A woman, believed to be mother-of-two Emma Lovell, has died after being stabbed in the chest in a scuffle with intruders at her home north of Brisbane.
An innocent neighbour gunned down in a violent siege will be farewelled at a private funeral in Ipswich following confirmation he will receive a bravery medal.
A memorial service with full police honours will be held in Brisbane for two police constables murdered by conspiracy theorists in Wieambilla 13 days ago.
Queensland Police Minister Mark Ryan won't say if he was previously briefed about a man involved in the fatal shootings of two police and a neighbour last week.
Three shooters rigged a sophisticated surveillance system to help them "take police out" at a remote Queensland property where they ambushed officers, killing two constables and a neighbour, the police union says.
Police around Australia are paying tribute to two young constables killed after responding to a missing persons case on a remote property in western Queensland.