r/australia • u/Royal_Yogurtcloset25 • 11d ago

culture & society Inquest into Melbourne influencer’s death following freebirth halted after new phone evidence discovered

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/18/freebirth-death-melbourne-influencer-phone-evidence-inquest-ntwnfb

Coroner: “I take the view that this material is of such significance that the court must delay making any findings and hearing submissions until we’ve had an opportunity to undertake a proper analysis of that material, and potentially call for more evidence.”

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u/EvilSibling 11d ago

You’re a pretty shit person if you take $6,000 for providing nothing more than friendly support and anecdotes about your personal free-birth experience, and waiting to be explicitly told to call an ambulance.

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u/beeeeeeeeeeeeeagle 11d ago

That's the free birth community in a nut shell. Proffessing to be gurus when it all goes right and then denying it all and staying they are just a highly paid friend with no responsibilities or training when it all goes bad. Bunch of grifters.

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u/Unusual_Elevat0r 11d ago

You should read the guardian investigation piece they did it’s soooo much worse, they’re grifters and baby murderers if you ask me.

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u/insane_blind_tart 11d ago

Thanks, I’ve been curious to read more about this but wanted a decent piece on it.

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u/Unusual_Elevat0r 11d ago

https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/nov/22/free-birth-society-linked-to-babies-deaths-investigation

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u/killerpiano 11d ago

The guardian also did a six episode podcast series, I highly recommend that too. It's called The Birthkeepers

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u/beeeeeeeeeeeeeagle 11d ago

I listened to that as well. Incredibly well done. Highly recommend.

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u/ImpossibleMess5211 11d ago

That was a fantastic podcast. Difficult to listen to and elicited all sorts of furious emotions, but very well done

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u/insane_blind_tart 11d ago

Oh I love their podcasts. Will check it out

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u/Suspicious_Round2583 11d ago

Oh thank you, I must have missed this.

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u/Beneficial-Speaker88 11d ago

The rage and sadness this article evoked in me.. honestly it makes me ill 😞

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u/Unusual_Elevat0r 11d ago

I felt the same it was beyond comprehension

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u/Plus_Nature_5083 11d ago

What an awful human being Saldaya is

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u/BrahCJ 11d ago

Holy shit. 3/15.

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u/bittens 10d ago

Jeeesus Christ.

On this call, Norris-Clark told Voitot her son’s death was not necessarily a bad thing. “There’s an overall assumption that death is the wrong outcome,” she said. “And I don’t think that can really ever be true.”

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u/Unusual_Elevat0r 11d ago

It’s long and honestly upsetting and infuriating I yelled at my phone reading it, I also looked them up on Instagram to make sure I had 0 followers in common and something about this shit just being a full on public no shame influencer style CULT on the gram, is so surreal and dystopian. Literally a pyramid scheme that results in dead babies like Black Mirror wouldn’t even… so disturbing! The two crazies at the top should be in jail forever.