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Crime & Investigative Journo, Podcast Host 🎧 Crime In Focus: Killer Charm | Multiplatform Reporter @ABCNews | Former QLD Editor @SCA | Cassidy.tara@abc.net.au

Queensland, Australia
Joined November 2012
Season 1 of ‘Investigate’ launches next week! 🎧 Trailer: open.spotify.com/episode/14a… Stay tuned.
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Former Bachelor Sam Wood has been denied bail. @ABCaustralia
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A heartbreaking inquest to sit through hearing about the many missed opportunities there were to better protect Elizabeth Struhs. Also devastating to hear Jayde Struhs learned of her sister’s death via a text from a journalist/ news headline. 💔 abc.net.au/news/2026-10-22/e…
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Senator @PaulineHansonOz attending a Ben Roberts-Smith supporter event in Brisbane today. 📸
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An expert is calling for an overhaul of Australia's heavy vehicle sector after a fatal bus rollover in North Qld this week. He says we’re “decades" behind in bus safety standards, and pointed out a number of issues with a deadly stretch of the Bruce Hwy. abc.net.au/news/2026-05-16/f…
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A Brisbane couple are set to face a fresh conspiracy to commit espionage charge. Kira and Igor Korolev are accused of attempting to steal state secrets for Russia while Ms Korolev worked for the ADF. The brief of evidence is 1.3 million pages long. abc.net.au/news/2026-05-11/a…
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In March, Jack Thatcher and Lorielle Georgina, both 18 from Brisbane, died after falling more than 50 metres while descending Mount Beerwah. Two and a half weeks later, a woman was found dead after a fall at Mount Tibrogargan. @ABCaustralia abc.net.au/news/2026-04-10/s…
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South-east tourism businesses say they're bearing the brunt of surging fuel prices, with some losing thousands to booking cancellations & extra operational costs, while others field back-to-back calls from anxious tourists about fuel availability. abc.net.au/news/2026-04-02/f…
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Rain didn’t stop Iranian Australian’s from rallying in Brisbane this evening, in solidarity with anti-government protesters in Iran. Attendees said it was their responsibility to use their voices to support those back home who couldn't. @abcnews #IranProtests2026 #Iran
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A Queensland truck driver who murdered his fiancee's ex-partner and fed his body through a woodchipper is set to spend his life behind bars after his appeal was rejected in a Brisbane court today. abc.net.au/news/2026-02-03/g…
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I’m back hosting The Briefing podcast this week, keeping the seat warm for Natarsha Belling. Today I was joined by security and defence expert, Jennifer Parker, to unpack the latest on Donald #Trump and #NATO’s clash over #Greenland. Have a listen. 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/5qX…
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An epic year for Crime In Focus: Killer Charm. @RomySher 👏🏼 Over the weekend it took out the Radio, Documentary & Podcast category at the QLD Clarion Awards. @withMEAA In August it won ‘Most Outstanding Podcast’ at the Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism. ✨ @LiSTNRau
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