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Bondi Junction Stabbings: Doctor of Killer Referred to Health Regulators
The inquest examines mental health care gaps, emergency response, and media coverage after Joel Cauchi killed six and injured ten at Bondi Junction Westfield in April 2024.
- Today, NSW Coroner Teresa O'Sullivan will hand down findings after a five-week inquest into the Westfield Bondi Junction attack that killed six people and injured ten.
- Joel Cauchi was found to have been psychotic and slowly weaned off antipsychotic medication before the killings, while homeless with gaps in psychiatric follow-up despite family warnings and discharge oversights.
- A 77‑second window in the attack revealed the sole CR1 CCTV operator left before the stabbings and evacuation alarms sounded about two minutes after Cauchi’s death, highlighting centre control shortcomings.
- The coroner asked the Health Ombudsman of Queensland to review the psychiatrist's care and recommended bravery consideration for Noel McLaughlin while praising Inspector Amy Scott.
- The coroner highlighted the need to improve communication between NSW Police and NSW Ambulance services after confusion about the 'hot zone', while families and the Australian Society of Psychiatrists urged reforms as a 'turning point'.
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Inquest Finds Schizophrenia, Cannabis Likely Factors in Bondi Junction Stabbing Rampage
An inquest into the 2024 mass stabbing at the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre has found killer Joel Cauchi was schizophrenic, likely psychotic, and had been smoking cannabis for days before he stabbed six people to death and injured 10 others. Dawn Singleton, 25, Ashlee Good, 38, Jade Young, 47, Pikria Darchia, 55, Yixuan Cheng, 27 and Faraz Tahir, 30, were killed by Cauchi in April 2024. Cauchi, 40, was later fatally wounded by police.…
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Total News Sources21
Leaning Left7Leaning Right6Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution44% Left
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44% Left
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C 19%
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