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The cause of the Ghost Train fire remains a mystery.

‘My husband and children are in there’: The interaction that haunted a fireman for decades

Sydney’s famous Luna Park is a place for fun, but on this night it became the scene of nightmares.

  • Helen Pitt

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A 21-year-old passenger of the BMW sedan is in hospital in a critical condition.

Woman, 21, critical after horror police pursuit smash, teen charged

Three women are in hospital after their car was crashed into during a police pursuit. NSW Police have rejected seven calls from coroners to restrict high-speed chases.

  • Patrick Begley
Police footage of Joel Cauchi outside the family home in 2023 during one police interaction.

Families to call for investigation into Bondi attacker’s doctor

Those who lost loved ones in the Bondi Junction mass stabbing want Joel Cauchi’s psychiatrist referred for investigation, an inquest has heard.

  • Perry Duffin
State Coroner Teresa O’Sullivan.

Coroner’s extraordinary public letter after shock number of deaths

The state’s top coroner has issued a rare statement after NSW reached a “profoundly distressing milestone”.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Pippa White, who died from sepsis.

‘She would have survived’: The three key moments that led to tragedy

A conclave of medical experts unanimously agreed the death of Pippa White was “preventable”. Her parents are now asking: “How do we stop this from happening again?”

  • Angus Thomson
Pippa White.

Rare but ‘catastrophic’ bacterial infection behind NSW children’s deaths

Pippa White’s death came at the beginning of a surge in cases of a devastating illness which led to the death of four other children, an inquest heard on Tuesday.

  • Angus Thomson
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Pippa White with parents Annah and Brock, sisters Tamika, Sophie, and Lucy, twin brother Leo, and brother Bodhi.

Brock lost both parents young. Now he’s grieving a daughter who could have been saved

Pippa White should have been treated urgently but emergency staff were inundated with critically ill patients, an inquest into her death has heard.

  • Angus Thomson
Pippa White with a ‘special love rock’ she found in Penrith.

Annah was told to take her daughter home from hospital. She died the next day

Two grieving parents hope an inquest resuming this week will build momentum for change after a series of high-profile failures in NSW hospitals.

  • Angus Thomson
Mohammed Khazma is serving a maximum of 44 years’ imprisonment for murder.

Sydney toddler’s child protection case closed before ‘extremely cruel’ murder

The two-year-old girl was repeatedly failed by the NSW child protection system in the year before she was killed by her mother’s boyfriend, a coroner has found.

  • Sarah McPhee
Rebekah Keukenmeester, whose 10-year-old daughter Bridgette was murdered in 2020. She was granted an inquest after directly appealing to the state coroner.

‘The system isn’t working’: Backlog in coroner’s cases leads to delays, fewer inquests

Legal experts estimate there is now a backlog of between 130 and 140 mandatory inquests in NSW, with some dating back several years.

  • Michael McGowan