After sitting through the investigation and the inquest, Mary Culleton must now tell an independent medical panel how her son’s death affected her – and delays for hearings have blown out to 10 months
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Warning: This article contains references to Indigenous Australians who have died
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After a family member dies in custody, after the autopsy and the funeral, after the police investigation and the inquest – if they occur – and after you decide to sue the Victorian government, you may find yourself in front of a medical panel explaining how the death affected you.
It is a labyrinthine process and it is getting even more complicated.