Azaria's parents welcome dingo finding

12 Jun 2012, 12:31 pm   -   Source: AAP
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Azaria Chamberlain's parents have welcomed a coroner's finding that a dingo was responsible for the death of their daughter 32 years ago.

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Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton is relieved the 32-year saga surrounding her daughter Azaria's death is over.

An emotional Ms Chamberlain-Creighton addressed the media in Darwin on Tuesday following the release of the coroner's finding that a dingo was responsible for the death of Azaria Chamberlain in 1980.

"We are relieved and delighted to come to the end of this saga," she said.

"No longer will Australia be able to say that dingoes are not dangerous and will only attack if provoked.

"We live in a beautiful country but it is dangerous and we'd ask all Australians to be aware of this and take appropriate precautions."

Coroner Elizabeth Morris earlier told a packed courtroom a dingo was to blame for the attack at Uluru, which resulted initially in Ms Chamberlain-Creighton jailed for murder and her husband Michael given a suspended sentence for being an accessory after the fact.

Both were later exonerated after a royal commission in 1987.

Ms Chamberlain-Creighton said she would have more to say on the Nine Network on Tuesday night.

Michael Chamberlain, Azaria's father, thanked the "courageous and independent coroner" for her finding, saying she was "speaking for the dead".

"This has been a terrifying battle," he told reporters.

"Bitter at times, but now some healing and a chance to put our daughter's spirit to rest."

He said justice can be achieved no matter how hard it seemed.

"I'm here to tell you, you can get justice even when you think all is lost," he said.

Mr Chamberlain recalled being told by a senior judicial officer after the previous inquest that he would never get justice in the Northern Territory.

"Well, the truth is out," he said.

He thanked the media for its "reporting based on facts" and the family's supporters throughout the ordeal.

"If you know you are right, never give up on getting it right when a serious issue could affect the life and livelihood of others."

"I cannot express strongly enough how important it is to pursue a just cause, even when it seems to be a mission impossible," he said.

Mr Chamberlain and Ms Chamberlain-Creighton then went to pick up Azaria's amended death certificate.

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