SCROLL for UPCOMING CORONERS COURT LISTINGS

The Virtual INQUEST  calls for Open Justice Standards and a National Coroners Court Listing Dashboard to ensure timely, consistent and transparent public access to coronial proceedings across Australia

Modern open justice demands that families and the public can seamlessly see, hear, and understand how deaths are investigated. Because coronial proceedings serve the public interest, they must remain open unless a Coroner lawfully orders otherwise. 

To help achieve this goal, The Virtual INQUEST invites members of the public to join the SELF REPORTING Citizen Researcher Project.

Citizen Researchers voluntarily request access to coronial hearings, record their experiences, and contribute de-identified data that helps identify barriers, inconsistencies and examples of best practice across jurisdictions. This evidence will support the development of a National Coroners Court Listings Dashboard and strengthen the case for nationally consistent access standards.

Whether you attend one hearing or many, your participation can help build the first evidence base on public access to coronial proceedings in Australia. Participation is entirely voluntary, and Citizen Researchers may choose which hearings they apply to attend and how often they participate.

Integrating online access links into all public court listings, supported by evidence gathered through citizen research, will strengthen accountability, increase public confidence, and enhance the systemic learning necessary to prevent future deaths.

You may also be interested in other ANZLEAC4PRD projects:

ROYAL COMMISSION Into Police Shootings In QLD​

Operation WATCH OVER ME​

The COUNTED - Australia 2026

About Us
Australia New Zealand Lived Experience Advisory Council for Police Related Deaths (ANZLEAC4PRD) is an independent, peer led advisory body comprised of families and individuals directly affected by deaths following police contact across Australia and New Zealand.

Drawing on lived experience, research and practical reform advocacy, the Council works to identify and address systemic failures at the intersection of policing, mental health, human rights and public safety. Its work focuses not only on accountability after death, but on the prevention of harm before it occurs.

Through policy development, open source research, data analysis, public advocacy and engagement with government, oversight bodies and researchers, ANZLEAC4PRD seeks to strengthen transparency, improve operational practices and promote evidence based reforms within policing and custodial systems.

The Council is particularly focused on police led mental health emergencies, deaths in custody, police shootings and the broader workplace and institutional factors that contribute to high risk outcomes. Central to its work is the principle that the protection of life must remain a primary operational duty of the state, not merely a matter examined after tragedy.

UPCOMING CORONERS COURT LISTINGS

10 Aug 2026

• Old Man TN
• DARWIN Local Court

10 Aug 2026

• Hamill, M
• 10:00am Court 2 Southbank VIC
• COR 2021 000343
• Coroner Catherine Fitzgerald
  

10 - 11 Aug 2026 

• Sanderson, Dean Anson
• 10:00am in Court 4 at BRISBANE.
• Coroner Wayne Pennell

10 Aug 2026

• death of S M S
• Manner & Cause of Death
• 10.00am Court room Two LIDCOMBE
• Judge Lee, Deputy State Coroner

10 - 12 Aug 2026

• death of JB
• Manner of Death
• 10.00am Court room Three LIDCOMBE 
• Judge Forbes, Deputy State Coroner

10 - 14 Aug 2026

• death of B Z
• Death in Police Operation
• 10am Local Court, NEWCASTLE
• Judge O’Neil, Deputy State Coroner

11 August 2026

• Qi, Yajun ROAD
• Pre-Inquest Conference
• 10:00am in Court 5 at BRISBANE.
• Coroner Ainslie Kirkegaard

11 Aug 2026

• Raeputa TANGATAPOTO
• Manner of Death
• 10.00am Court room Two LIDCOMBE 
• Judge Lee, Deputy State Coroner

13 Aug 2026

• JAMES, Jason Koyla
• Case Management Conference
• 11.30am Hobart Magistrates Court
• (form requirement)
• Coroner M Wilson

13 August 2026

• BROOKS, Reiley James EWINGTON, Clinton Thomas
• Case Management Conference
• 10.00am Hobart Magistrates Court
• (form requirement)
• Coroner M Wilson

13 Aug 2026

• WOODS, Glenn Robert
• 2.15 pm Hobart Magistrates Court
• (form requirement)
• Case Management Conference
• Coroner M Wilson

13 Aug 2026

• disappearance & suspected death of Zhe YU
• Missing Person
• 10.00am Court room Two LIDCOMBE 
• Judge Lee, Deputy State Coroner

13 Aug 2026

• Lambrias, M
• 9:30am Court 2 Southbank VIC
• COR 2024 000391
• Coroner Simon McGregor

14 Aug 2026

• Robert Cooper
• Direction Hearing 
• 9:30am Court room One LIDCOMBE 
• Judge Hosking, Deputy State Coroner

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15 Jul 2026

• DUNN, Stuart Stanley
• Case Management Conference
• 10.00 am Hobart Magistrates Court
• (form requirement)
• Coroner M Wilson

17 - 28 August 2026

• Ellery, Barry; Meyer, Miranda and Quicke, Kendal
• 10:00am in Court 4 at BRISBANE
• Coroner Megan Fairweather

18 and 19 August 2026

• Page, Clay James
• 10:00am in Court 5 BRISBANE
• State Coroner Terry Ryan

20-21 August 2026

• Kingsley Arnold PICKETT
• 10 am Court 85, Central Law Courts, PERTH
• Coroner Hartley

21 August 2026

• Tiaaleaiga, Lui Matalio
• Pre-Inquest conference
• 2:00pm in Court 5 at BRISBANE.
• State Coroner Terry Ryan

21 August 2026

• Wheeler, Martin John
• Pre-Inquest conference
• 11:00am in Court 5 BRISBANE
• State Coroner Terry Ryan

21 August 2026

• Callaghan, Mitchell Francis
• Pre-Inquest conference 
• 10:00am in Court 5 at BRISBANE
• State Coroner Terry Ryan

21 August 2026

• Russell LONGMORE
• 9:30am Hearing ACT
• CD 154/2025
• Coroner K J Archer

21 August 2026

• Gareth POLLARD
• 2:15 pm Hearing ACT
• CD 162/2024
• Coroner K J Archer

24 - 26 August 2026

• POND, Austin James Arthur
• 10.00 am Hobart Magistrates Court
• (form requirement)
• Coroner O McTaggart

25 - 26 August 2026

• Strahan, Phillip Robert
• 10:00am in Court 17 at BRISBANE
• Coroner Ainslie Kirkegaard

27 Aug 2026

• BENNELL, James Allison
• 11.00 am Hobart Magistrates Court
• (form requirement)
• Case Management Conference
• Coroner O McTaggart

28 Aug 2026 

• 6 Students of Hillcrest Primary School
• 10.00 am Hobart Magistrates Court
• (form requirement)
• Case Management Conference
• Coroner O McTaggart
• Requests must be received by 5pm the 26 August 2026.

31 August 2026

• Wallman, Marilyn Joy
• Pre-Inquest conference
• 10:00am Court 5 at MACKAY.
• Coroner David O'Connell

2 September 2026 

• Beshara, Izaiah James
• Pre-Inquest conference
• Court 4, BRISBANE
• Coroner Carol Lee

 3 September 2026

• McMahon, Sharleigh Roweana
• 10:00am in Court 4 BRISBANE
• Coroner Ainslie Kirkegaard

4 September 2026

• Death of Eden Ryan ZANETTI
• 10 am Court 85, Central Law Courts, PERTH
• Coroner Tyler

4 Sep 2026

• Robinson,  Breeana Elaine Stewart
• pre-Inquest conference 
• 10:00am Court 4 BRISBANE.
• Deputy State Coroner Donald MacKenzie
  

7 - 10 September 2026

• Horsley, Siy Jordan
• 10:00am in Court 40  BRISBANE.
• Deputy State Coroner Gallagher

7 – 10 September 2026

• O'Brien-Faulkner, Riley Scott William
• 10:00am in Court 40 at BRISBANE.
• Deputy State Coroner Gallagher

8 Sept 2026

• Godinet Junior, Wayne Patrick;  Stephenson, Zackary; Stephenson, Harrison; Godinet, Koah; Godinet, Kyza; and Stephenson, Nickolas
• Pre-Inquest conference
• 10:00am Court 4 BRISBANE.
• Deputy State Coroner Donald MacKenzie
  

9 - 11 September 2026 

• Ferguson, Gary Frederick
• 10:00am in Court 4 BRISBANE
• State Coroner Terry Ryan

14 September 2026

• Death of Darryl Patrick RILEY
• 10 am Court 85, Central Law Courts, PERTH
• Coroner Tyler

14 - 24 September 2026

• Butterfield, Jo-Anne
• 10:00am Court 5 CAIRNS
• Coroner Stephanie Williams

16-17 September 2026

• Death of Ms H
• 10 am Court 85, Central Law Courts, PERTH
• Coroner Hartley

21 September 2026

• JAMES, Jason Koyla
• 10.00am LAUNCESTON​  Magistrates Court
• Coroner M Wilson

21 - 24 September 2026

• SD (a pseudonym)
• 10:00am at KINGAROY. Court room to be confirmed.
• State Coroner Terry Ryan

28 - 29 September 

• Spreadborough, Alby Keith
• 10:00am at TOWNSVILLE. Courtroom to be confirmed.
• Deputy State Coroner Stephanie Gallagher

1 - 2 October 2026

• Spread borough, Alby Keith
• 10:00am at TOWNSVILLE. Courtroom to be confirmed.
• Deputy State Coroner Stephanie Gallagher

1 - 2 October 2026

• Death of Al Rashid ADAM
• 10 am Court 85, Central Law Courts, PERTH
• Coroner Tyler

5 - 6 October 2026 

• Death of Jason David WIMBRIDGE
• Coroner Nelson
• 10 am Court 85, Central Law Courts, PERTH
• Coroner Nelson

8 October 2026

• Goodman, Gladys (Nundawalyn) 
  Pre-Inquest conference
• 2:00pm at CAIRNS. Court room to be confirmed.

12 - 23 October 2026

• Struhs, Elizabeth Rose
• 10:00am in Court 5 at BRISBANE.
• Coroner Ainslie Kirkegaard

19-20 October 2026

• Death of Aaron James HILL
• 10 am Court 85, Central Law Courts, PERTH
• Coroner Nelson

19 - 22 October 2026 

• BROOKS, Reiley James EWINGTON, Clinton Thomas
• 10.00am LAUNCESTON​  Magistrates Court
• Coroner M Wilson

23 October 2026

• BROOKS, Reiley James EWINGTON, Clinton Thomas
• 10.00am HOBART​  Magistrates Court
• (form requirement)
• Coroner M Wilson

October 2026

• O'Brien-Faulkner, Riley Scott William
• Adjourned
• Date to be fixed for hearing.BRISBANE.
• Deputy State Coroner Gallagher 

2 November 2026

• Cedric John (Daylight)
• Katherine Local Court NT

9 - 13 November 2026

• Goodman, Gladys (Nundawalyn)
• 10:00am in Court 4 BRISBANE
• Coroner Stephanie Williams

16 November 2026

• Maryanne Mirniyowan
• KATHERINE  Local Court

16-20 November 2026

• Death of James Leslie HOLLANDS
• 10 am Court 51, Central Law Courts, PERTH
• Coroner Nelson

23-26 November 2026

• Lynton Phillip RYAN
• 10 am Court 85, Central Law Courts, PERTH
• Acting State Coroner Linton

23 - 27 November 2026

• DUNN, Stuart Stanley
• 10.00 am Magistrates Court HOBART
• (form requirement)
• Coroner M Wilson

30 November 2026

• Death of Child RA
• 10 am Court 85, Central Law Courts, PERTH
• Coroner Nelson

2 - 7 December 2026

• 21 Week Old Baby Girl
• 10:00am in Court 4 at BRISBANE
• Coroner Ainslie Kirkegaard

4 December 2026

• Kumanjayi White
• Directions Hearing 
• Alice Springs Local Court NT

7 December 2026

• Kumanjayi Woods
• Alice Springs Local Court NT

7 - 11 December 2026

• Vignarajah, Tharumadevi
• 10:00am Court room to be confirmed BRISBANE
• Deputy State Coroner Stephanie Gallagher

 

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