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Girl returned to killer parents despite 'cult' warning

A family's extreme religious beliefs against medical treatment were known to authorities years before their "cult" killed a little girl, a coroner has heard.

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Tension on the streets, the mushroom trial circus and a devastating terrorist attack – looking back on Australia’s turbulent 2025

There was no shortage of grim and disturbing moments in a fractious year. But also a prime ministerial wedding, a miraculous survival story – and Valerie the dachshund

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Australia’s cults crisis: why more people are falling prey to insidious high-control groups

Inquiry hears of boom in cult activity as coercive groups promise recruits ‘simple answers to complex problems’

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Faith-healing tragedy: child dies without insulin

A vibrant and happy child, Elizabeth Struhs, eight, endured a slow and painful death after a church group encouraged her parents to deny her insulin.

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14 'Saints' Cult Members Sentenced For 8-Year-Old's 'Slow and Painful Death' After Leader Convinced Parents to Deny Daughter Insulin

Fourteen members of an Australian cult were sentenced for the death of an 8-year-old girl after they denied her insulin at the urging of their leader.

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Morning Mail: Kean hits back at ‘bullying’ of climate body, Musk backlash grows, Eurovision pick revealed

Climate Change chief pushes back at Coalition criticism; Creative Australia chiefs refuse to quit after grilling at Senate estimates

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'Cult' members jailed for gambling with child's life

The parents of an eight year old girl have been jailed over the child's "painful" death after a church group gambled with her life and withheld her insulin.

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Church members who killed girl 'wanted to play God'

As they await their sentences for killing a girl, members of a church group have been told by her sister that God would eventually judge them for taking a life.

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Church group who killed girl asked to meet psychiatrist

The wait for a 14-strong religious group to be sentenced for killing an eight-year-old girl after withholding her medication continues after a court review.

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Inquest after church group found guilty of killing girl

A coroner will inquire into the death of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs after her medicine was withheld by religious group members who included her parents.

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'Cult' led family from baptism joy to girl's slow death

A father stood between his wife's belief in shunning medicine and his daughter's need for life-saving insulin before his resolve crumbled amid a family crisis.

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We are seeing anti-medical, anti-science narratives everywhere – how can doctors like me respond?

Medical practitioners are no longer trusted instinctively, with sometimes devastating consequences. How do we engage with people who mistrust us?

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Religious sect found guilty of manslaughter after prayer fails to heal diabetic girl

Elizabeth Struhs was denied critical insulin by members of The Saints

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Afternoon Update: religious sect members guilty of killing girl; economists tip rate cut; and Melania’s official portrait

Fourteen members of Toowoomba group the Saints found guilty of killing Elizabeth Struhs by withholding her insulin

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Prosecution rests in church trial over child's death

After weeks of hearings, prosecutors in the trial of 14 church group members accused of killing a girl by withholding insulin have finished presenting evidence.

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'No regrets' over girl's death: accused dad to police

A body-worn camera has captured an exchange between police officers and a man accused of murdering his eight-year-old daughter by withholding her medication.

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Accused killer mum 'praying' when girl's breath stopped

A manslaughter-accused mother previously jailed for failing to seek treatment for her daughter said it was a "miracle" she had survived a near-fatal coma.

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Workmate says murder accused 'broken' by family dispute

A murder accused's workmate thought his friend was "torn" between his daughter's health and adopting his family's religious ban on medicine, a judge heard.

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‘No turning back’: how Elizabeth Struhs’ father went from sceptic to speaking in tongues and alleged murder

Jason Struhs, his wife Kerrie, and 12 other members of Toowoomba religious sect the ‘Saints’ are on trial over the eight-year-old girl’s death

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Girl 'miraculously healed' of diabetes before death

A church group member charged over an eight-year-old girl's death said the child had earlier been miraculously healed of her diabetes, a court has been told.

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Boss tells murder trial of hard worker's 'brainwashing'

A bakery boss says he feared a valued employee and friend had been "brainwashed" by a fringe Christian group before the man allegedly murdered his own daughter.

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Mother on trial for girl's death acted on Bible 'facts'

A woman accused of killing her daughter by withholding medication told her prior trial for near-fatal child neglect the Bible's "facts" showed God could heal.

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Elizabeth Struhs death: murder accused father agreed to testify against wife, trial hears

Jason Struhs said he had been ‘furious’ with his wife after discovering how seriously ill Elizabeth had become, Queensland court hears

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Murder accused dad told girl needed insulin 'for life'

A man accused of murdering his daughter by withholding her insulin was repeatedly told she would die without the medication, a judge has heard.

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