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Where is Tiffany?

Again and again convicted murderer Rodney Wayne Williams was asked the heartbreaking question by his latest victim's devastated family on Monday.

For the second time in two years, the 68-year-old was found guilty of murdering pregnant teen Tiffany Taylor by a Brisbane Supreme Court jury.

Williams had also killed before, back in 1978.

Tiffany, 16, was last seen leaving a motel south of Brisbane in July 2015 after Williams - then 60 - organised to pay for sex on a dating website.

Williams picked up Tiffany near a Waterford West motel before driving to a remote industrial area where he killed her then disposed of the body in the Fernvale region, 100km southwest of Logan.

Her body has never been found.

"Where is Tiffany? I have waited for seven years now," Tiffany's mother Leanne Dillon asked Williams as she tearfully read her victim impact statement.

"Bring her back Rodney Williams. Do the right thing - my daughter does not deserve this ending."

Williams sat silently with his eyes closed.

Ms Dillon finally broke down, prompting her daughter Chloe to finish the heart wrenching statement before reading her own.

"Where is Tiffany Taylor? Please don't take this secret with you. Give us our answer," Tiffany's older sister said.

But Justice Peter Applegarth was not confident Williams would provide one.

"I do not expect you to have the ounce of decency required to disclose where you disposed of Ms Taylor's body ... but I'd be delighted to proven wrong," he said.

Williams had previously been found guilty of Tiffany's murder and sentenced to life in prison in March 2020.

But he won an appeal in June 2021 and was granted a retrial.

Williams had also been convicted for murder in Tasmania 44 years ago.

He stabbed an elderly neighbour during a 1978 robbery and was sentenced to life in prison, but was released on parole after 15 years.

"Tiffany Taylor will be remembered as a beautiful young woman," Justice Applegarth said.

"You will be remembered as a brutal murderer."

At the retrial the court heard Tiffany's blood and DNA were found in Williams' car.

Williams told police Tiffany had a nose bleed.

Justice Applegarth described it as a "feeble explanation", saying it was most likely from Williams assaulting her before he "strangled or suffocated" Tiffany.

"The mechanism of her death could not be proven because you concealed it by disposing of her body - that also was a way of concealing your murderous intent," he said.

Williams told police that he had given her a lift to Redbank Plains but changed his story, saying he dropped her off at a truck stop west of Brisbane.

He denied having sex with her, telling police he told Tiffany he didn't have any money but she insisted on meeting because she thought he was interesting after reading his dating website profile.

"It shows a staggering narcissism on your part. No 16-year-old girl would have found you interesting ... the only ones who did would be forensic psychiatrists," Justice Applegarth said.

Williams created a false trail of communication with Tiffany on the dating website after killing her, with his last message saying: "Sorry I didn't turn up, decided I wasn't going to pay for it."

He tried to flee a day before police had organised to interview him in August 2015, with officers intercepting him at a Brisbane train station with a bag of clothes.

Williams on Monday received a life sentence and is not to be released for 30 years, after the jury deliberated for almost five hours and found him guilty at his three week retrial.

"You should expect to die in jail," Justice Applegarth said.

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Growing calls for a price cap on gas are being taken seriously by the federal treasurer ahead of a predicted rise in energy prices.

With gas prices expected to increase by 40 per cent during the next two years and retail electricity prices by 56 per cent, Jim Chalmers says all options are on the table to reduce power bills.

"We are contemplating the kinds of steps that governments wouldn't have contemplated a year or two ago," he said.

"We don't really want to limit our options or narrow our options.

"There's a lot of working going on behind the scenes, a lot of consultation and collaboration, and if there's something sensible and responsible and meaningful we can do here, obviously, we will consider that."

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said urgent action was needed on energy prices.

"Australian families just can't stand for that indecision because they're the ones that are going to be paying the bill," he said.

"Let's see what the government is proposing, because at the moment, it just sounds to me like a lot of this is made up on the run.

"If they had a plan to cut gas prices, why wasn't that announced in last Tuesday's budget?"

NSW Liberal Treasurer Matt Kean voiced his support for any policy that would put downward pressure on prices but said he wasn't convinced a gas price cap was the best solution.

Before the election, Labor committed to lowering average household power bills by $275 a year by 2025.

However, this is unlikely to be achieved due to volatility in energy markets caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Independent senator Jacqui Lambie backed the idea of a national gas reservation, which is already in place at a state level in Western Australia.

"We've seen what happens in Western Australia, where their prices are going up very little compared to the rest of Australia because of the gas reserve policy that they have out there," she said.

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Young Sydney film production assistant Grace Rached has been identified as the Australian victim of a deadly Halloween crowd crush in South Korea.

Australian officials confirmed one Australian had died during the weekend tragedy in the Itaewon district of Seoul that killed more than 150 people.

A NSW Department of Education spokesperson told AAP they were deeply saddened to hear about the tragic death of the 23-year-old, who was a former student of Canterbury Girls High in Sydney's southwest.

"Our sincere condolences and deepest sympathies go to the student's family and the broader school community," the spokesperson said.

"The school will be providing counselling and support for all affected students and staff."

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed it had been notified of one Australian's death in Seoul on Saturday night and consular officials are providing assistance to the victim's family.

Ms Rached was working as production assistant at Singapore-based film and media company ElectricLime, according to her LinkedIn profile.

She had been with the company for the last 15 months, had previously worked at smaller production companies, and had volunteered for Sydney short film festival Tropfest.

She had studied at the University of Technology in Sydney, completing a Bachelor of Communications and International Studies.

A friend of Ms Rached, Nathan Taverniti, said one of his friends had been killed in the crowd crush, and two others were in a critical condition.

"There was no stampede. It was a slow and agonising crush," a tearful Mr Taverniti said on TikTok.

"This crush was not caused by drunk people. It was caused by a lack of planning, police force and emergency services."

Acacia Elizabeth Gib wrote on Ms Rached's TikTok page: "Rest in peace beautiful. My heart is breaking for you and your family."

Another TikTok user, Mandy, wrote on her profile: "I'm glad you were living your best life before it was tragically taken away."

Ms Rached's last post on the short video site showed her holidaying in Bali, and was captioned, "Thanks Bali, you were a blast".

The tragedy struck as a large crowd gathered to celebrate Halloween on Saturday night, and a throng of people surged into an alleyway near a nightclub area.

The area is popular with young people, expatriates and travellers.

"Our sincere condolences for all affected by this terrible tragedy," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese tweeted on Sunday before news broke of the Australian's death.

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