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Lachlan Abbott

Reporter · AU

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 28, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Lachlan Abbott

    Police thought John was in a deep drunken sleep. Instead, he lay dying (opens the original)

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    Victoria Police has apologised for the death of a man who spent hours unresponsive with a brain injury in a Broadmeadows cell as he waited for paramedics. CCTV footage played in the Coroner’s Court on Monday showed three officers carrying John Makai’s limp body into a holding cell about 1.15am on September 10, 2023. Police had arrived at Makai’s Sunbury home about an hour earlier, following a report the 58-year-old had fought with his adult son after both consumed alcohol. Opening the inquest in

  2. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Lachlan Abbott

    Police thought John was in a deep drunken sleep. Instead, he lay dying (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Critical tone · English

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    Victoria Police has apologised for the death of a man who spent hours unresponsive with a brain injury in a Broadmeadows cell as he waited for paramedics. CCTV footage played in the Coroner’s Court on Monday showed three officers carrying John Makai’s limp body into a holding cell about 1.15am on September 10, 2023. Police had arrived at Makai’s Sunbury home about an hour earlier, following a report the 58-year-old had fought with his adult son after both consumed alcohol. Opening the inquest in

  3. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Lachlan Abbott

    Police thought John was in a deep drunken sleep. Instead, he lay dying (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Critical tone · English

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    Victoria Police has apologised for the death of a man who spent hours unresponsive with a brain injury in a Broadmeadows cell as he waited for paramedics. CCTV footage played in the Coroner’s Court on Monday showed three officers carrying John Makai’s limp body into a holding cell about 1.15am on September 10, 2023. Police had arrived at Makai’s Sunbury home about an hour earlier, following a report the 58-year-old had fought with his adult son after both consumed alcohol. Opening the inquest in

  4. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Lachlan Abbott, Kieran Rooney

    Seven construction giants singled out in royal commission; Bombshell Allan briefing flagged (opens the original)

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    Victoria’s state election campaign will be punctuated by the hearings of the royal commission into Big Build corruption, the inquiry having revealed construction companies, industrial fixers and former premier Jacinta Allan are already in its sights. Commissioner Chris Kourakis promised on Wednesday, the first sitting day of the Royal Commission into the Integrity of Major Public and Civil Infrastructure Construction Projects in Victoria, to leave no stone unturned. In a statement of intent, cab

  5. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Lachlan Abbott, Kieran Rooney

    Seven construction giants singled out in royal commission; Bombshell Allan briefing flagged (opens the original)

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    Victoria’s state election campaign will be punctuated by the hearings of the royal commission into Big Build corruption, the inquiry having revealed construction companies, industrial fixers and former premier Jacinta Allan are already in its sights. Commissioner Chris Kourakis promised on Wednesday, the first sitting day of the Royal Commission into the Integrity of Major Public and Civil Infrastructure Construction Projects in Victoria, to leave no stone unturned. In a statement of intent, cab

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