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David MurrayNational Crime Correspondent

David Murray is The Australian’s National Crime Correspondent. He was previously Crime Editor at The Courier-Mail and prior to that was News Corp’s London-based Europe Correspondent. He is behind investigative podcasts The Lighthouse and Searching for Rachel Antonio and is the author of The Murder of Allison Baden-Clay.

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Rearview shot of hospital staff wheeling a patient in a gurney down a corridor

Hackers steal data in St Vincent’s hospital cyber attack

Alarm bells have been set off across the nation amid the breach at St Vincent’s, operator of 10 hospitals and 26 aged-care facilities in New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.

National

Murder suspect Chris Dawson (Green shirt) and his twin brother Paul Dawson (Pink shirt) discussing their extraordinarily close bond when they were Queensland teachers.The Dawsons were featured on a TV current affairs segment about the 19 sets of twins among students and staff at the Gold Coast’s Coombabah high school. Supplied

‘Sex ring’ claims kept from Dawson judge

The judge who decided Chris Dawson’s fate wasn’t told the shocking story of a schoolgirl allegedly passed around for sex by his twin brother Paul.

Breaking News

Huge reward to solve backpacker mystery

Police and the NSW government are offering a massive incentive to anyone who can help them crack the case of missing Belgian backpacker Theo Hayez.

Police & Courts

Max Sica and the murdered Singh siblings (inset).

Max Sica: The making of a psychopath

By the time he was convicted for the triple murder of three Brisbane siblings, psychiatrists had already built up a disturbing profile of Massimo ‘Max’ Sica, describing him as ‘psychopath’.

Gold Coast

Vision of the forensic search at a Northern Beaches property 2 Gilwinga Drive, Bayview, in relation to Strike Force Scriven which is investigating the disappearance of Lynette Dawson in 1982. Source:https://spaces.hightail.com/receive/iVBBfGX8Ft/bWVkaWFAcG9saWNlLm5zdy5nb3YuYXU=

Dawson family’s anxious wait for closure

AS police comb through the former home of murder-victim Lynette Dawson — who disappeared 36 years ago — her long-suffering family wait anxiously for any glimmer of closure the search may bring.

Gold Coast

Other Dawson sister speaks on mother’s disappearance

SHANELLE Dawson — daughter of suspected murder victim Lyn Dawson — has spoken for the first time in 36 years on her mother’s disappearance. It follows her sister Sherryn Dawson calling the investigation of her father a “witch hunt”.

Crime & Justice

The undoing of a cold-blooded wife-killer

A SMUG former cop was so confident he’d got away with staging his wife’s murder he told officers they would soon be shouting him drinks to apologise, but he hadn’t counted on some deft detective work.

QLD News

Andrew Ettingshausen went onboard the slug boat Dianne in a documentary aired on The Discovery Channel in 2015.

How trawler crew saved ET’s life

A DOCUMENTARY filmed on ill-fated fishing vessel Dianne shows the dramatic moment the crew saved the life of rugby league superstar Andrew “ET” Ettingshausen.

Cairns

Cooktown woman Donna Steele, 42, whose body was found at Leggett's Crossing on Sunday.

Shoe may hold clue to killing

DETECTIVES working the case of Cooktown murder victim Donna Steele are appealing for help to identify the owner of a distinctive jogging shoe that could belong to the mother-of-two’s killer.

QLD News

The six missing crew members of the trawler that sank off the Queensland coast on Monday.

Names of missing crew released

UPDATE: Police have released the names of all six crewmen missing after a fishing boat sank off central Queensland. Five are believed to be from Cairns and one from the Gold Coast.

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