ABC Feeds21h ago

Racism, bias led to 'superficial investigation' of teen's death
By Max Tillman and James Paras

NSW Coroner's Court has found racial attitudes played a central role in the police investigation into Mark Haines's death 38 years ago.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-21/family-of-mark-haines-continue-fight-after-inquest-findings/106815636

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Racism, bias led to 'superficial investigation' of teen's death

NSW Coroner's Court has found racial attitudes played a central role in the police investigation into Mark Haines's death 38 years ago. 

ABC Feeds3d ago

Inquest finds 'no breakthrough' in mysterious death of Indigenous teen
By James Paras and Max Tillman

The death of Indigenous teenager Mark Haines, whose body was discovered on railway tracks in northern NSW in 1988, remains a mystery despite a coronial inquest that stretched over 24 days.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-18/mark-haines-inquest-findings/106807142

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Coroner suggests racism marred investigation of Indigenous teen's death

The mysterious death of Mark Haines, whose body was discovered on railway tracks in northern NSW in 1988, would have been treated differently "if it was a white boy", according to the coroner.