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Protestors demand apology from Tasmanian Coroner

Tasmanian LGBTIQ advocates have written to Premier, Peter Gutwein, seeking his intervention after a Supreme Court decision refusing Ben Jago the opportunity to take a discrimination case about the failure of the Coroner to recognise him as his late partner’s next of kin. Equality Tasmania has written to the Premier asking for an apology to […]

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Court denies Hobart man the chance to be recognised as his late partner’s next-of-kin

Court denies Hobart man the chance to be recognised as his late partner’s next-of-kin

A Hobart man who was wrongly denied senior next-of-kin status by the Coroner after the death of his same-gender partner six years ago has been told by the Tasmanian Supreme Court that he cannot progress a discrimination case seeking redress. Justice Helen Wood has handed down a ruling that the Coroner is immune from discrimination […]

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