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

Tanya Plibersek, the federal social services minister, has condemned serious police failures in Queensland that contributed to domestic violence deaths, including those of Hannah Clarke and her children, Kardell Lomas and her unborn child, and Gail Karran. Plibersek emphasized that these victims 'should have been kept safe' and called for immediate action from all levels of government following revelations from a Guardian Australia investigation into systemic failures in protecting women fleeing violence.

A Queensland coroner's report has concluded that the 2022 Wieambilla shootings, which resulted in the deaths of police officers Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold, as well as neighbor Alan Dare, were not acts of terrorism. Instead, the coroner attributed the violence to the Train family's shared delusions of persecution. This finding follows a five-day inquest into the incident.

Queensland researchers have identified a common factor in over half of intimate-partner homicide cases: the victim's own fear of imminent death. This finding suggests that believing the victim's perception of danger is a statistically reliable method for predicting domestic violence homicides, as highlighted in the tragic case of Hannah Clarke.