Premier says new information on Hawke children deaths should be considered

Key points

• Western Australia's Premier Roger Cook says new information released by the state Ombudsman on the deaths of three Pilbara children could support a coronial inquest. The children, aged 10, seven and four months, were killed by their mother, Margaret Hawke, in South Hedland.
• A previous request for an inquest by their grandmother, Dorothy Papertalk, was refused in 2025. Attorney-General Tony Buti says he can order an inquest only if fresh evidence is provided that the former coroner did not consider.
• Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas questioned why no inquest has been called.