‘This has to be a wake-up call’: NSW attorney general urged to order inquest into death of Sydney’s ‘birdman’

<p>Alex Greenwich says inquest crucial to understand what failures led to Bikram Lama’s death and avoid similar deaths </p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>The New South Wales attorney-general, Michael Daley, has been urged to order an inquest into the death of Nepali rough sleeper Bikram Lama in Hyde Park.</p><p>The death of Lama – who was also known as “the birdman” for his love of the area’s pigeons – has prompted widespread calls for change, after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/19/bikram-lama-birdman-sydney-st-james-tunnel-homelessness-ntwnfb">Guardian Australia revealed</a> last week that the young migrant’s body lay unnoticed for up to a week in bushes near a busy thoroughfare into St James station.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/27/this-has-to-be-a-wake-up-call-nsw-attorney-general-urged-to-order-inquest-into-death-of-sydneys-birdman">Continue reading...</a>