Racism hindered NSW police investigation into the 1988 death of Indigenous teenager Mark Haines, inquest found
police investigation into the death of Indigenous teenager Mark Haines in northern New South Wales nearly four decades ago [was hindered by racism](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/31/mark-haines-tamworth-coronial-inquiry-nsw-ntwnfb) and deeply flawed, a coroner has found.
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