Australia- Nine people stabbed including 9 month baby @ the Westfield Shopping Centre in Bondi Junction, suspect fatally shot, Sydney, 13 April 2024

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Quote from the above article. So sad and not news at all that Australia's mental health services are stretched beyond capacity and services aren't reaching the communities that really need them.

"I expect Your Honour will hear from at least one expert psychologist that there is a strong need for sustained serviced housing of mentally ill homeless persons … which includes men like Mr Cauchi who are experiencing schizophrenia … who fall through the cracks and then become acutely unwell."
 
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There are transcripts available of the Directions Hearings from 12th Nov 2924, and 7th April, 2025, on the Coroners site…

coroners.nsw.gov.au

Documents

Documents
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There will be very limited select live streaming…. but I am not sure if the limited live stream relates to the Directions Hearing, which has already been heard, or to the actual Inquest itself.

Live Stream of the Inquest​

The directions hearing will not be live streamed. Only select portions of the hearing will be live streamed, including Counsel Assisting's opening address, and the State Coroner's findings. The live stream can be accessed via this link:

Live Streams
 
  • #484
Marg944 said:
There are transcripts available of the Directions Hearings from 12th Nov 2924, and 7th April, 2025, on the Coroners site…

coroners.nsw.gov.au

Documents

Documents
coroners.nsw.gov.au coroners.nsw.gov.au


There will be very limited select live streaming…. but I am not sure if the limited live stream relates to the Directions Hearing, which has already been heard, or to the actual Inquest itself.

Live Stream of the Inquest​

The directions hearing will not be live streamed. Only select portions of the hearing will be live streamed, including Counsel Assisting's opening address, and the State Coroner's findings. The live stream can be accessed via this link:

Live Streams
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Or we can wait until the Coronial hearing is long over and the findings available on NSW Colonial findings web site. Such an awful time for many people
 
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Hero guard’s tragic update on one-year anniversary of Bondi Westfield massacre​

Muhammad Taha was granted permanent residency and labelled a hero for his bravery during the Bondi stabbing massacre. But one year on, he’s made a tragic admission.

Speaking to news.com.au, Mr Taha said he was still experiencing pain from the stabbing and was unlikely to ever return to work as a security guard.

The Pakistani was granted permanent residency as a result of his bravery after an outpouring of public support and spends his time going between both countries.

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Inquest into security measures

The owners of the shopping centre, as well as the security subcontractors, are set to face a barrage of questions at an inquest into the stabbing, which is set to run from April 28 to May 30.

The inquest is set to probe the emergency response procedures of the Westfield’s owner Scentre group as well as security subcontractors Falcon Manpower Solution and Glad Group.

Expert witnesses called to the inquest will include a security expert as well as multiple psychiatrists, a toxicologist, an emergency medicine doctor and a GP, who are set to look into Cauchi’s mental health condition at the time.
 
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  • #487
Marg944 said:
There are transcripts available of the Directions Hearings from 12th Nov 2924, and 7th April, 2025, on the Coroners site…

coroners.nsw.gov.au

Documents

Documents
coroners.nsw.gov.au coroners.nsw.gov.au


There will be very limited select live streaming…. but I am not sure if the limited live stream relates to the Directions Hearing, which has already been heard, or to the actual Inquest itself.

Live Stream of the Inquest​

The directions hearing will not be live streamed. Only select portions of the hearing will be live streamed, including Counsel Assisting's opening address, and the State Coroner's findings. The live stream can be accessed via this link:

Live Streams
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The subsite for everything about the Bondi inquest is here
coroners.nsw.gov.au

Bondi Junction Inquest

Bondi Junction Inquest
coroners.nsw.gov.au coroners.nsw.gov.au

  • Directions hearing: Monday 7 April 2025 at 9.30AM
  • Hearing: Monday 28 April to Friday 30 May 2025
  • Location: Court 1, Level 2, NSW State Coroners Court, 1A Main Avenue, Lidcombe NSW 2141.
 
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An inquest into the deadly Bondi Junction stabbing rampage will begin on April 28. Video via AAP
 
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Killer’s disturbing Google searches

Cauchi made several searches on the internet related to the 1999 Columbine shooting that killed more than 10 people on the morning of the fatal attack at Bondi, as well as earlier searches on mass stabbings in Australia.

The court was told Cauchi had googled “what can neuroscience tell us about the mind of a serial killer” in October 2023, as well as self-inflicted deaths in Australian prisons and 21 famous serial killings, Ms Dwyer told the court, which Inspector Marks agreed with.
Then, on the morning of the fatal attack, he made three searches about the killers of the 1999 Columbine shooting in Colorado, United States, about 8.47am


The following month he appeared to have searched for the last mass stabbing in Australia, the five best assault rifles in the world, and what things do people regret dying.

Lots more in article
 
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Opening address, click to watch on youtube

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www.abc.net.au

Officer who shot Bondi Junction stabber thought she was 'probably going to die'

Police Inspector Amy Scott, who fatally shot Joel Cauchi the day of his attack at the Westfield Bondi Junction Shopping Centre last year, has described her encounter on the second day of the coronial inquest.
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NSW Police's Amy Scott tells Bondi Junction stabbing inquest of moment she confronted killer Joel Cauchi​


Inspector Scott said Cauchi eventually turned to face her and started running towards her and that her first thought was "he was going to kill me".

She fired her gun three times, two hitting Cauchi, and a third making contact with a large pot plant a woman with a pram had previously been hiding behind.

Inspector Scott said she then had to "bite the bullet" to secure the knife from underneath Cauchi after he died.

Her interaction with him lasted for a minute and 25 seconds in total from the moment she entered the centre.

She was questioned by Sophie Callan SC, representing the NSW police commissioner, about whether she felt fear.

"I actually felt nauseous as I ran in, because in my head I'd resigned myself to the fact that I was probably going to die," Inspector Scott said.

Referring to active armed offender training, she said police look at a 60 to 70 per cent chance of non-survival if you're "partnered and vested up, and I was neither of those".
 
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drsleuth said:
www.abc.net.au

Officer who shot Bondi Junction stabber thought she was 'probably going to die'

Police Inspector Amy Scott, who fatally shot Joel Cauchi the day of his attack at the Westfield Bondi Junction Shopping Centre last year, has described her encounter on the second day of the coronial inquest.
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NSW Police's Amy Scott tells Bondi Junction stabbing inquest of moment she confronted killer Joel Cauchi​


Inspector Scott said Cauchi eventually turned to face her and started running towards her and that her first thought was "he was going to kill me".

She fired her gun three times, two hitting Cauchi, and a third making contact with a large pot plant a woman with a pram had previously been hiding behind.

Inspector Scott said she then had to "bite the bullet" to secure the knife from underneath Cauchi after he died.

Her interaction with him lasted for a minute and 25 seconds in total from the moment she entered the centre.

She was questioned by Sophie Callan SC, representing the NSW police commissioner, about whether she felt fear.

"I actually felt nauseous as I ran in, because in my head I'd resigned myself to the fact that I was probably going to die," Inspector Scott said.

Referring to active armed offender training, she said police look at a 60 to 70 per cent chance of non-survival if you're "partnered and vested up, and I was neither of those".
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What a brave lady. We often underestimate our police. They often keep us safe as they risk their own lives.
 
  • #495
Update: Further information explored at inquest regarding QPS interactions with Joel Cauchi when his father took away his knives. Interesting they didn’t take steps to ensure his parents’ safety after he “laid hands on his dad.” Should they have done that? It might have raised some more system flags if a DVO had been made.

 
  • #496
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Bondi Junction killer missed out on mental health care because police lacked resources and were ‘overwhelmed’

Queensland mental health specialist reveals she couldn’t find someone to cover her role while giving evidence at Sydney inquest this week
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Bondi Junction killer missed out on mental health care because police lacked resources and were ‘overwhelmed’​

Queensland mental health specialist reveals she couldn’t find someone to cover her role while giving evidence at Sydney inquest this week

The inquest on Monday heard from her colleague, Sen Const Peter McDiarmid, who was acting as the police force’s only mental health officer for a district serving 220,000 residents when he received an email from another officer asking him to follow up with the Cauchi family. But the court heard he did not make contact.


It came after an incident in January 2023, when Cauchi called the police to his parents’ home in Toowoomba after his father confiscated his knives amid concern about his son’s mental health.

Cauchi’s mother told police: “I don’t know how we’re going to get him treatment unless he does something drastic.”

On Tuesday, Sen Sgt Tracey Morris – the officer who was normally the mental health officer – cried when asked about McDiarmid, her colleague who was acting in the role for five weeks and missed the email.

“His oversight of [that] email is devastating and is not indicative of him as an officer or how he performed my role,” she told the court.

BBM : What a ridiculous expectation of one officer :mad:
 
  • #497

Bondi killer’s knife obsession flagged by cop - but not acted on​

Queensland police officers want “confusing” legislation surrounding when they can legally detain a person for a mental health assessment rewritten, the Bondi Junction stabbing inquest has heard.

The pair ultimately determined they could not forcibly detain him for a mental health assessment under Queensland public health laws because he didn’t meet the threshold of being at “immediate risk of self harm”.
 
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www.abc.net.au

What was learnt about the Bondi stabbings in first week of inquest

In the first of five weeks of a coronial inquest into the Westfield Bondi Junction stabbing, the court heard about the confusion around a possible second offender and concerns the centre's alarms were too loud for emergency services.
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Were Westfield's alarms too loud?​

The court heard from Inspector Scott there were no alarms going off during her pursuit of Cauchi, and were only activated after he was shot.

"They were extremely loud and did hamper communication significantly," she said.

"I had my radio turned up really, really loud, like as high as it can, and I still was struggling to hear what other police were communicating."

She said her sergeant had to speak with her face-to-face to plan and organise because "it was just deafening".

Emergency ambulance responder Christopher Wilkinson described the alarm as "quite noisy" when trying to listen to radio communications and converse.

"There was a lot of noise, extraneous noise from the environment, and the alarm just didn't help," he said.

Dr Dwyer told the court the alarm rang out for about 23 minutes, and Inspector Scott told her the alarm made it difficult to hear announcements over the PA system.
 
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www.9news.com.au

Police close gaps that left troubled Bondi Junction killer untreated

A coroner is likely to recommend improvements after an overworked police force failed to connect a mass kil...
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Laws regarding when mentally ill people could be forced to take an involuntary psychiatric examination could be amended to become less confusing, the court has been told.
Quinlan said these changes were needed to prevent the criminalisation of those with mental illness.
"Mental health shouldn't just be a police response," he told the NSW Coroners Court.
"It's a no-brainer to me that there should be appropriate responses that are health-led."Counsel assisting Peggy Dwyer SC said changing legislation around police powers was "shaping up to be a significant recommendation" at the inquest.
 
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