Hundreds honoured in Wieambilla shooting bravery awards Hundreds have been honoured for their bravery during the Wieambilla shootings and its aftermath including the two officers who survived the fatal ambush. AAP · Apr 29
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 · Nov 21, 2025
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 · Nov 20, 2025
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 · Aug 20, 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
Qld police shootings 'touched soul of the nation' Queensland parliament has heard tearful and heartfelt tributes for two police officers and a neighbour gunned down during a domestic terror attack in December. AAP · Feb 23, 2023
Qld premier's tribute to shooting victims Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has spoken to community members and police having "a really rough time" after two officers and a local were shot dead. AAP · Dec 19, 2022
Queensland shooting: Injured police officer speaks from hospital after two executed Australian investigators are looking at the possibility of the cop killers having extremist links after a series of posts under the name of Gareth Train were found on conspiracy theory forums Daily Mirror · Dec 14, 2022
Australian police investigate extremist views of cop killers Australian police are investigating the extremist views of three people who shot and killed two officers and a neighbor at a rural property before they were killed hours later by police in a gunfight The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022
Queensland police shooting survivors faced snakes in ambush set up to 'kill and maim' as many officers as possible Constables Keely Brough and Randall Kirk fought for their lives in an area "riddled" with snakes after their colleagues were gunned down. ABC News · Dec 13, 2022
Injured Queensland police officer Randall Kirk speaks from hospital after Wieambilla shooting Constable thanks ‘everyone from the prime minister down’ for their support as he recovers from surgery to remove shrapnel The Guardian - AU · Dec 13, 2022
Officer injured in Queensland ambush speaks out The young officer injured in Queensland's police ambush has spoken out from his hospital bed, for the first time since Monday's attack. The New Daily · Dec 13, 2022
Ambush cop thanks 'everyone from PM down' Investigators to look at killers' possible extremist links. The Canberra Times · Dec 13, 2022
The Guardian - AU · Dec 13, 2022 Queensland shooting timeline: what we know about the Wieambilla police ambush that left six dead Officers Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow shot dead at rural property while investigating missing man Nathaniel Train, sparking a siege. This is how it unfolded