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Family of a teenage driver killed after a stolen ute flipped during a police pursuit through Gold Coast streets fled in tears as footage of the incident was played to an inquest.

Shocked gasps echoed in the court gallery as the vision showed the stolen utility lose control and overturn, capturing the instant Logan Dreier, 18, was thrown into the air.

His devastated family rushed from the Southport courtroom as the shocking final moment was played to coroner Jane Bentley on Monday.

The teen would later die from massive head injuries.

The inquest has placed under the spotlight police actions in the moments leading up to the crash.

Counsel assisting the coroner Rhiannon Helsen said the incident was sparked when four people were reported breaking into a home in the Gold Coast's northern suburbs just before 9am on August 9, 2019.

Witnesses reported the four teens fled in a stolen Nissan Pulsar before it was pursued by police.

The teens lost control of the Pulsar, and the teens ran into bushland near Movie World, where they stole a work ute from the car park.

The coroner was told Dreier was behind the wheel when the stolen car crashed through a boom gate as the teens tried to escape police a second time.

Police footage showed Dreier travelling at speeds over 140kmh, weaving in and out of traffic along Gold Coast streets, followed by several police vehicles.

Officers lost sight of the stolen car several times throughout the chase.

Dreier crossed to the wrong side of the road at one stage, driving at oncoming traffic and over footpaths to shake pursuing police.

As the pursuit turned onto Queen Street, close to the heart of Southport's central business district, the ute overturned as Dreier tried to negotiate the corner about 9.30am.

Dreier was thrown from the ute and, despite the frantic efforts of emergency services, died later in hospital.

The crash has been investigated by the forensic crash unit and ethical standards command.

Ethical standards investigator Senior Sergeant Cameron Herpich gave evidence that three officers had been disciplined after an internal review.

Sen Sgt Herpich told the coroner it was clear the stolen vehicle was not going to stop and, in his view, the pursuit should have been terminated.

"I would say (it should have been terminated) when the stolen car crosses to the other side of the road," Sen Sgt Herpich said.

He said it created an inherent risk but the decision on whether to pursue it had to be made by the lead police vehicle, communication co-ordinator or regional duty officer (RDO).

He was also critical of police communication throughout the pursuit.

"There were a number of occasions when the RDO was asking for situation awareness, and the answers simply were not coming back.

"He was asking repeatedly, and he just was not getting it."

He said the lack of communication made it "difficult" to plan for tyre-deflation devices to be used.

"No one seemed to know where the vehicle was. It was not communicated ... they were asked to call time, speed.

"It may have been asked for, but it was not being received."

The inquest will explore the adequacy of the police response and whether they acted in the interest of public safety.

It will also examine if officers adhered to police guidelines throughout the pursuit.

The hearing continues.

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Former NSW Labor minister Eddie Obeid is set to return to jail after being found guilty of being part of a conspiracy related to a coal exploration licence which led to a $30 million windfall for his family.

The 77-year-old, his son Moses Obeid, 52, and fellow former minister Ian Macdonald, 72, were found guilty on Monday of conspiring for Macdonald to engage in misconduct as a minister between 2007 and 2009.

The misconduct related to the then mining minister's actions in establishing and granting a coal exploration licence over the Obeids' family property at Mount Penny, in the Bylong Valley near Mudgee, for the family's financial benefit.

After a marathon judge-alone trial that began in the NSW Supreme Court in February 2020, Justice Elizabeth Fullerton on Monday found the trio guilty of the charge.

During 77 sitting days, more than 6000 pages of exhibits were tendered and evidence was given by 38 witnesses.

The three accused and, at times, more than 450 other people watched online as the judge delivered her verdicts and a summary of her judgment.

On Thursday, she will hear crown applications for the men's bail to be revoked before their sentence hearing in September.

The judge was satisfied the Crown had established five of eight alleged acts of misconduct by Macdonald, involving him breaching his ministerial duties of confidentiality and/or impartiality.

He sought departmental inside information which he provided to the Obeids which was used in a rigged tender for the licence.

Justice Fullerton found Moses Obeid took a "hands on" approach to implementing and exploiting the information generated by Macdonald's successive acts of misconduct.

She also was satisfied he told a "number of deliberate and material lies" to journalists between May 2009 and December 2012 in an attempt to conceal the conspiracy.

In finding his father had a lesser role, the judge said it was inconceivable and implausible that the conspiracy involving his close personal colleague and son occurred without his knowledge and sanction.

"It is fundamental to our system of government that Ministers who occupy office as Members of the Executive Government are entrusted with powers, duties and responsibilities exclusively for the public benefit," she said.

But the scope and object of the agreement comprehended by the conspiracy constituted a "gross departure" from Macdonald's responsibilities.

They included ensuring that the exploitation of coal resources in NSW did not advantage one stakeholder over other potential stakeholders and that the processes were at all times "transparent and the highest standards of probity strictly adhered to".

But Macdonald had agreed with another MP and a member of that person's family "that he would deliberately breach his duties and obligations to advantage, favour or promote their personal financial interests".

Eddie Obeid was released on parole in December 2019, after serving three years for misconduct in public office.

He was jailed for five years in December 2016 after being found guilty of lobbying a public servant to secure lease renewals for two lucrative Circular Quay businesses in 2008 without revealing his family's financial interests in the outlets.

Macdonald and former union boss John Maitland are facing a retrial after being convicted and jailed in 2017 over the awarding of a mining licence in 2008 to a company chaired by Maitland.

The Court of Criminal Appeal in 2019 found the jury was not properly directed and ordered a retrial.

The Obeid coal exploration licence previously was investigated by the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption.

NSW Labor said Justice Fullerton's verdicts validated the need for a strong, well-funded ICAC and showed no one was above the law.

"These two individuals brought great shame on the NSW Labor Party and the NSW Parliament and now they must pay the consequences," it said in a statement.

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British far-right commentator Katie Hopkins will be deported from Australia after her visa was cancelled.

Ms Hopkins was brought to Australia by Network Seven to join its reality television program Big Brother.

But she was dropped from the show after deliberately disobeying safety protocols in hotel quarantine.

Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews described the behaviour as shameful and has since cancelled her visa.

"We will be getting her out of the country as soon as we can arrange that," Ms Andrews said on Monday.

"I am hoping that will happen imminently."

Ms Andrews said the commentator's antics - flouting quarantine rules and potentially putting staff and police at risk - were a slap in the face to people going through lockdowns and Australians stranded overseas.

The minister appeared to blame the NSW government for Ms Hopkins coming to Australia, with her visa granted on the basis of economic benefit.

But the federal government is ultimately responsible for issuing visas.

Questions have been raised over how Ms Hopkins was allowed into the country.

She has described migrants as cockroaches, labelled Islam repugnant and called for a "final solution" in response to a terror attack.

During a round of television interviews, the home affairs minister was repeatedly pressed on how Ms Hopkins was deemed a person of good character.

"Well, she's clearly not someone that we want to keep in this country for a second longer than we have to," Ms Andrews said.

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard said film and television production companies routinely submitted visa applications.

Mr Hazzard said so long as arriving passengers entered the country safely, covered their own quarantine costs and did not take the place of returning Australians, their requests were usually granted.

He was also shocked by Ms Hopkins' behaviour.

"To think she could think the measures we are taking to keep our community safe can be treated with such juvenile, imbecilic behaviour is mind-boggling," Mr Hazzard told reporters in Sydney.

"To think that she thinks it is acceptable to put our staff at risk, and to put our broader community at risk, is completely abhorrent.

"I hope she is on the first plane back."

Ms Hopkins is due to depart Australia on Monday afternoon.

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