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‘Some people have lost everything’: Queensland town ‘saved’ as NSW fire threatens explosive storage facility

Eleven evacuation warnings were issued across northern NSW and Queensland, for areas including Nymboida, Tabulam, Woodside, Tara and Wieambilla

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Australian firearms registry ‘one step closer’, with cabinet decision expected mid-year

Renewed calls for database to track guns across the country sparked by fatal 2022 Wieambilla shooting

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Nathaniel Train purchased ammunition in lead up to Wieambilla shooting despite suspended gun licence, Queensland police confirm

Nathaniel Train was able to purchase ammunition in the lead up to a fatal police shooting in Queensland even though his gun license was suspended.

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Queensland police say the Wieambilla shooting is a terrorist attack motivated by premillennialism. Here's what that means

Premillennialism is the belief that after a period of extreme suffering, Jesus Christ will physically return to Earth for 1,000 years. A far-right and religious extremism expert says the ideology is experiencing "renewed momentum".

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Wieambilla shootings labelled Australia’s first Christian terrorist attack

US man labelled an ongoing person of interest as Queensland police say there is no evidence of domestic accomplices

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Queensland police say Wieambilla shooting was 'a religiously motivated terrorist attack'

Queensland police say Nathaniel, Gareth and Stacey Train acted as an autonomous cell and had planned an "attack directed at police".

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PM flags overhaul of Australia’s counter-terror laws to combat ‘real threat’ of rightwing extremism

Recent murders of police officers at Wieambilla highlight need for action to protect community safety, Anthony Albanese says

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Wieambilla bushfires believed to have been deliberately lit

Multiple blazes that have swept through more than 1,000 hectares of land at Wieambilla on Queensland's Western Downs are being treated as suspicious.

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Four teenagers in custody after shots fired in southern Queensland town of Tara

Police had declared an exclusion zone in the centre of Tara, 40km south of Wieambilla which saw a deadly ambush of police in December

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Rural firies save Wieambilla good samaritan Alan Dare's property from suspicious bushfire

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services say it is too early to determine the cause of the blaze, but are treating the bushfire as suspicious.

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Morning Mail: conspiracists build Wieambilla alternate reality, Victory fans banned, Azealia Banks ‘disgrace’

In today’s newsletter: people creating a ‘grand conspiracy’ to avoid the ‘uncomfortable’ truth about Queensland tragedy; US rapper in final spray after chaotic tour

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The Loop: Zelenskyy visit to US reportedly planned for tomorrow, and Taliban bans women from attending university — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happen.

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'Our hearts go out' to officers' families

Thousands of people have gathered in Brisbane for the memorial service for Queensland police constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow who were shot dead.

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Australia-wide firearms register on national cabinet agenda more than 30 years after first being suggested

Renewed push comes after last week’s fatal shooting of two Queensland police officers and a neighbour in Wieambilla

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Two men charged with looting from property where Queensland police officers were shot

Police were patrolling the Wieambilla property early this morning when they allege two men entered on foot and began rolling the vehicles to a car parked nearby.

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Tara's isolated rural blocks in spotlight after police officers gunned down at Wieambilla property

Tara's rural blocks have been the site of one of Queensland's worst shootings, but how did "blockies" come to be living in isolation?

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As more is revealed about the Wieambilla shooters, some question why Gareth Train was not on authorities’ radar

Experts are concerned the threat of far-right extremism and sovereign citizens is not being taken seriously. But that could change after the murder of three people in Queensland

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Queensland police killings show the threat posed by conspiracy theories – how should police respond?

The killing of two police officers and a good samaritan, as well as the wounding of two other officers in Wieambilla, Queensland, has sent shockwaves through Australia.

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NSW Liberals members suspended for ‘elaborate’ branch-stacking scheme – as it happened

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'Vile' video confession from cop killers

Footage showing Gareth and Stacey Train on the night of their deadly attack on Queensland police has surfaced as funeral details for the officers are settled.

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Wieambilla shooting: Stacey Train had limited contact with family after entering ‘controlling’ relationship with brother-in-law

Family member remembers quiet girl whose life went ‘downhill’ after marrying

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Wieambilla police shooting deaths expose lack of mental health services in Tara, locals say

Residents left reeling after a Western Downs shooting say the tragedy has exposed their region's lack of permanent mental health support in a time of great need.

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Watch: Queensland shooting details, Power prices, Airport strikes called off

Watch: More details have come to light about the family behind the Wieambilla police ambush. The Government's emergency energy bill which includes $1.5

The Guardian - AU

God and guns: the strict religious upbringing of the Wieambilla shooters

Self-described ‘free evangelical’ Ronald Train, who created his own church based on literal reading of scripture, says sons ‘lost their way’ before Queensland shooting

The Guardian - AU

Queensland shooting: Stacey Train left first husband Nathaniel to pursue relationship with his brother Gareth, relatives say

New relationship caused rift in the family, including with father who was pastor at a conservative independent church

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