The findings of a coronial inquest into the tragic deaths of Hannah Clarke and her young children have been handed down.

Hannah Clarke and her three young children were killed in an arson attack on a Camp Hill street in February 2020 at the hands of her estranged husband, Rowan Baxter.

Deputy state coroner Jane Bentley handed down her findings into their deaths, admitting mistakes were made across all agencies but found further actions by authorities were “unlikely” to have stopped Rowan.

The deputy state coroner made four recommendations requiring “immediate attention”.

• The Queensland government fund the QPS to provide a five day face-to-face DV training program for all specialist DV police officers as a matter of urgency.
• Police introduce a mandatory face-to-face DV module for all officers.
• The Queensland government trials a specialist domestic violence police station for 12 months
• The Queensland government provide funding for men’s behaviour change programs, both in prisons and communities as “a matter of urgency”.

Hannah’s parents, Sue and Lloyd Clarke have welcomed the recommendations, urging other states to follow suit.

The Clarke’s have been instrumental in campaigning for coercive control to be criminalised in the wake of their deaths.

Lloyd Clarke says it took some time to recognise Baxter’s controlling and mind games were “coercive control”.

“The problem is, especially with coercive control, there’s no signs of physical violence, there’s no marks,” he told Peter Fegan.

“It all comes back to education … we need to think how people think about these perpetrators because they are so smart, they bluff everyone.”

He said they want to see change in all states.

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Sue Clarke spoke to Spencer Howson earlier today, before the findings were handed down.

“Hannah had quite a few red flags, or he did, on his record, and police missed it.

“I think that let her down, red flags to us is a big thing.”