Families of slain officers sue Queensland and NSW police over Wieambilla deaths

Two police officers (Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow) were fatally shot; two other officers were injured; one civilian neighbour was also killed.

In December 2022, two young constables answered what appeared to be a routine call in rural Queensland and were killed in an ambush by three individuals consumed by untreated psychosis and apocalyptic belief. More than two years on, the families of Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow have brought their grief before the Queensland Supreme Court, arguing that negligence by both Queensland and New South Wales police contributed to their deaths. A coroner has already found the system did not fail the officers in any causally decisive way — yet the law, unlike a coronial inquiry, must now weigh whethe

Families of slain officers sue Queensland and NSW police over Wieambilla deaths

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