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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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Queensland Police have released footage of 68 vehicles they want to identify as part of the investigation into the murder of Queensland pharmacy assistant Toyah Cordingley.

CCTV hope in murder case

Police have released footage of 68 vehicles they want to identify as they attempt to solve the brutal murder of Toyah Cordingley.

David Murray

The Nation

A Queensland farmer has been accused of pulling out a gun and firing it into the ground in a confrontation with gold explorers on his property, amid warnings that tensions over mining rights are at boiling point. Police have charged 62-year-old Bruce Clark from Roma Peak Station near Bowen with discharging a firearm while threatening violence against father-and-son miners and a geologist

Farmer fined for firing gun

A grazier has been fined but let off without a conviction being recorded after pulling a gun on gold explorers.

David Murray

The Nation

The beach where the body of an infant was found at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast, Monday, November 19, 2018. Police are investigating the death of an infant at Surfers Paradise overnight. (AAP Image/Regi Varghese) NO ARCHIVING

Death of baby as worlds collided

Details about a couple’s two very different past lives were revealed as a man faced court charged with the murder of their daughter.

Mackenzie Scott and David Murray

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Police divers looking for evidence at Jack Evans boat harbour. A HOMELESS baby girl found dead on a Gold Coast beach may have been killed on the banks of the Tweed River,Tuesday November 20, 2018. (AAP image, John Gass)

Fears for crying beach baby

Residents raised concerns about a baby girl living in makeshift camps on Gold Coast beaches, months before she was found dead.

David Murray and Mackenzie Scott

The Nation

Police at the scene where a Baby body was found on Gold Coast beach - Photo Supplied CH 7

NSW Police to extradite father

NSW Police will formally take over the investigation into the death of an infant found on a Surfers Paradise beach.

Mackenzie Scott and David Murray

The Nation

hospital DT232339 Stock images Logan Hospital - Emergency entrance drop off

Second baby dead in Queensland

A four-month old girl is dead after being taken to Logan Hospital, south of Brisbane, with life-threatening injuries.

David Murray

The Nation

Agency knew of dead baby

The homeless parents of a nine-month-old girl found dead on Surfers Paradise beach were known to the child safety services.

Mackenzie Scott and David Murray

The Nation

Toyah's mum and step-dad made an emotional plea for help in solving the murder of their daughter.

Mum pleads: Help us find killer

The devastated mother of murdered pharmacy assistant Toyah Cordingley has made an emotional appeal for the public’s help.

David Murray

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QPS HQ PRESS CONFERENCE Road Policing Command Assistant Commissioner Mike Keating release a snapshot of the 2016 provisional road toll. Photographer Philip Norrish NO BY LINE

Pursuit policy ‘saving lives’

The Queensland Police Service says a restrictive pursuits policy is saving lives and protecting its officers.

David Murray

The Nation

Sniper stands guard over search

A police sniper on croc watch stands guard over divers searching for evidence on the murder of a young pharmacy worker.

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