The Latest Breaking News from Veronica Nelson

Tough Victorian bail laws are catching out people who shouldn't be needing to appear in a bail and remand court, a barrister believes.

A lawyer who tried to assist the 37-year-old, who died in custody after allegedly shoplifting, described the shortcomings of a bail hearing on the third day of a coronial inquest.

A coronial inquest will examine the role tightening bail laws in the wake of the Bourke Street tragedy may have played in Veronica Nelson's treatment by authorities in the lead-up to her death.

It's possible Veronica Nelson would never have been sentenced to prison if she was convicted of charges she faced when she died in a Melbourne prison cell.

Good morning, early birds. Scott Morrison will reportedly today tell Queensland voters that the “green-left” claim to be “more virtuous” than them and “deride their jobs as unworthy”, and a five-week inquest into the death of an Indigenous woman named Veronica Nelson has begun. It’s the news you need to…

A coronial inquest is examining why the 37-year-old died alone in a locked cell despite showing increasing signs of distress in the hours before her death. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains images of a person who has died.

Melbourne coroner’s court hears audio of the 37-year-old Yorta Yorta woman screaming in pain in her prison cell

The family of Yorta Yorta woman Veronica Nelson say they can only rest after an inquest into her death in custody holds someone responsible.

Earlier directions hearing was told Veronica Nelson cried for help several times in the hours before her death