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NSW Coroner Finds Racism Played Role in 1988 Death Investigation of Mark Anthony Haines

NSW Coroner Harriet Grahame ruled that racism significantly impacted the 1988 police investigation into the death of Mark Anthony Haines, an Indigenous teenager. The investigation was deemed superficial, with the coroner unable to definitively determine how Haines's body ended up on train tracks, despite the initial ruling of suicide.