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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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The Nation

Constable Peter McAulay’s photo from the Queensland Police Service Academy in 2013

Run down cop fights for life

Claims of Queensland youth crime crisis after teen alleged to be serial offender was in a stolen car that critically injured a young constable.

David Murray

The Nation

Survivor wants shark lives spared

The family of a Whitsundays shark attack survivor has distanced itself from shark culling, as two more sharks were killed.

Matthew Denholm and David Murray

The Nation

Supplied undated image obtained Friday, September 21, 2018 of Family Based Care Tasmania Operations Manager Justine Barwick. Barwick suffered a major injury to her upper left thigh after being bitten by a shark at Cid Harbour in the Whitsunday Islands region of north Queensland on Wednesday. (AAP Image/Family Based Care Tasmania, Ed Jones) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Sorry I caused so much trouble

As Justine Barwick speaks to family for the first time since being attacked, her family has distanced itself from the resulting shark cull.

David Murray and Matthew Denholm

The Nation

A Shark is caught on a drum line in the Cid Harbour, Whitsunday's, taken at 4.15pm 23/9/2018 - Photo Supplied Copyright Unknown

Four tiger sharks shot after attacks

A controversial shark cull is continuing in the Whitsunday’s, where two tourists were mauled in near-fatal attacks.

David Murray

EXCLUSIVEThe Nation

Third shark caught and killed

Three tiger sharks have been being caught in drumlines and shot in Cid Harbour, the scene of two near-fatal attacks.

David Murray and SUE NEALES

The Nation

21/9/2018: A twelve year old New Zealand girl attacked by a shark in Cid Bay, watched by her father (grey hair in shorts) is transferred to a Royal Flying Doctor plane to be taken to Brisbane, at the Mackay Airport. The girl was the second person in two days to be attacked by a shark in the same location in the Whitsunday Islands . Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

Fight to save mauled Hannah

Melbourne schoolgirl Hannah Papps, 12, is in a battle for her life, her shocked father by her side, after a savage shark bite.

David Murray, MARK SCHLIEBS and JARED OWENS

The Teacher’s PetPodcasts

The dig at the Bayview property has concluded.

Dig over, bid for justice goes on

The brother of missing Lyn Dawson says the inability to find her body does not diminish the chances of achieving justice.

David Murray and REMY VARGA

The Teacher’s PetThe Nation

16/09/2018. Police forensics day five, digging the garden of the former Dawson's home in search of Lyn Dawson's body whom they suspect is buried there. Her husband Chris is the prime suspect. Jane Dempster/The Australian.

No breakthrough in Lyn search

Lyn Dawson’s family has told of their gratitude for the new police dig at her former home as the search finished.

David Murray and Remy Varga

The Teacher’s PetThe Nation

Dawson twins video emerges

Footage has surfaced of Chris Dawson and his twin, as Qld teachers, discussing their extraordinary bond | WATCH

David Murray

The Nation

First pictures of the mystery modified smugglers boat alleged to have been used to carry $50 million worth of cocaine of the coast near remote Papua New Guinea island. Boat was booby trapped and left run aground on a reef.

Cocaine boat booby-trapped

A booby-trapped boat linked to $50m worth of cocaine that had gone missing in PNG could pose a major environmental hazard.

Rory Callinan and David Murray

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