Outback Coroner

In May 2011, the Northern Territory Coroner, Greg Cavanagh, was forced to officially close Mount Bundy Cattle Station due to a death attributed to arsenic poisoning. What ensued was a series of events that brought into question the validity of two government investigations across two state borders that nearly destroyed a family and crippled their business.

A mourning family seek answers from Magistrate and Broken Hill Coroner Geoff Dunlevy when their loved one is found dead in the desert after wandering from his car. In Dubbo, NSW Deputy State Coroner Paul MacMahon must inquire into the death of a local man and the three fruit pickers accused of killing him.

A boating accident claims the lives of two people, including a four-year-old. Who was to blame for this tragedy?

NSW Deputy State Coroner Paul MacMahon and NSW Acting State Coroner Hugh Dillon enquire into two missing persons cases at opposite ends of NSW - the disappearance of a farmer near Wagga Wagga and that of an 18 year-old girl in the small country town of Bellingen.

Coroners investigate an incident that took the lives of two cray fishermen while on the job.

Former NSW State Coroner Mary Jerram travels to the town of Griffith for an inquiry into a neighbourhood dispute that has resulted in a death, while Dr Peter Smart performs one of the most confronting procedures faced by a recently bereaved family - the autopsy.