Electrocution death of Aboriginal boy due to failures of NT corporation, coroner finds
Lack of maintenance and inspection over 25 years led to electrified roof killing 11-year-old Rory Wauchope-Dirdi in 2020
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Lack of maintenance and inspection over 25 years led to electrified roof killing 11-year-old Rory Wauchope-Dirdi in 2020
There will be two new venues at the 2021 Gympie Music Muster and combined with the 100 artists performing, the attractions are poised to make it the best yet.
Benjamin Watts was set to be considered for parole when he crashed a buggy inside Darwin prison. Now the NT coroner is calling for safety upgrades.
In March, three Indigenous women flew to Canberra in an attempt to draw attention to a horror story playing out in their communities. These were Alice Springs Deputy Mayor Jacinta Price; and Cheron and Meesha Long, cousins of 15-year-old Layla Leering, who died in 2017 after apparently being sexually assaulted in the Northern Territory. Layla’s death—along with that of two other girls, Fionica Yarranganlagi James and Keturah Cheralyn Mamarika—has been the subject of a coroner’s inquest, and has brought renewed attention to the threat that Indigenous girls and women face within their o...
Prisoners praised for efforts to save dying inmateâs life A man who died in an quad bike crash last year could never have been revived despite the âvaliant and courageous effortsâ of two other inmates. Crime by Jason Walls Premium Content Subscriber only A MAN who died in an quad bike crash at Holtze Prison last year could never have been revived despite the "valiant and courageous efforts" of two other inmates who tried to save his life, a court has heard. Territory Coroner Greg Cavanagh this week held an inquest into the death of Ben...