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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.

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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".

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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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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

The Guardian - AU

'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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

AAP

Health 'apocalypse' aided teacher's path to cop killing

A teacher who respected police was aided in becoming a delusional cop killer by a personal "apocalypse" in the form of a heart attack, a coroner has heard.

AAP

Trapped shooting cop's rescue risked by 'blackspot'

The police commander responding to a deadly shooting in rural Queensland was unable to order a rescue mission for an officer in danger due to phone blackspots.

AAP

The Wieambilla inquest’s impossible task

Inquiries like the one into the Wieambilla shooting are designed to be as emotionless as possible. But inevitably the grief and pain seep through.

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Australian police officer recalls 2022 ambush by extremists in rural area that left 2 officers dead

A police officer has testified that he did not know where bullets were coming from as two colleagues were shot in an ambush by three Christian extremists on a rural Australian property two years ago

AAP

Outgunned cop had 'no alternative' but to flee ambush

An inquest has been told a police officer had "no alternative" but to run after being ambushed by men with high-powered rifles at a rural property.

AAP

Slain officers' families want former top cop at inquest

An inquest into a shooting that claimed six lives including those of two officers should hear from a former police commissioner, say victims' families.

AAP

Bid to keep police shooting details 'secret' from probe

Extremely sensitive police material may be kept from an inquest into the Wieambilla shootings that claimed six lives including two officers back in 2022.

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Cold case family face 'most traumatic kind of loss'

Unable to find answers for a family caught up in a 38-year-old cold case mystery, a coroner says it means they experience "the most traumatic kind of loss".

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Man cried for help before river drowning, coroner told

A coroner has heard a young Indigenous man drowned in an attempt to evade police by crossing a river after being caught up in a stolen car pursuit.

The Guardian - AU

‘If anything happens to me, look after my family’: Manus Island death leaves unanswered questions on offshore detention

An inquest into Faysal Ishak Ahmed’s death is under way – but it’s unlikely it will reckon with concerns about punitive detention and duty of care

AAP

Manus Island refugee death unpreventable, inquest told

A Queensland coroner is examining the circumstances surrounding asylum seeker Faysal Ishak Ahmed's death on Manus Island in 2016.

AAP

Police weren't chasing teens killed in crash: coroner

A coroner has found four teenagers killed in a stolen car believed that police were chasing them but officers had earlier decided against a pursuit.

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Coroner visits scene of Wieambilla fatal police ambush

An inquest into the shooting deaths of two police officers and four other people at a remote property could be held in the middle of next year.

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Man threatened to set cops on fire before fatal shot

There were no other options available to stop the risk of injury or death presented by a man who set himself alight before running at cops, a coroner says.

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