Lionel Patea was jailed for life for killing Tara Brown. The couple's young daughter is now parentless, and struggling.

Kiwi woman was allegedly seeing another man in the months before her abusive former boyfriend beat her to death.

A protection order could not keep Tara Brown safe from her ex-partner, who had a lengthy list of criminal convictions.

The young daughter of slain Kiwi woman Tara Brown still asks after her "mummy" and wants to know if she will get a new one "just like" her.

Two people who saw Tara Brown beaten to death have spoken of its impact on them.

A Herculean effort by his three mates brought Sam Brown's body back to his family.

The man accused of murdering Kiwi-born mum Tara Brown after running her car off the road on the Gold Coast will go on trial tomorrow.

A loving Kiwi father was so determined to help his partially blind daughter that he taught himself how to make prosthetic eyes for her to wear.

Son reeling after family home containing all of late father's belongings razed.

Thrill-seekers dangled at the top of the 119m Giant Drop for five minutes on Friday, just hours after the ride's reopening, but Dreamworld boss says it was a glitch.

Movie World has suffered another glitch on a ride with passengers temporarily stranded on the Wild West Falls Adventure Ride.

Gable Tostee has taken to social media to dismiss as 'nonsensical' suggestions of him being recharged over Warriena Wright's balcony death.

Zara and Mike's appearance at the Magic Millions marked their first public appearance together since they announced they had suffered a miscarriage.

Dreamworld has remained practically empty during peak season two months after four people were tragically killed on a ride at the Gold Coast theme park.

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Queensland State Coroner Terry Ryan has reopened his investigation into New Zealander Warriena Wright's death.

Gable Tostee's ex-girlfriend has broken her silence about why she ended their turbulent relationship.

The doors have swung open at Dreamworld six-and-a-half weeks after the deaths of four people.

Gable Tostee says he ended relationship with Kiwi blonde - as he admits they tracked each other on Google Maps and he "didn't object to her getting a boob job".

Armed bikies are posing for pictures in suburban streets as fears grow that a turf war will erupt between rival gangs staking a claim to the Gold Coast.

Gable Tostee has been dumped by his Kiwi girlfriend who says he "hurt me in ways he said he wouldn't" and left her "emotionally starved".

A New Zealander with gang links who allegedly shot dead a man on the Gold Coast claims he didn't mean to kill him and that the death was an "accident".

Dreamworld's quest to resurrect itself as Australia's playground begins next month.

The owner of theme park Dreamworld has confirmed it will open to the public again after a ride malfunction killed four people.

Dreamworld is expected to reopen before Christmas, less than two months after the Thunder River Rapids ride tragedy that claimed four lives.

He's had his day in court and been grilled on camera. Now Gable Tostee has volunteered for yet another interrogation.

Gable Tostee has paid a flying visit to New Zealand under a new name - and in the company of a woman believed to be his Kiwi partner.

The man acquitted of murdering a Kiwi woman is understood to have slipped into the country under a new name last weekend and has already been spotted out and about.

A teenager has fallen several floors from a hotel balcony on the Gold Coast during Schoolies week celebrations in the early hours of this morning.

Gold Coast Mayor doesn't believe it's too soon after the Dreamworld disaster to start planning another theme park in the region.