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Coroner Terry Ryan

Tuesday, October 19

Whiskey Au Go Go fire produced billowing smoke like 'tyres burning'

A now-retired police officer pushed up to six people out a window as Brisbane’s Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub became consumed by a fire that killed 15 people in 1973.

Families hope Whiskey inquest will provide closure after 48 years

Families of 15 people killed in the Whiskey Au Go Go firebombing are hoping for answers as Queensland’s state coroner reopens the inquest into the deadly arson attack.

A memorial photograph of Constable Brett Forte at his funeral in Toowoomba, in June 2017. (Photo: AAP Image/Glenn Hunt)

Cop-killer was asked to surrender 85 times during deadly siege, court told

A man who fatally shot a Queensland police officer was asked to surrender more than 80 times during a 20-hour siege that ended with his death.