A coronial inquest in central Queensland is considering whether neck compression or restraint that causes death should be treated in a similar way to one-punch strikes to the head.

Griffith Chambers' Kylie Hillard is representing the Women's Legal Service at the inquest.

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Former workers within Queensland's youth detention centres are claiming to have been sacked for speaking out about violence inside the institutions. ...

Indigenous barrister Joshua Creamer and others in the legal profession are calling on the royal commission in Northern Territory to include Queensland and other states.

Read the article here, and see the video "Royal commission should examine Queensland too, says Indigenous barrister".