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Right: Sea World pilot Ashley Jenkinson

Drugs, stress ‘likely impaired’ Sea World tragedy pilot

A helicopter pilot involved in a fatal midair collision was probably affected by cocaine withdrawal, an alcohol hangover and fatigue at the time, a coroner has heard.

  • Rex Martinich

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Sea World helicopter crach survivor Nicholas Tadros at home by the portrait of his late mother, Venessa. Nicholas is a Panthers fan and has been invited by the NRL to watch Sunday’s grand final at Accor Stadium.

Brave boy who lost mum and leg attends chopper crash probe

A boy who tragically lost his mother and his leg in a helicopter collision has bravely attended an inquest into the horrific air disaster.

  • Rex Martinich
Over 90 per cent of new cars sold in 2031 will have embedded mobile connectivity.

‘Like science fiction’: How smart cars are being weaponised by violent men

Abusers are remotely accessing cars to track their partners’ movements, lock them out of a vehicle, and stop the cars from travelling outside a perimeter.

  • Amber Schultz
A court sketch of Muhammad Mirza, who has been sentenced to life in jail over the murder of Helen Marsuk, inset. Pictures: Supplied/Anne Barnetson

Muhammad Mirza used to throw animals off buildings. Then a body washed up in a Fremantle harbour

Muhammad Mirza was 21 years old when he stabbed a woman he did not know to death. It wasn’t the first time he had been violent.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Lilie James.

‘Life cut way too short’: Lilie James’ parents speak as coroner demands urgent action

The killing of the 21-year-old sports coach was not an “isolated tragedy” but part of a “devastating pattern of violence against women”, a coroner has found.

  • Clare Sibthorpe
The Train property in Wieambilla, Queensland, where several police and a neighbour were shot dead in December 2022.

Police ‘remain at risk’ from digital black spots unless Wieambilla deaths spark change

A police union chief says “it is outrageous to me” that you can get reliable communications on a cruise ship but not in parts of Queensland.

  • Rex Martinich
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The families of Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold, led by Judy McCrow, outside Brisbane Magistrates Court after State Coroner Terry Ryan handed down his findings into the Wieambilla ambush.

Wieambilla ambush not an act of religious terrorism, coroner finds

State Coroner Terry Ryan handed down the findings of his inquest in Brisbane on Friday, more than a year after wrapping up the hearings. 

  • Cameron Atfield and Cloe Read
Wayne McCrow still carries his daughter’s police badge with him wherever he goes.

Three years after her death, Rachel’s father is waiting for closure

Still wearing her police badge around his neck, Rachel McCrow’s father has watched from afar as every harrowing detail of her death has been uncovered.

  • Abbey Geran
Jesse Copeland (left) and Jamie Ginn.

Perth bikie boss died from cocaine toxicity while in custody, inquest hears

Jamie Ginn, 50, was arrested by police as part of a target crackdown on bikie members following a brazen drive by shooting in Baldivis.

  • Heather McNeill
Ashley Bropho died in Hakea Prison.

WA white supremacist who killed Ashley Bropho had tried to kill paedophiles before, inquest hears

Ashley Bropho was bashed just 12 hours before the same man came back and killed him in his cell.

  • Hannah Murphy

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