examining five suicide deaths says tertiary sector faces difficult challenge in encouraging students to get help

The Guardian - AU · Oct 2, 2023

Veronica Nelson’s family urges Victorian government to hear ‘cries for help’ and go further with bail reforms

Exclusive: MPs urged to implement Poccum’s law, named in honour of First Nations woman who died in a cell while on remand

The Guardian - AU · Aug 28, 2023

AFL player Shane Tuck’s widow withdraws from inquest, citing ‘grave concerns’ about its scope

Katherine Tuck views any further involvement in inquiry as an ‘arid exercise’, lawyer says

The Guardian - AU · Apr 20, 2023

Victoria’s bail laws to be loosened after being labelled ‘complete, unmitigated disaster’

Coroner Simon McGregor says introduction of 2018 bail law changes doubled rate of Indigenous female imprisonment within a year

The Guardian - AU · Mar 5, 2023