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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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Fatima Dyczynski died in the downing of MH17.

Tragedy of unclaimed Fatima

Four years after MH17 was shot down, the remains of a much-loved Perth scientist still haven’t been collected. Why?

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PRIDE OF AUSTRALIA...Taskforce Argos officer Paul Griffiths at Police HQ. Pic Annette Dew

Dark web sting rescues 100 kids

More than 100 children have been rescued after a Queensland police squad secretly took over a dark web child-abuse forum.

David Murray

The World

FILE - In this Sunday, July 20, 2014 file photo Ukrainian Emergency workers carry a victim's body in a body bag as pro-Russian fighters stand guard at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 near the village of Hrabove, eastern Ukraine, killing 298 people. Vladimir Putin looks more invincible than ever before in his 18 years in power, after Russians invaded Ukraine, blanket-bombed Syria and hacked the U.S. election campaign. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, file)

MH17 killers may be tried in absentia

Dutch prosecutors may go ahead with a trial of suspects in the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 atrocity in their absence.

David Murray

The Nation

Supplied undated image obtained Wednesday, March 21, 2018 of Canberra businessman Rohan Arnold (centre) being arrested by police at Sydney Airport after being extradited to Australia over his alleged involvement in a $500 million international cocaine-smuggling ring. Australian Federal Police on Wednesday released footage of the 43-year-old saleyards director and steel importer being lead through Sydney Airport by detectives. Arnold was one of three Australians arrested at gunpoint at a five-star hotel in the Serbian capital Belgrade in January over a syndicate that allegedly tried to bring more than a tonne of cocaine into Sydney via China last year. (AAP Image/Australian Federal Police, Australian Border Force) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

‘Crime does not respect borders’

Australian livestock figure Rohan Arnold used his business links to facilitate the importation of $500 million worth of cocaine, police allege.

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Missing teen, her secret lover

A coroner’s findings that schoolgirl Rachel Antonio died at the hands of the local surf lifesaving captain is being challenged in court.

David Murray

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Roman Quaedvlieg, Commissioner of the Australian Border Force, arrives at the Four Seasons Hotel where the 10 top contenders to replace NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione are taking place, Sydney, Australia, 17 March, 2017.

Border chief ‘killed my career’

A former undercover cop has gone public about how Australian border chief Roman Quaedvlieg snuffed out his job prospects.

David Murray and RORY CALLINAN

The Nation

Brisbane Magistrates Court Jean Ellen Madden appears in court on charges relating to her charity Street Swags Photographer Philip Norrish NO BY LINE

Charges for charity founder

Former Queensland Young Australian of the Year Jean Madden is to face new fraud charges, just months after seven were dropped.

David Murray

The Nation

Supplied undated image obtained Saturday, March 10, 2018 of two women, who, as part of a group, are accused of distracting shop attendants while their children put stolen items in a pram in southeast Queensland. Queensland police are searching for a group of Irish tourists accused of running a number of scams in the state's southeast. Brisbane and Gold Coast police have received 12 complaints about the group of nine men and women. (AAP Image/Queensland Police) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Irish crime tourists take flight

About 20 Irish tourists with suspected links to a Queensland crime spree have slipped out of the country.

David Murray

The Nation

Two women who are allegedly part of the group of scammers.Photo: Queensland Police Service

Prams in scams of ‘Irish’ gangs

The Australian Border Force has joined police in the hunt for Irish scammers including pram-wielding mothers.

David Murray

The Nation

Donna Steele, 42, whose body was found in a creek west of Cooktown.

DNA, shoes led to accused

The unlikely accused killer of Cooktown mother Donna Steele allegedly made at least two major mistakes.

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