0:07: Pamela and Christian Fink claim his high school could have prevented his death and wanted an inquest to investigate why warnings weren’t acted on.
0:17: It’s been 2 years since Pamela and Christian Fink last held their son Cohen.
0:22: The 17-year-old tragically took his own life after struggling through his year 12 exams.
0:33: There were holes in the system and basically Cohen just fell right through.
0:36: Pamela and Christian claim Wambara Community High School knew his mental health was deteriorating but failed to tell teachers or call home.
0:46: Emails obtained under Freedom of Information laws show psychologists and staff raised multiple flags with no further action.
0:55: When he was at school, he was drowning and no one was throwing him a life jacket.
0:59: The Finks were denied an inquest.
1:02: They say that the facts are known effectively and that an inquest is unlikely to bring out any new facts.
1:09: This is the 2nd round in their fight for answers.
1:14: We’ve still got kids in school right now who are saying to their teachers that they want to kill themselves and parents aren’t finding out until 2.5 weeks later.
1:24: The Education Department told Seven News it conducted its own internal investigation and has made changes, including mandatory.
1:33: Training.
1:34: We asked the Education Minister and the Attorney General’s office today if they’d push for a coronial inquest for Cohen.
1:41: A spokesperson said it’s now out of their hands and up to the Supreme Court to decide.
1:47: That could take months.
1:49: Cassidy Moscone, Seven News.