Three people have been found guilty of murder and a fourth of manslaughter over the "breathtakingly evil" slaying of two Queensland parents.

In January 2016, Iuliana Triscaru and Cory Breton were lured to a unit in Kingston, south of Brisbane, where they were tortured and assaulted over a drug dispute turned ugly. Next, their killers stuffed them inside a metal toolbox and dumped the box in a Logan dam.

On Thursday afternoon, after a three-week trial and just two hours of deliberation, a jury found Trent Michael Thrupp, Stou Daniels and Davy Malu Junior Taiao guilty of murder and torture.

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A fourth man, Waylon Walker, had been charged with murder but was instead found guilty of manslaughter.

There was weeping and sobbing in the packed courtroom as the verdicts were delivered.

Mr Breton's widow, Miranda Parkinson, spoke to reporters outside Brisbane's Supreme Court.

"Over the last five years we have not been able to properly grieve for Cory due to court proceedings," she said.

"Now we have some sort of closure."

The grisly crime took place after one of the men thought Mr Breton was setting him up.

The group, all involved in the drug business, turned on the victims.

At the start of the trial in February, all four had pleaded not guilty.

Crown prosecutor David Meredith had described the killings as "breathtakingly evil".

Thrupp attempted to plead guilty to manslaughter, but the prosecution refused to accept it.

The slain pair's remains were found 18 days after they were reported missing.

The four killers will be sentenced on Monday.

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Gaps in the government's post-JobKeeper stimulus plan have been criticised as the March 28 end date draws closer.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison unveiled a $1.2 billion tourism package as part of its bid to drive economic recovery in pandemic-hit industries and regions.

The top factor for rebooting the economy will be re-opening international borders, putting extra pressure on the vaccine rollout.

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But even so, it's a while away.

"It's probably unlikely that normal international travel will be in place this year," Health Secretary Professor Brendan Murphy said.

In the meantime, Australian travellers will have access to 800,000 half-price airfares to 13 tourism-reliant regions, subsidised by the government as part of the package announced last night.

Other headline measures include bigger loans to JobKeeper-reliant small businesses — including a two-year repayment holiday — and direct assistance to help Qantas and Virgin keep workers employed and planes ready to fly overseas again.

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has hailed the package as ticking "all the boxes" – but the feeling isn't universal.

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Rex deputy chairman John Sharp said the bulk of the funds the government spend would "end up in Qantas' pocket".

There are no eligible flights within state borders, and while a ticket from Sydney to Avalon in Victoria will be discounted, one from Sydney to Melbourne will not.

"It's distorting the biggest airline market in Australia," Mr Sharp said.

The government is also offering $5 million in loans to small and medium-sized businesses.

But some employers still fear what could happen after JobKeeper ends on March 28.

About a million Australians are still on the wage subsidy, 20 percent of them working in accommodation, food and transport.

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The tourism industry has warned 300,000 jobs could be at risk.

"We're going to see businesses close, they're only open because of JobKeeper," Peter Strong from the Council of Small Businesses said.

Among those businesses saying they're at risk are the country's pubs.

"Our sector, post March 28, is very worried about the level of redundancies," Stephen Ferguson from the Australian Hotels Association said.

The sister of a woman allegedly murdered and buried in a shallow grave said she will miss the aged care worker until her "last breath".

Jasmeen Kaur's Adelaide family have set up a shrine to the 21-year-old who police now believe was "taken by force" before her alleged murder.

"I miss her in every second of my life… she will always be a part of me," Ms Kaur's sister said.

The 21-year-old's body was found buried in a shallow grave in the Flinders Ranges in South Australia, more than 400 kilometres from where she was last seen leaving work.

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Facts alleged by the police today include a detailed timeline of Ms Kaur's last movements before her alleged murder in an effort piece together her final moments.

A man, who cannot be named, was charged with her murder after he led detectives to her grave on Sunday morning. The man denies the being involved in her death.

Today Detective Superintendent Des Bray outlined what police allege was Ms Kaur's last day alive as he asked the public to come forward with information in an effort to help fill in the gaps.

Ms Kaur, originally from India, had been living with her aunt and uncle in Adelaide and working as an aged care worker as she studied to become a nurse.

Police allege that the 21-year-old finished her shift at Southern Cross Homes in the Adelaide suburb of North Plympton on March 5 at 10pm and left her car in the car park.

"We believe it to be extremely unlikely that Jasmeen left willingly with anybody and are investigating that possibility that she was taken by force," Detective Superintendent Bray said.

Police allege that she is believed to have left with an Indian man aged about 20, described as having "a neatly trimmed beard and moustache, and neatly dressed".

They say he was driving a 2009 blue metallic Commodore with the number plates S267CJ, which he had borrowed off a friend.

"We're ask anybody who might have seen either that vehicle, or a similar person loitering in the car park, apparently waiting for someone or in contact with Jasmeen," Detective Superintendent Bray said.

"It's also possible that people may have seen that person in the weeks leading up to her death attempting to make observations at those premises."

Police allege this car was then picked up on a Safe-T-Cam at Virginia, about 30 kilometres north from her work, at 10.46pm and that the car continued north along the highway to Willaston near Gawler.

"Now what we think happened there is that the offender has travelled down South Road, and missed the turn off at Virginia and has gone the wrong way, then done a U-turn, come back to Port Wakefield Road and commenced to travel north," Detective Superintendent Bray said.

Police allege that at 12.09 the Commodore passed through another Safe-T-Cam at Two Wells and another camera picked it up at 12.40am Port Wakefield.

They then say that nearly three hours later the car is seen passing through another camera more than 300 kilometres away at Stirling North.

"A 3.07am the vehicle went through Safe-T-Cams Stirling North – this is particularly critical, we'd like to know whether in fact the offender immediately turned right to travel to the Flinders (Ranges) or whether perhaps went to a service station in Port Augusta to get fuel or drinks or the like," Detective Superintendent Bray said.

"There's no evidence at this stage to indicate he did but that's certainly something we'd like to know, if anybody possibly saw a young Indian couple or they may have just seen this young Indian male in that vehicle," he added.

Police say that after that there is a gap or about 11 hours.

They allege that the car was next seen travelling back through the same camera at Stirling North at 2.27pm on Saturday March 6.

"And if you take out travelling time that leaves about eight hours to bury Jasmeen, and a considerable amount of time unaccounted for so we're trying to track where he went in that time," Detective Superintendent Bray said.

On the same day, police confirmed that Ms Kaur was reported missing by her aunt and uncle when her employer called her family to ask why she had not turned up for her shift.

On the morning of March 7, her body was found in a shallow grave near Moralana Creek.

Detective Superintendent Bray also revealed today that police are trying to recover some of the 23-year-old's missing property – a brown bag, black slip-on shoes, and a plate and a knife.

He said the knife is not involved in her murder.

Detective Superintendent Bray alleges that police "know exactly how she died but we can't say."

Police also say that they are also aware of a motive, but they will not release that information.

The man charged with her murder fronted Port Augusta Magistrates Court via videolink on Tuesday and denied killing Ms Kaur after leading police to her body.

He was initially charged with failing to report a death to the coroner, but the charge was upgraded to murder after Major Crime detectives arrived on the scene.

The court has suppressed the accused's identity while the investigation is ongoing.

He will remain behind bars until his next appearance in December

Australians were initially told the country would be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by October.

But a 12-week wait between AstraZeneca shots, and a sluggish start to the program, could see the finish line pushed to Christmas.

"We don't know if we will be able to deliver two doses by the end of October," Health Secretary Professor Brendan Murphy said.

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"But with 12 weeks, that will be difficult."

By the end of April, 5000 GPs and clinics are set to be up and running, but there's still no date for when the next phase of jabs – for anybody over 50 – will start.

"We don't know what the vaccine supply situation will be like," Professor Murphy said.

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NSW's hospital hubs are flying, so the federal government has declared they will keep vaccinating all year.

But with state hubs staying open for the rest of the year, the federal government is expected to stump up more cash.

Teachers are among those who are tired of waiting.

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"With children not being vaccinated under the schedule, further protection for our students and their teachers is to ensure teachers are vaccinated," Amber Flohm from the NSW Teachers Federation said.

Australia's leaders have committed to a steady, "safe" approach, in contrast to the US, where an industrial style program is delivering two million doses a day.

Police are searching for a woman suspected of lighting a fire that destroyed a bus and forced the evacuation of a driver and nine passengers on the NSW Mid North Coast.

A dozen fire crews rushed to the corner of Lake and West streets in Forster after the bus fire was called in about 1.15pm on Thursday.

The blaze, which police were told started as a small fire in the onboard toilet after a passenger argued with the bus driver, had already taken hold when they arrived.

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Dramatic photos appear to show flames burning at least twice as high as the bus, near power lines, and black smoke billowing above.

Chief Inspector Tony Moodie said a passenger was the first to notice smoke and warned the bus driver, who pulled over just down the road from the Forster police station.

The Forster officer-in-charge said the driver evacuated all nine passengers before finding parts of the toilet area alight. But by the time he had grabbed a fire extinguisher from the front, "the fire was quickly engulfing the bus".

"You can see that the fire really engulfed the bus and completely destroyed the inside of it so the fact that they all got off, no one was injured, is probably good work by all involved," Chief Inspector Moodie said.

Fire and Rescue NSW said the fire was quickly extinguished but not before the 60-seat bus was destroyed. The driver was assessed at the scene but not taken to hospital.

Police are treating the blaze as deliberately lit.

Chief Inspector Moodie said police were looking for a suspect in her mid-20s, who they believed may have argued with the driver when boarding before starting the fire.

The fire damaged power lines above the bus, knocking out power to the surrounding streets, including the local police station, for much of the day.

Chief Inspector Moodie said electricity had been restored by about 5pm.

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The grieving families of police officers killed in the Eastern Freeway tragedy have spoken of their pain and anger to the man responsible for their deaths in court.

Mohinder Singh, who was driving the truck that ploughed into the four officers near Kew on April 22 last year, has pleaded guilty to four counts of culpable driving causing death and six other charges in relation to the crash.

Today, the 48-year-old could not even raise his head to look at family members as they learned he was involved in a drug deal just minutes before the fatal crash.

Leading Senior Constable Lynette Taylor, Senior Constable Kevin King and constables Glen Humphris and Josh Prestney all died in what is the deadliest incident in Victoria Police history.

Sharon Mackenzie, partner of Senior Constable King, said she had lost her "soulmate" she met when they were just teenagers.

"I haven't just lost a partner, I lost a man who is every part of me," Ms Mackenzie said.

"We lost the most dedicated, devoted man.

"He was my soulmate, my best friend, (an) incredibly devoted father and family man."

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Ms Mackenzie has two sons with Senior Constable King, and said the 50-year-old officer was always there for his family.

"Everyday he told me how much he loved me and how he'd always be there for us, and he always was," she said.

"(There is) no way to prepare for such horrific news.

"So careless, the result of poor choices … killed the man I loved and the father of my children."

Ms Mackenzie described the tragedy as "horrific and senseless" and spoke of the pain of losing the man she loved.

"Deep and utter despair, I felt like I could die of a broken heart," she said.

She said Singh was not worthy of her time or energy.

"I have not allowed the man responsible for this crime to have any part of my energy or being. He is not deserving."

Stuart Schulze, husband of Leading Senior Constable Taylor, broke down in court and described his "deep sadness" about the loss of his wife.

"I miss our sparkling wine and cheese at sunset," he said.

"We had an infinite trust in body and soul.

"She left with a kiss that day – and on our final phone call – her parting words were 'I love you.'"

The father of Constable Joshua Prestney said he was filled with a sense of dread when he saw television reports of a fatal crash on the Eastern Freeway.

His other son Alex Prestney, who is also a police officer, answered his call but Josh's phone went through to message bank.

Todd Robinson lost his partner Constable Glen Humphris.

The pair were setting up their life together in Melbourne.

Today, Mr Robinson looked directly at the killer truck driver.

"Mohinder, you took the most important person away from me," Mr Robinson said.

"Glen was only 32 years old."

Singh had barely slept in three days at the time of crash and was on high on ice behind the wheel of his prime mover.

The Cranbourne man's semi-trailer refrigeration truck ploughed into the police officers from behind in the emergency lane of the freeway after they had pulled over a Porsche driven by Richard Pusey in Kew.

Pusey yesterday pleaded guilty to to outraging public decency, reckless conduct endangering serious injury and drug possession.

Singh pleaded guilty in December and his case was upgraded to the Supreme Court due to the seriousness of the crime and high level of public interest.

Simiona Tuteru, who was the manager of the trucking company Singh worked for, has been charged with four counts of manslaughter.

A prosecution summary includes text messages that Singh sent to Tuteru on the morning of the crash.

"I'm going through some hard times at home," the messages read.

"I'm not fit to drive."

He was allegedly told to complete just one more delivery.

Singh is facing 25 years' jail for each fallen officer.