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Queensland’s new gun laws ‘ignore’ Wieambilla inquest call for mental health checks, Labor says

Police minister points to ‘issues’ with similar system in WA but shadow attorney general claims the LNP ‘buckled to the gun lobby’

The Guardian - AU

Police negligence alleged over Wieambilla shootings

Legal action has been launched by the families of two officers killed at Wieambilla, lodging a damages claim for debilitating psychological injuries.

AAP

Police 'at risk' unless Wieambilla shooting sees change

Officers need access to satellite radios, drones and online monitoring of violent extremists in the wake of the Wieamblla shootings, the police union says.

AAP

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Christian conspiracy theorists who killed police officers ‘shared delusional disorder’

All three believed the world was about to end in accordance with Christian teachings

The Independent UK

Shattered families disappointed by coronial findings

The families of two young police officers killed in an ambush at a remote property say they are disappointed by the coroner's recommendations.

AAP

Wieambilla police shooting not ‘terrorism’ but driven by Train family’s shared ‘delusions’, Queensland coroner finds

Coroner’s report into deaths of Rachel McCrow, Matthew Arnold and Alan Dare released following five-day inquest

The Guardian - AU

Wieambilla police 'woefully' outgunned in sniper ambush

The families of two police killed in the Wieambilla shootings say they are disappointed in the coroner's findings into the tragedy that claimed six lives.

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Wieambilla shootings: coroner to deliver findings into what police called Australia’s first Christian terrorist attack

Motive of the Trains, who shot dead two police officers and a neighbour before their deaths, expected to be addressed on Friday

The Guardian - AU

Mum takes solace son died knowing he was deeply loved

A man's last moments 'irrationally' threatening police with a gun before being shot should not define him, a coroner has told a grieving family.

AAP

Man yelled police 'going down' before fatal shooting

A man with a homemade gun presented an "imminent threat" of death before an officer pulled the trigger of his police-issue rifle, a coroner has heard.

AAP

Calls for gel blasters to be licensed guns after death

Police who fatally shot a man who took hostages and aimed a gun at officers had no way of knowing he was using a realistic looking toy pistol, a coroner says.

AAP

Killer inmate fantasised about dismembering victims

A coroner says corrective services officers could not have predicted a sadistic prisoner's murderous plan to lure a fellow inmate to his death.

AAP

Delays 'not outcome changing' after refugee's fall

A coroner has found a delay in consulting a neurosurgeon and an air ambulance's arrival after a refugee's ultimately fatal fall were not "outcome changing".

AAP

Police 'reasonable' in shooting man who stabbed tourist

Police had just seconds to react when a young man stabbed a tourist on a city street and sprinted at officers while holding a knife, a coroner found.

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Indigenous teen drowned fleeing with brother from cops

A coroner has found an Indigenous teen drowned as a result of following his brother into a river to escape detection by police over a stolen car.

AAP

Indigenous man repeatedly tasered, sedated before death

Police's decision to repeatedly taser an Indigenous man during an arrest was appropriate, a coroner has ruled.

AAP

Long path to 'rare and devastating' Wieambilla shooting

Four constables in rural Queensland had no idea they would be ambushed by two brothers with rifles and delusions of police being demons wearing "meat suits".

The Independent UK

Lawyer blames psychiatric disorder shared by 3 Australian Christian extremists for fatal siege

A lawyer has told a coroner that three Christian extremists would probably not have fatally shot two police officers and a bystander in an ambush on a rural Australian property and wounded a third officer two years ago if they had not shared the same psychiatric disorder

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The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Wieambilla massacre victim’s final goodbye; Qantas profit down; and the PM’s joke caught on camera

On the final day of Wieambilla inquest hearings the coroner has heard emotional statements on behalf of victims’ families

AAP

'No excuses': families demand action over police deaths

The families of two young police constables shot dead in a rural ambush want their loved ones' legacy to be changes that protect officers in the line of duty.

AAP

Terrorism investigation into Wieambilla shooting 'open'

The Wieambilla shootings remain an "open terrorism investigation" in Queensland that includes a US man closely associated with the killers, a coroner has heard.

AAP

Killer family 'fixated' on police before shootings

A senior police officer would have sought specialist advice about a family of killers if he had access to information from an interstate force, a coroner heard.

AAP

Police not told of 'doomsday' ideas before cop killings

NSW police did not pass on reports about the apocalyptic beliefs of two brothers before six people were shot dead on a rural property, a coroner has heard.

AAP

Hundreds of 'shots fired' reports before cop killings

Police recorded hundreds of "shots fired" incidents around a rural property in the years before six people were killed, a coroner has heard.

AAP

Wieambilla shooting 'ideological terrorism': expert

Two officers were killed by a family who believed they would "die fighting for God" in actions that fit the definition of terrorism, an inquest has been told.

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