The last acts of courage and sacrifice by parents trying to save children as a deadly flash flood ripped through south-east Queensland fell like hammer-blows on survivors in the Brisbane Coroners Court, writes Amanda Gearing.
Coronial inquest
Doomadgee inquest to be reopened
The coronial inquest into the death in police custody of Palm Island’s Mulrunji Doomadgee will be reopened, with a new coroner appointed to review the evidence.
Northern Territory leads the way in taking the coroner seriously
At last — a little light shines on the nether world of the coronial inquest, writes Bob Gosford.
Senate questions over CASA crash and burn
There is a very bad smell hanging over conduct of CASA in relation to safety oversight of Transair, the now defunct remote community airline that killed 15 people in the Lockhart River crash of 7 May 2005, writes Ben Sandilands.
