Ben Smee

In the first episode of this special Full Story investigation, Broken Trust looks at serious police failings, in the lead-up to the murders, that were overlooked by the coronial inquest and not investigated by homicide detectives

Exclusive: Detectives investigated ‘veracity and motive’ of Brisbane woman’s allegations of domestic violence and coercive control – even after the horrifying attack that killed her and her children

More than 125 specialist officers search ‘abandoned structures, mineshafts and huts’ with Victoria police urging locals to remain vigilant

A reliance on politicians and lack of government content on TikTok during recent cyclones allowed misinformation to flourish, academic says

Twenty-six-year-old Chinese engineer was trying to flee a vehicle in a swollen creek in Rothbury, near Cessnock

Two others seriously injured and Capricorn Highway closed between mining towns Comet and Blackwater amid horror weekend on Queensland roads

Magistrate throws out case against woman, saying she had been trying to escape an ‘extraordinary emergency’

Treasurer David Janetzki says his ‘no austerity’ measures aim to end Labor scare campaigns about job cuts

A looming wage fight, the end of the coal boom and a shared equity scheme for first home buyers is on the cards

David Crisafulli’s small-target election campaign has created problems for how the LNP governs that are already beginning to show through