'See you dead' threat to NSW cops before Qld shootings A coroner investigating the shooting deaths of six people in Queensland has heard the killers' deadly threats were forwarded to NSW police hours beforehand. AAP · Aug 18, 2024
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 · Aug 14, 2024
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 · Aug 12, 2024
Off-grid killers: lots of toilet paper and Faraday box A glimpse into how cop killers Nathaniel, Gareth and Stacey Train lived has been revealed for the first time at an inquest into the December 2022 shootings. AAP · Aug 9, 2024
Volley of gunfire 'rocked' heavily armoured cop vehicle A specialist police officer has described the "surreal" rocking of a heavily armed vehicle that came under fire from a trio who had shot dead three people. AAP · Aug 8, 2024
Radicalised killers used military-style defences to force police retreat during Wieambilla siege Train family laid series of ‘tactically sound’ obstacles to gain advantage in shootout, coronial inquest hears The Guardian - AU · Aug 6, 2024
Police fired after talks failed: Wieambilla inquest Police fired their first shot at three cop killers after trying to negotiate with them for more than an hour at a remote Queensland property, an inquest heard. AAP · Aug 5, 2024
Heavily armed cops sent if dangers known, inquest told Police would have sent heavily armed officers to serve an arrest warrant at Wieambilla if they were told at least one person present was "incredibly dangerous". AAP · Aug 5, 2024
‘Running for her life’: how police rescued trapped officer from Wieambilla ambush Rescue team members tell inquest they devised a code to guide Const Keely Brough to safety, drawing gunfire as they blocked property entrance The Guardian - AU · Aug 2, 2024
Wife 'heard husband shot dead' on phone to triple zero A woman was on the phone to triple zero when hearing what she now believes was the gunshot that killed her husband coming from their neighbours' rural property. AAP · Jul 30, 2024
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 The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2024
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 · Jul 29, 2024
Australian inquiry will hear evidence that Christian extremists killed 3 in an act of terrorism An expert will tell an inquiry that three Christian extremists killed two police officers and a bystander and wounded a third police officer in an ambush on a rural Australian property in 2022 in an act of terrorism The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2024
Wieambilla shooting: lawyers for Donald Day mount freedom-of-speech defence over alleged threats to police Arizona conspiracy theorist who was arrested in connection to Queensland terrorist attack seeking to have charges dismissed The Guardian - AU · Dec 28, 2023
The Guardian - AU · Dec 8, 2023 Foreign relations: why an isolated Arizona man was arrested in connection to the Wieambilla shooting in Australia Facebook posts show Donald Day Jr increasingly withdrawing from community and society as he grew closer to those he met online, including Queensland couple who killed police in 2022 shooting
AAP · Dec 7, 2023 Man 'posted online video threat' after police shootings A US citizen has been accused of posting a video online threatening violence against police days after a religiously-motivated terrorist attack in Queensland.
The Guardian - AU · Dec 6, 2023 ‘Fight and die well’: the US conspiracy theorist linked to the Wieambilla shooters Donald Day, charged with inciting violence, preached far-right rhetoric about enforced vaccinations and attempts to ban Christianity
The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2023 Arizona man charged over online posts that allegedly incited Australian attack in which 6 died A U.S. citizen has been charged in Arizona over online posts that allegedly incited what police describe as a “religiously motivated terrorist attack” in Australia a year ago in which six people died
The Guardian - AU · Nov 25, 2023 Wieambilla shootings: questions remain on monitoring of domestic extremists Trio embraced ‘dizzying intersection of narratives, ideologies and conspiracies’, but that did not justify attention from authorities, expert says
The Guardian - AU · Jun 15, 2023 Inquest to examine phone and online data in bid to understand radicalisation of Wieambilla shooters Pre-inquest hearing told footage shows Gareth, Nathaniel and Stacey Train shooting at police during the 2022 attack
The Guardian - AU · Apr 3, 2023 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
The New Daily · Feb 16, 2023 Preparing for the end of days: Australia’s Christian terrorists Six people were shot dead on a rural Queensland farm two months ago as a result of Christian fundamentalism, it has been found – the first case in modern
The Guardian - AU · Feb 16, 2023 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
The Guardian - AU · Feb 2, 2023 Gun import tariffs suggested as Queensland pushes for firearms registry at national cabinet Federal police union says new register could be funded through criminal seizures or new weapon tax
The Guardian - AU · Jan 25, 2023 Afternoon Update: Inflation may have peaked at 7.8%; new PM in NZ; and South Australians eating endangered flake Economists say the RBA will likely continue to hike rates in the short term despite inflation reaching peak