Dreamworld accident: Corporate disaster compounds family's grief

By Rachel Olding, Amy Mitchell-Whittington, Nick Ralston
Updated October 28 2016 - 1:08pm, first published 12:17pm
Dreamworld victim Kate Goodchild with her husband David Turner and their children Ebony (left) and Evie (right).  Photo: Supplied/Kim Dorsett
Dreamworld victim Kate Goodchild with her husband David Turner and their children Ebony (left) and Evie (right). Photo: Supplied/Kim Dorsett
Dreamworld victims Roozbeh Araghi, Luke Dorsett and Kate Goodchild. Photo: Supplied/Facebook
Dreamworld victims Roozbeh Araghi, Luke Dorsett and Kate Goodchild. Photo: Supplied/Facebook
'Call us': Deborah Thomas announced on Thursday night she was donating her cash bonus to the Australian Red Cross. Photo: Louise Kennerley
'Call us': Deborah Thomas announced on Thursday night she was donating her cash bonus to the Australian Red Cross. Photo: Louise Kennerley
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and police assistant commissioner Brian Codd pay their respects at Dreamworld. Photo: Glenn Hunt
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and police assistant commissioner Brian Codd pay their respects at Dreamworld. Photo: Glenn Hunt

The deaths of four people on a Dreamworld ride has turned into a full-blown corporate disaster for parent company Ardent Leisure with executives under fire for not contacting victims' families and for re-opening the park after just three days.