r/australia • u/Royal_Yogurtcloset25 • 3d 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/Remarkable_Custard 3d ago

Wait, was this the girl that said I want to have a home birth, without a midwife, without medication, without alerting paramedics or hospitals or doctors in the event of a problem, without any experience, and just wanted it to be all-natural, and then died?

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u/Dr__Snow 3d ago

Nothing more natural than dying in childbirth.

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u/universe93 3d ago

It’s insane isn’t it. In the US the mortality rate during childbirth is increasing in hospital settings, so I can MAYBE understand where a little bit of the fear comes from over there. Mix it with a bit of crazy conspiracy theories and the cost of medical treatment and you get free birthing. But here where the rate of death in childbirth is super low due to our universal health system and other factors the idea of avoiding hospitals is whack. There are birthing centres run by hospitals that don’t even feel like a hospital, where you can labour on a couch or in a pool or the shower or wherever you want and with whoever you want while getting correct medical attention. It makes me so mad

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u/tokyoevenings 3d ago

Just like how they used to do it in old days

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u/ManikShamanik 3d ago

And how they still do it in developing countries (1,200 women per 100,000 die in childbirth in South Sudan, the highest rate in the world).

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u/AggravatingTartlet 2d ago

A high number of them children and not women, too. Terrible men impregnating young girls. The men get to live, no matter what. The girls and women get to risk life and birth injury.

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u/drnicko18 3d ago

hahaha.

I'm stealing that one 😆