David Murray

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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Tara Brown led away from court to prison van at the back of the Palace of Justice, Baabda, Lebanon. Photographer: Liam Kidston.

60 Minutes crew, mother released

Tara Brown, TV crew and mother involved in botched kidnapping are free to leave Lebanon as Nine Network compensate father.

Jacquelin Magnay, David Murray and Beirut

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BEIRUT, LEBANON - APRIL 18: TV presenter Tara Brown is escorted from court on April 18, 2016 in Beirut, Lebanon. Australian mother Sally Faulkner, a four-person '60 Minutes' TV crew and two men from British company 'Child Abduction Recovery International' face abduction charges in a Beirut court. All parties were arrested on April 7 following a failed attempt to reunite Faulkner with her two children, taken to Lebanon by her estranged husband. (Photo by Diego Ibarra Sanchez/Getty Images)

60 Minutes ‘deal reached’

Hopes are rising that an investigative judge is set to drop charges against a mother and 60 Minutes crew.

David Murray and Beirut

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Ali Elamine leaving the Baabda court, Lebanon. Photographer: Liam Kidston.

Dad ‘holding all to ransom’

A father who stole his children from their Australian mother is holding all parties to ransom, lawyers say.

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Lebanese policemen surround Australian TV presenter Tara Brown while escorting her from a Lebanese courthouse to Baabda Prison for women, in Baabda east of Beirut, on April 18, 2016. A joint Australian-Lebanese commission has been set up to examine a controversial child abduction case in which several Australian nationals have been charged, Lebanon's top diplomat announced. Lebanese authorities charged Australian mother Sally Faulkner and four employees of Australia's Channel Nine television over the abduction of her two children last week. / AFP PHOTO / MARWAN TAHTAH

‘It looked worse than it was’

Tara Brown plays down photos of her in handcuffs while joking that she does not have a hairbrush in her Beirut prison cell.

Jacquelin Magnay and David Murray

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‘Not custody, it’s kidnapping’

The judge in the Beirut child snatching scandal warns of seriousness of charges as first pictures of Tara Brown emerge.

Jacquelin Magnay and David Murray

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Foreign Minister Julie Bishop visits Port Villa, Vanuatu. Julie Bishop with Christelle Pakoa and her daughter Priscilla 5 at East Villa School. Pic Mark Calleja

Bishop pledge on Vanuatu support

MORE than 450 Australian defence personnel will be in Vanuatu from today, and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has pledged long-term support.

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Opinion

Changes needed to protect economy

OUR terms of reference asked us to examine how Australia’s financial system can be positioned to support economic growth,

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EXCLUSIVEOpinion

Restore freedom to boost productivity

IT’S not good enough for our leaders to just preach the benefits of an open economy.

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Opinion

Future Fund pays off for generations

IN the light of recent events, we can no longer assume our children will be wealthier.

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