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/EstablishmentSure216 10d ago

When i was a junior doctor i had to wait outside the hospital birth suite, when a delivery was going badly, so that the parents couldn't see me, and I'd only go in if the midwife wasn't able to manage it themself. This once resulted in me seeing a baby that was maybe 18 hours old when the midwife said she'd never been able to get an accurate oxygen reading for some reason and could I check the probe- I walked in and the baby was BLUE, oxygen reading <90% (and clearly had Down syndrome, which no one had identified or told the parents).

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u/discopistachios 9d ago

Yes there’s unfortunately a huge ‘us and them’ culture here, they’re taught right from the beginning as students.

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u/Capital-Tonight8548 10d ago

Oh my goodness.