Coroner identifies major failings by psychiatrist who treated Bondi Junction attacker

A psychiatrist who treated the Westfield Bondi Junction attacker has been referred for review by the coroner investigating the mass killing in 2024. New South Wales State Coroner Teresa O'Sullivan criticised the care of Joel Cauchi's former psychiatrist for failing to adequately respond to a schizophrenia relapse in the years before the mass stabbing, which saw six people killed and 10 injured. She has made 23 recommendations, including a call for the Health Ombudsman of Queensland to review the psychiatrist's care and treatment of Joel Cauchi.

Noel McLaughlin (centre), partner of victim Jade Young, outside the Lidcombe Coroners Court in Sydney (AAP) Source: AAP / BIANCA DE MARCHI/AAPIMAGE

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Coroner identifies major failings by psychiatrist who treated Bondi Junction attacker

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