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Coroner Audrey Jamieson described Victroria’s regulations on e-bikes as “suboptimal”.

Coroner calls for e-bikes to be registered as motorcycles

Coroner Audrey Jamieson said Nitin Haldipur Prabhu’s death was a tragic reminder of the importance for greater regulations of e-bikes.

  • Hannah Hammoud

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Police swarmed to the area near Park and Dow streets in South Melbourne on a Saturday in late May.

‘Don’t you dare’: Officer’s warnings before fatally shooting driver

Madeline Margaret Henry was fatally shot in South Melbourne last month after driving towards a police officer during the arrest of a man allegedly wielding a machete.

  • Callum Godde
Sarah Skillington

Euphoric new mum died alone in mental health ward

A coroner has called for extra staffing and training on mental health wards following the death of Sarah Skillington two weeks after her baby was born.

  • Melissa Cunningham
Danny O’Brien horses are regularly exercised at 13th Beach.

Driver’s cannabis use linked to O’Brien track rider death

Poor light, a lack of high-visibility clothing and a driver’s THC levels were all found to play a part in a fatal collision near Danny O’Brien’s Barwon Heads property.

  • Danny Russell
The eight residents died in six different homes in 2021.

Eight people died in aged care ‘resident on resident’ aggression. A move is under way to protect others

A coroner is investigating a cluster of deaths of aged care residents to determine what more can be done to protect those suffering from dementia and mental health issues.

  • Grant McArthur
Phillip Reidy.

Man who covertly swallowed cyanide during arrest had bought the poison online

After police arrived at his regional Victorian home last year, Phillip Reidy covertly consumed one of the deadliest poisons in the world, infamously used in the Jonestown Massacre.

  • Lachlan Abbott
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Abdinasir Abdullahi Salad died in the shooting after police said he lunged at them with a knife.

Somali refugee was shot by police in Footscray within 11 seconds, court told

Abdinasir Abdullahi Salad, a rough sleeper with mental health issues, was fatally shot last month after allegedly lunging at police with a stolen knife.

  • Melissa Cunningham
Jessica Rain Jones and her mother Jennie Jones. Jessica was an indigenous woman who died while at St Vincent’s mental health unit.

‘They took my child from me’: Families call for change after Indigenous suicides in same hospital

After the suicides of two young Indigenous women in a Melbourne mental health ward, the women’s parents are demanding answers and justice.

  • Erin Pearson
Police outside the scene where two men, a woman and a teenage boy were found dead.

Michael bought what he thought was cocaine. Two hours later, four people were dead

A coroner has found the four friends died of an overdose of nitazines, synthetic opioids 100 times stronger than heroin.

  • Erin Pearson
From left to right, Andrea Madigan, Lisa Murphy and Sarah Franklin.

Coffee dispute fight ends in death while customers pay for drinks and food

Lisa Murphy had coffee thrown on her before a wild fracas on the floor of a 7-Eleven left her screaming that she couldn’t breathe.

  • Erin Pearson

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