It’s been 18 months since Constables Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold, and local Alan Dare, were murdered by 3 members of the Train family in Wieambilla in Queensland’s Western Downs, and now an inquest has kicked off in Brisbane. Over the coming month, Coroner Terry Ryan will investigate the shooting, including who fired the fatal shots and the police response. Queensland Police say the 4 officers attending the remote property “did not stand a chance” as Nathaniel and Gareth Train, and his wife Stacey, were extremist Christian conspiracy theorists who’d planned an ambush that turned into a 6-hour siege. They were killed by officers at the scene. The victims’ families are calling for immediate law changes around firearms and police communications, with McCrow’s mother Judy saying “we don’t want the loss of Rachel and Matthew to be in vain”.