Racism hindered NSW police investigation into the 1988 death of Indigenous teenager Mark Haines, inquest found

CitrixNews Staff

· June 18, 2026 at 4:53 AM

Racism hindered NSW police investigation into the 1988 death of Indigenous teenager Mark Haines, inquest found

Coroner overturned initial police finding of suicide, saying their investigation was ‘deeply flawed, superficial and inadequate from the outset’

•Warning: This article contains images of and references to Indigenous Australians who have died

The police investigation into the death of Indigenous teenager Mark Haines in northern New South Wales nearly four decades ago was hindered by racism and deeply flawed, a coroner has found.

The body of the Gomeroi teenager was discovered on train tracks outside Tamworth on the morning of 16 January 1988. A stolen Holden Torana was found crashed nearby.

Originally reported by The Guardian. Read the full story at the original source.

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