A coroner is a government or judicial official who is empowered to conduct or order an inquest into the manner or cause of death. The official may also investigate or confirm the identity of an unknown person who has been found dead within the coroner's jurisdiction.
Alan Belford Jones is an Australian former radio broadcaster. He is a former coach of the Australia national rugby union team and rugby league coach and administrator. He has worked as a school teacher,a speech writer in the office of the Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser,and in musical theatre. He has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland,and completed a one-year teaching diploma at Worcester College,Oxford. He has received civil and industry awards.
The Local Court of New South Wales is the lowest court in the judicial hierarchy of the Australian state of New South Wales. Formerly known as the Court of Petty Sessions and the Magistrates Court,there are more than 160 branches across New South Wales where the Local Court has jurisdiction to deal with the majority of minor civil and criminal matters.
Patricia June O'Shane is a retired Australian teacher,barrister,public servant,jurist,and Aboriginal activist. She was Australia's first Aboriginal magistrate,serving the Local Court in Sydney,New South Wales,between 1986 until her retirement in 2013.
Jacob Bruce "Jake" Kovco was a private in the Australian Army who was killed while deployed to Iraq,fatally wounded by a single shot to the head from his own Browning 9mm sidearm. He was the first Australian soldier to die while deployed to the Middle East Area of Operations. A military inquiry found Private Kovco accidentally shot himself while mishandling his pistol. This conclusion was disputed by his family and on 2 April 2008,a second inquest returned a similar verdict,finding that his death was "irresponsibly self-inflicted",and that when he pulled his gun's trigger he "disregarded the possible consequences of danger".
The Coroner's Court of New South Wales is the court in the Australian state of New South Wales where legal proceedings,in the form of an inquest or inquiry,are held and presided over by the State Coroner of New South Wales,a Deputy State Coroner of New South Wales,or another coroner of the state of New South Wales.
The Children's Court of New South Wales is a court within the Australian court hierarchy established in 1905. The current iteration was established on 18 January 1988 pursuant to the Children's Court Act 1987 (NSW) which deals with criminal offences committed by children aged over 10 years and under 18 years,as well as with proceedings relating to the care and protection of children. The court is located in the Parramatta Justice Precinct.
The Coroner's Court of Western Australia is a court which has exclusive jurisdiction over the remains of a person and the power to make findings in respect of the cause of death of a person in Western Australia.
The name of "Coroners Court" is the generic name given to proceedings in which a Coroner holds an inquest in Victoria.
The Coroners Court of Tasmania is the generic name given to the Coronial Division of the Magistrates Court of Tasmania. It is a court which has exclusive jurisdiction over the remains of a person and the power to make findings in respect of the cause of death of a person,a fire or an explosion in Tasmania.
The Coroner's Court of South Australia is a court which has exclusive jurisdiction over the remains of a person and the power to make findings in respect of the cause of death of a person or fire in South Australia,a state of Australia.
Rodney ("Rod") David Blackmore OAM,is a former senior magistrate in the Australian state of New South Wales. He is perhaps best known for his work with children and adolescents. Blackmore's last judicial posting was as the Senior Magistrate at the Children's Court of New South Wales,serving from 1978 to 1995.
The Sydney Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney in Milsons Point,New South Wales,Australia killed seven people on 9 June 1979. Inadequate fire-fighting measures and low staffing caused the fire to completely destroy the amusement park's ghost train.
Man Haron Monis was an Iranian-born refugee and Australian citizen who took hostages in a siege at the Lindt Chocolate Caféat Martin Place,Sydney on 15 December 2014,lasting for 17 hours,until the early hours of the following morning. The siege resulted in the death of Monis and two hostages.
John Sidney Makin and Sarah Jane Makin were Australian 'baby farmers' who were convicted in New South Wales for the murder of infant Horace Murray. The couple answered a series of advertisements from unmarried mothers seeking adoption of their babies,taking on the care of the infants on payment of a "premium". The remains of fifteen infants were found by police buried in the yards of houses where the Makins had resided. The exact cause of death was not determined but due to the bloodstains on the infants's clothing It's believed they had been stabbed in the heart with a large needle,hence the name "Hatpin Murders".
Roberto Laudisio Curti,known as Beto Laudisio,was a 21-year-old man from São Paulo,Brazil. He died on 18 March 2012 after being pursued,tackled,tasered,sprayed with OC spray,and physically compressed under the weight of multiple police officers of the New South Wales Police Force in Sydney,Australia.
John Birley Abernethy is a former State Coroner of New South Wales.
The Old Coroner's Court,The Rocks are heritage-listed shops and the site of the former The Rocks Visitors Centre,a former morgue,the former Coroner's Court of New South Wales and offices located at 102–104 George Street,in the inner city Sydney suburb of The Rocks in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales,Australia. It was designed by Walter Liberty Vernon and built from 1906 to 1908. It is also known as Coroner's Court (former) - Shops &offices,Coroners Court / City Morgue and shops and offices. The property is owned by Property NSW,an agency of the Government of New South Wales. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 10 May 2002.
Jason Yat-Sen Li is an Australian businessman and politician. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly at the 2022 Strathfield state by-election.
Simone Monika Strobel was a 25-year-old German kindergarten teacher and backpacker whose body was found at a sportsground in Lismore,New South Wales,six days after being reported missing from the caravan park where she had been staying. An initial inquest in 2007 found insufficient evidence to lay charges over her death.
