[2] A podcast by The Australian's Hedley Thomas was released in late 2021 which detailed the entirety of the case and issues concerning the investigation.
The following day, he attended Brisbane Magistrates Court to answer to the charge and was remanded in custody to face a committal hearing in Mackay.
At a pre-inquest hearing in May 2019, Coroner David O'Connell told the court that a conflict of interest around a detective sergeant and William Daniel being related was not within the scope of the inquest.
[17] As the inquest continued, it was shown the evidence against Peros, including CCTV footage of a Toyota Hilux of the same age and colour as one he owned nearby the scene of the crime, six minutes prior.
In December 2021, the renewed media coverage triggered by the podcast "Shandee's Story", and the mentioning of the forensic laboratory failures in Queensland Parliament, caused Blackburn's mother to call on the coronial inquest to be re-opened.
[19] In February 2022, a documentary by Thomas called Shandee’s Story: The Search for Justice also helped focus attention on the inadequacies of the investigation.