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The Hannah Clarke inquest reveals, yet again, significant system failures. Here's what's urgently needed for women's safety

In 2020 the killing of Hannah Clarke and her three children – Aaliyah, 6, Laianah, 4, and Trey, 3 – by her former partner Rowan Baxter, horrified the nation. It prompted significant calls for urgent action on violence against women and improved recognition of coercive control as a leading precursor…

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Hannah Clarke's parents remember her as so much more than a domestic violence victim

Most Queenslanders remember Hannah Clarke as the one whose death shocked the nation but our daughter was so much more than a victim, write Sue and Lloyd Clarke.

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Families of murder victims Hannah Clarke and Doreen Langham join call for specialist police stations

‘Women have had enough,’ says Prof Kerry Carrington, who has been advocating for domestic violence stations since 2015

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Hannah Clarke inquest concludes as coroner finds further actions by authorities 'unlikely' to have prevented murders

A coroner finds any further actions by authorities were "unlikely" to have stopped Rowan Baxter murdering his estranged partner Hannah Clarke and their children.

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Queensland Coroners Court delivers findings into deaths of Hannah Clarke and her children, Aaliyah, Laianah and Trey

An inquest into the deaths of Brisbane woman Hannah Clarke and her three children has delivered its findings. Warning: This report contains content some people may find distressing.

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What is coercive control? These are the concerning behaviours

Queensland will soon criminalise coercive control, a distinctive pattern of malign behaviour closely linked to domestic homicide

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Queensland police union drops fierce opposition to domestic violence inquiry

Union boss says his view of inquiry into police ‘cultural issues’ changed after Hannah Clarke inquest

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Queensland Is Set To Criminalise Coercive Control Two Years After Hannah Clarke Was Murdered

The offence should be codified into law by 2023.

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Queensland to criminalise coercive control and probe police response to domestic violence

Criminalising coercive control has been on the state’s agenda since the murder of Hannah Clarke and her three children in 2020

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Better police training isn’t a silver bullet to address Queensland’s domestic violence problem

Analysis: Despite calls for an inquiry into Queensland police culture, some still say training alone will fix the issue

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Hannah Clarke inquest concludes with hopes findings will be 'powerful tool for change'

Advocates and lawyers helping women escape domestic violence are hopeful the findings from the inquest into the brutal murders of Hannah Clarke and her three children will be a catalyst for change.

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Hannah Clarke inquest hears how murders have destroyed her parents' lives, in emotional victim impact statement

Hannah Clarke's parents describe how the murder of their daughter and her three children at the hands of her estranged husband has destroyed their lives, leaving them with "all-consuming" grief.

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Rowan Baxter a 'monster': Clarke's parents

Hannah Clarke's parents have described Rowan Baxter as a "true monster", saying nothing could have stopped him from killing their daughter.

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Chilling footage of Hannah Clarke's estranged husband shopping for fuel can, zip ties shown to inquest

A chilling video showing Hannah Clarke's estranged husband shopping for zip ties and a fuel can to kill his family in his local hardware story is released to the inquest probing the family's murders.

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Psychologist had 'no concerns' with Baxter

A month before Rowan Baxter killed his children, his psychologist had no concerns about his mental health, saying contact with his children would be ideal.

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Hannah Clarke inquest hears police downgraded killer's assault charge days before petrol attack

Police downgraded a serious assault charge against Hannah Clarke’s estranged husband, and did not require him to attend the watch house and apply for bail, just days before he killed her and their three children, an inquest has been told.

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Police training 'puts DV victims at risk'

Limited training is putting frontline officers and domestic violence victims at substantial risk, the inquest into Hannah Clarke's death has been told.

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Coroner releases police vision of Hannah Clarke, distraught about daughter's abduction

The inquest examining the murders of Brisbane woman Hannah Clarke and her three children by her estranged husband, Rowan Baxter, sees video of Ms Clarke distraught and frustrated that police were unable to act after Baxter had abducted their daughter.

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Girl, 6, stood up to evil dad before he killed whole family by setting them on fire

An inquest has heard how Hannah Clarke's brave daughter Aaliyah, 6, stood up to cruel killer Rowan Baxter prompting her to leave her controlling husband, who later set his whole family on fire

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Hannah Clarke inquest hears of killer's appalling behaviour over years

As a two-week inquest into the brutal murders of Hannah Clarke and her three children reaches the halfway point, the inquiry hears of a chilling threat made by her killer.

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Police unable to charge Hannah Clarke's estranged husband for abducting daughter months before murders

Police were unable to charge Rowan Baxter despite his "disgusting" abduction of one of their children just months before he murdered the family, an inquest is told.

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Rowan Baxter left 'suicide/goodbye' note

An inquest has heard a Rowan Baxter phone message found after he killed his estranged wife Hannah Clarke and their kids seemed like a "suicide/goodbye" note.

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