Coroner Elizabeth Morris has ruled that Azaria Chamberlian died as the result of being taken by a dingo at the fourth inquest into her disappearance in Darwin today. Azaria was nine weeks old when she disappeared from Uluru in 1980, where her mother Lindy, father Michael and brothers Aiden and Reagan were on a camping holiday. Follow our live coverage as the verdict.

Inquest in death of Azaria Chamberlain findings today

Azaria was nine-weeks-old when she disappeared

It would have been her 32nd birthday yesterday

12.04am That's it for our live coverage of the Azaria Chamberlain inquest. It's been a long time coming, but the family now have the verdict they have wanted for 30 years.

11.49am Michael Chamberlain is smiling as he holds up the death certificate of his daughter.

11.37am The lawyer for the Chamberlains is wearing a dingo tie. Debate is raging in our office whether that is funny or in bad taste.

11.26am Michael Chamberlain has spoken to the media outside the court.

"It has taken too long, however I am here to tell you, you can get justice even when you think all is lost, but truth must be on your side. I can not emphasise enough how sacred human life is. If you know you are right, never give up on getting in right when a serious issue could affect the life and livelihood of others."

He said he was told not to seek a fourth inquest because they would "never get justice in the Northern Territory system". "Well the truth has come out."

11.24am Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton says she is "relieved and delighted to be at the end of this saga".

She thanked her lawyer and his wife for helping them to pursue the case.

"No longer will Australia be able to say that dingos are not dangerous and only attack if provoked."

She said "any further comment you can get on ACA tonight".

11.18am Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton and her ex-husband Michael are expected to speak to the media shortly.

11.14am A clever word cloud shows all you need to know about Azaria.

11.06am Lucy Kippist from The Punch writes: We’re sorry for your 30 year fight for justice and truth.

"They deserve to hear that we are sorry for the way they were treated as the young parents they were in 1980, grief stricken and under enormous pressure to defend themsleves against a wrongful charge. And also for the people they are now after a thirty year fight, finally free to mourn the horrific death of their daughter."

10.56am Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton hugged her family and cried as the verdict was announced.

10.55am The NT coroner has released the findings of the inquest here.

10.54am The coroner has made a new death certificate available for the family. It will now say Azaria died as the result of being taken by a dingo.

10.53am The coroner cried as she said:

"Please accept my sincere sympathies on the death of your special and love daughter and sister Azaria. I am so sorry for your loss. Time does not remove the pain and sadness of the death of a child."

10.52am "Azaria Chamberlain died at Uluru, then known as Ayres rock. The cause of her death was the result of being attacked and taken by a dingo."

10.45am The coroner has ruled that a dingo did take the baby.

"Evidence excludes all other reasonable possibilities. A dingo or dingoes entered the tent and took Azaria from the area."

10.44am Coroner Morris says this inquest has heard of three recent deaths by dingos. The previous inquest found that Azaria's death was a novel event and as such it was unlikely that her death was caused by dingo.

10.36am Ms Morris says many aspects of the scientific evidence has been misrepresented.

10.23am Coroner Elizabeth Morris says the inquest has been open to receive information not available to previous inquests.

She says other campers heard a dog around the time Azaria disappeared. A tracker told the inquest that he believed the animal "walked as if it had some load on it".

10.17am Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton has arrived in court with her lawyer. She smiled as she was surrounded my reporters, but said she had nothing to say.

10.16am Greg Lowe and his wife Sally were camping with the Chamberlain's on that fateful night in 1980. He's told the ABC he heard a cry during the night. Mr Chamberlain encouraged Lindy to go back to the tent to check. "That's when the hullabaloo all started."

10.11am Michael Chamberlain has arrived in court in Darwin.

10.10am Northern Territory coroner Elizabeth Morris will now hand down her findings at 10.30am

So what happened? Here's the story, as brief as we can make it.

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Lindy Chamberlain, as she was then, and her husband Michael were devout members of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, and apparently doting parents on a camping holiday at Uluru in August 1980. Azaria was nine weeks old, a new baby sister to the Chamberlain boys, Aidan, 6, and Reagan, 4.

Night had fallen and Azaria was asleep in her tent when her mother heard a cry and went to investigate.

In her evidence, Mrs Chamberlain has repeatedly said that she saw a dingo emerge from the tent. The alarm was raised and a search began.

In court, evidence was heard of dog tracks around the tent, of drag marks, of a depression in the sand, possibly where a bundle had been set down. Azaria was nowhere to be found. Her distraught parents reported to police that a dingo had taken their child.

The first inquest in Alice Springs began in December of that year. In February, 1981, in an unprecedented live telecast, the coroner returned a finding that Azaria had been taken by a dingo and that her body had been disposed of by persons unknown. Northern Territory police continued their investigations, which led to a second inquest later that year. The court heard evidence from a British pathologist that Azaria's jumpsuit, found at the base of Uluru a week after her disappearance, bore the imprint of a bloody human hand, had cut marks consistent with incision by a knife or scissors, and bloodstains around the collar. The Chamberlains were charged with their child's murder and in October, 1982, Mrs Chamberlain was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. Her husband was convicted of being an accessary and given a suspended sentence.

9.40am Time for a bit of history, here's a clip from ABC news from 1986 when Lindy Chamberlain was released from jail.

9.34am If all this talk reminds you of that Seinfeld episode, click here to watch Elaine say: "Maybe a dingo ate your baby".

9.30am The NT news and most other news outlets are predicting the coroner will rule that a dingo really did take baby Azaria.

9.13am Azaria Chamberlain would have been 32 years old yesterday.

9am In the Herald Sun yesterday the only policeman at Uluru the night Azaria disappeared said he was adamant that there was human interference.



8.31am Media around the globe are reporting the finding of the inquest will be made today.