Coronial Finding Published

Detects published coronial findings and recommendations under the Coroners Act 2003 (Qld). Although coronial findings are public documents, they contain sensitive details about the circumstances and cause of death, manner of death, and identity of deceased persons. Government agencies handling these documents should classify them as SENSITIVE Legal due to the distressing nature of the content.

Type

keyword_proximity

Engine

universal

Confidence

low

Confidence justification

Low-medium: coronial findings are published documents, so the classifier labels handling rather than secrecy. Enforce tiers need the published findings header structure; 85 also needs a named deceased and cause/manner evidence. Statistics, textbooks and news carry the phrases without the header fields and stay at 65.

Jurisdictions

au

Regulations

Coroners Act 2003 (Qld)

Frameworks

QGISCF

Data categories

law-enforcement, government

Scope

narrow

Risk rating

3

Pattern

(?i)\b(?:coronial\s+(?:findings?|inquest|investigation|report)|findings\s+of\s+inquest|inquest\s+(?:into|findings?|recommendations?)|coroner(?:'s|s)?\s+(?:findings?|recommendations?|report|court)|non-inquest\s+findings?)\b

Corroborative evidence keywords

SENSITIVE, Legal, coronial finding, coroner, inquest, cause of death, manner of death, autopsy, post-mortem, Coroners Court, Coroners Act 2003, State Coroner, Deputy State Coroner, recommendations, investigation, enforcement, prosecution, arrest, evidence, forensic (+24 more)

Proximity: 300 characters

Should match

• CORONERS COURT OF QUEENSLAND FINDINGS OF INQUEST CITATION: Inquest into the death of Morgan Ellisdale TITLE OF COURT: Coroners Court JURISDICTION: Brisbane FILE NO(s): 2025/04417 DELIVERED ON: 12 February 2026 FINDINGS OF: Deputy State Coroner Hutton Cause of death: multi-organ failure secondary to sepsis. Recommendations are made under s 46 of the Coroners Act 2003. — Published findings header with a named deceased and cause-of-death evidence (85)
• Non-inquest findings Deceased: Casey Rourke File number: 2025/08812 — Non-inquest findings with labelled deceased and file fields only (75)
• Coroner's findings and recommendations - death in custody CATCHWORDS: Coronial - death in custody - adequacy of cell observations HEARING DATES: 3-5 March 2026 COUNSEL ASSISTING: Ms A Pelletier REPRESENTATION: Queensland Corrective Services The death of Darcy Vellacott in a secure unit was a reportable death in custody. The forensic pathologist found the cause of death to be hanging; toxicology detected no substances. — Findings header in catchwords/hearing-dates/counsel-assisting form, 'death of <Name>' and pathology evidence (85)

Should not match

• The Australian Bureau of Statistics published its annual Causes of Death report for 2024. The leading cause of death was ischaemic heart disease (17,331 deaths), followed by dementia (15,209 deaths). Queensland recorded 34,127 registered deaths. — Published ABS causes of death statistics
• The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital published its 2024-25 annual report noting a mortality rate of 1.2% for admitted patients, consistent with national benchmarks. The hospital recorded 847 deaths during the reporting period. — Hospital annual report with aggregate mortality statistics
• A forensic pathology textbook chapter explains the process of coronial investigation in Queensland, including the role of the State Coroner, the circumstances requiring investigation under the Coroners Act 2003, and the types of findings available. — Forensic pathology textbook on coronial process
• Policy guidance: this procedure explains how coronial findings are collected, stored and shared, who may access them and how long they are kept. Staff should read the privacy section before completing any form. It contains no details about any individual. — Policy/guidance text naming the topic without any populated record (65 discovery at most)
• Findings of inquest - cover sheet CITATION: ____________________ FILE NO(s): ____________________ DELIVERED ON: ____________________ FINDINGS OF: ____________________ Signature: ____________ Date: __/__/____ — Blank form with unpopulated labelled fields (placeholder guard keeps it below 75)
• News: the coroner's findings into the bus crash recommended crash barriers on the range road, and the State Coroner said the inquest into the deaths had been difficult for families. — News/training prose about the topic without a populated record (65 discovery at most)

Known false positives

• ABS published causes of death statistics and mortality data Mitigation: Negative keyword exclusion: 'ABS', 'Australian Bureau of Statistics', 'leading cause', 'registered deaths', 'published'
• Hospital and health service annual reports with aggregate mortality data Mitigation: Negative keyword exclusion: 'annual report', 'mortality rate', 'national benchmarks', 'reporting period'
• Forensic pathology and coronial law textbooks Mitigation: Negative keyword exclusion: 'textbook', 'chapter', 'explains', 'academic', 'university'
• Media articles reporting on coronial findings already publicly released Mitigation: Require proximity to specific deceased person details, autopsy findings, or recommendation text rather than summary news reporting.

References

• Coroners Act 2003 (Qld)