00:02After weeks on the defensive, resisting growing calls for a coronial inquest, Tony Booty finally relented.
00:10I have written to the acting state coroner directing her to hold an inquest into the deaths of the three
00:18children.
00:18The Attorney-General pointing to new evidence that's emerged in the case of the children who were murdered by their
00:24mother in South Headland in 2022.
00:26The children's grandmother Dorothy Papertalk was scathing of what she considered inaction from child protection officials.
00:34I have personally reviewed the files from the Department of Communities and Police and they are truly heartbreaking.
00:42Dorothy Papertalk's call for an inquest was rejected by then coroner Philip Urquhart last year.
00:49The Attorney-General now says there's new information he didn't have access to.
00:54Tony Booty won't say what that is, but the police minister confirmed files have been sent from police.
01:02I understand there's a lot of information there including body-worn camera vision.
01:06The situation devolved into a political flashpoint with ministers scrambling to visit South Headland.
01:12The opposition highlighting what it considered a department in turmoil, accusing the government of dragging its feet.
01:19The right thing is happening. Finally it is happening. And it is shameful that it has taken this long.
01:26Ramping up the pressure on the government during question time.
01:30Mr Speaker, my government has done the right thing. We've done the right thing to look after people in the
01:36field.
01:36Members, members.
01:37The government also announced a review of the coroner's act, including its current seven-day deadline for relatives to appeal
01:44against a decision.
01:45The scope and timing of the Hawke children inquest will be determined by the coroner's court.
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