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US man jailed over links to police shooting deaths

Months before an Australian family fatally shot two police officers and a neighbour, investigators found they chatted online to a US man about extreme views.

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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

Key Wieambilla finding rejected in 'tough' gun reforms

A state government has come under fire for rejecting a key Wieambilla inquest finding and for reforms that "fortified the weakest gun laws in Australia".

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Friday essay: I grew up fearing Queensland cops. Then I hung out with 17 Gold Coast detectives

If you grew up in Queensland, Australia, in the late 20th century, you were taught to hate cops. It’s not like they did it in school or there was a standard issue training camp or anything. Knowing happened in things you saw.

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Parents of police killed in Wieambilla urge gun buyback as Queensland rejects federal scheme

Families call for end to political ‘bickering’ as David Crisafulli confirms the state LNP will not back the program

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.

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Two Australian police officers were killed in an ambush. It was deemed terrorism – but an inquest says otherwise

Six people died during the shootings at a remote property in Wieambilla, Queensland. A coroner says a family’s shared paranoid delusions drove their attack

The Guardian - AU

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.

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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.

AAP

Families await findings from deadly Wieambilla attack

A coroner is set to deliver his findings into the deadly Wieambilla shootings that killed six people including two police officers and a good Samaritan.

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US man linked to Wieambilla killings makes plea deal

A United States-based conspiracy theorist linked to the deadly ambush shootings at Wieambilla has accepted a plea deal after agreeing to watered-down charges.

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Trial delay for US man linked with Wieambilla shootings

A US man accused of telling an Australian family to show no mercy to police before two officers were shot has been given more time to prepare his legal defence.

The Guardian - AU

From Wieambilla to Porepunkah, violent ‘anti-government extremists’ are a growing threat

Gareth, Stacey and Nathaniel Train were not ‘sovereign citizens’ but they shared a deep hatred of police with the Victorian suspect Dezi Freeman

AAP

Hackers delay US trial linked to Wieambilla shootings

The trial of a US man accused of links to the Wieambilla shootings in rural Queensland has been delayed after a ransomware attack on his lawyer's office.

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US man 'urged no mercy' before Aussie cops gunned down

Pictures allegedly showing sniper hides similar to those found where two Queensland police officers were shot dead have been filed in a US court case.

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US man seeks to bar Australian shooting cops from trial

A man facing charges over guns and making threats overseas is trying to block testimony from Australian police about his alleged links to six shooting deaths.

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'Senseless, evil': families reflect on fatal shootings

The families of two police officers ambushed at a rural property have tearfully remembered the second anniversary of the shootings that killed six people.

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Raw pain drives charity plea from slain officer's mum

Nearly two years after losing her daughter in a cold-blooded killing, a mother is appealing to the wider community to support a police charity.

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".

AAP

Police never needed to attend Wieambilla, families say

The families of two police constables killed in rural Queensland say there was no reason for the officers to attend the call-out that led to a fatal shooting.

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

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

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