I think the concept of closure, it's fraught with danger to even bring that into our vocabulary

when we're talking about deaths that are reported to coroners, because these are really the worst

kinds of deaths that happen in our community.

Rather than thinking about giving them closure, what I'm thinking about is trying to help them feel a little

bit better in these awful times.

We're joined again in this episode of Australian True Crime by guest host criminologist and forensic pathologist Xanthi Mallet.

Today I'm joined by a very special guest, Stephanie Williams, who is a barrister with extensive experience in criminal law, domestic violence and the coronial jurisdictions in Queensland.

She's highly experienced and skilled legal practitioner with over 16 years of legal experience and is acted as a council

since 2014. She also has extensive experience in remote and regional communities, which makes

her a real value to the coronial system. Stephanie was appointed as Northern Coroner in December

2023, so very new to the role. Today we're going to be talking about Stephanie's background,

how she became a coroner, and really the coronial process from her perspective.

This is Australian true crime. We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this podcast is

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I actually prefer it to the real thing. I thought I'd give it a try.

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