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	}}</ref> The public was reassured that Singh was not employed to distribute clean injecting equipment and that her employment was on a time-limited project.<ref>{{cite web\|last=New South Wales Minister for Health \|year=2005 \|url=http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/HansArt.nsf/5f584b237987507aca256d09008051f3/d6bf2a9a42176119ca257085000fed67!OpenDocument \|title=Ms Anu Singh and needle distribution program \|work=New South Wales Legislative Council Hansard: Questions without notice; Deferred answers \|publisher=Parliament of New South Wales \|accessdate=28 June 2006 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060218123951/http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/5f584b237987507aca256d09008051f3/d6bf2a9a42176119ca257085000fed67%21OpenDocument \|archivedate=18 February 2006 }}</ref>		}}</ref> The public was reassured that Singh was not employed to distribute clean injecting equipment and that her employment was on a time-limited project.<ref>{{cite web\|last=New South Wales Minister for Health \|year=2005 \|url=http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/HansArt.nsf/5f584b237987507aca256d09008051f3/d6bf2a9a42176119ca257085000fed67!OpenDocument \|title=Ms Anu Singh and needle distribution program \|work=New South Wales Legislative Council Hansard: Questions without notice; Deferred answers \|publisher=Parliament of New South Wales \|accessdate=28 June 2006 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060218123951/http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/5f584b237987507aca256d09008051f3/d6bf2a9a42176119ca257085000fed67%21OpenDocument \|archivedate=18 February 2006 }}</ref>

	In 2010, Singh began research at the [[Sydney Law School\|University of Sydney Faculty of Law]],<ref>{{Cite web\|title = Killer University of Sydney student Anu Singh writing thesis on crime\|url = http://www.news.com.au/national/killer-university-of-sydney-student-anu-singh-writing-thesis-on-crime/story-e6frfkvr-1225969642189\|website = News.com.au\|publisher = [[News Limited]]\|archivedate=2 February 2016\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071137/http://www.news.com.au/national/killer-university-of-sydney-student-anu-singh-writing-thesis-on-crime/story-e6frfkvr-1225969642189\|date = 12 December 2010\|first=Laura\|last=Speranza}}</ref> and in 2012 was awarded a [[doctorate]] for her thesis ''Offending Women: Toward a Greater Understanding of Women's Pathways Into and Out of Crime in Australia''. It outlines "five major pathways that led [female prisoners] to crime: unstable upbringings, sexual and physical abuse, drug use, economic marginality and mental illness".<ref>{{Cite thesis\|type = PhD\|title = Offending Women: Toward a Greater Understanding of Women's Pathways Into and Out of Crime in Australia\|url = http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12807\|website = Sydney eScholarship Repository\|year = 2012\|access-date = 18 January 2016\|first = Singh\|last = Anu\|publisher = [[University of Sydney]]}}</ref> An edited version was released as a self-published [[e-book]] in 2016.<ref name="Gorman" /> ~~This study is reported to have led to an increased understanding of women's criminality in Australia.~~		In 2010, Singh began research at the [[Sydney Law School\|University of Sydney Faculty of Law]],<ref>{{Cite web\|title = Killer University of Sydney student Anu Singh writing thesis on crime\|url = http://www.news.com.au/national/killer-university-of-sydney-student-anu-singh-writing-thesis-on-crime/story-e6frfkvr-1225969642189\|website = News.com.au\|publisher = [[News Limited]]\|archivedate=2 February 2016\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071137/http://www.news.com.au/national/killer-university-of-sydney-student-anu-singh-writing-thesis-on-crime/story-e6frfkvr-1225969642189\|date = 12 December 2010\|first=Laura\|last=Speranza}}</ref> and in 2012 was awarded a [[doctorate]] for her thesis ''Offending Women: Toward a Greater Understanding of Women's Pathways Into and Out of Crime in Australia''. It outlines "five major pathways that led [female prisoners] to crime: unstable upbringings, sexual and physical abuse, drug use, economic marginality and mental illness".<ref>{{Cite thesis\|type = PhD\|title = Offending Women: Toward a Greater Understanding of Women's Pathways Into and Out of Crime in Australia\|url = http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12807\|website = Sydney eScholarship Repository\|year = 2012\|access-date = 18 January 2016\|first = Singh\|last = Anu\|publisher = [[University of Sydney]]}}</ref> An edited version was released as a self-published [[e-book]] in 2016.<ref name="Gorman" />

	== In literature and other adaptations ==		== In literature and other adaptations ==

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The '''death of Joe Cinque''' occurred in [[Canberra]], [[Australian Capital Territory]] on 26 October 1997. Cinque's coffee was laced with [[rohypnol]], a sedative, at a dinner party, after which he was injected with a lethal dose of [[heroin]] by his girlfriend Anu Singh, who was a law student at the [[Australian National University]] at the time. Singh was convicted in 1999 of [[manslaughter]]. She was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment, but was released early in 2001. Since her release, she has undertaken [[criminology]] research. The crime was portrayed in [[Helen Garner]]'s non-fiction book ''[[Joe Cinque's Consolation]]'' (2004), which was later adapted into a [[Joe Cinque's Consolation (film)|film of the same name]].

== Singh-Cinque relationship ==
Joe Cinque and Anu Singh met in [[Newcastle, New South Wales]] in 1995. The following year, the couple were living together in [[Canberra]] while she was a law student at the [[Australian National University]]. During the 1998 trial, one of Singh's friends testified that she had been highly obsessed with her [[self-image]], particularly her body, since 1991 and had briefly taken [[Syrup of ipecac|ipecac]] after Cinque mentioned it, something she was later angry with him for. Singh was also reportedly obsessed with fad diets and would spend hours working out at the gym—she had told friends "she'd rather be dead than fat".<ref name="Daily Telegraph" /><ref>{{cite book|title=Joe Cinque's Consolation|year=2004|publisher=Picador|last=Garner|first=Helen|page=15|isbn=978-0-33-042178-2}}</ref> In May 1997, Singh told a friend that she wanted to kill several people, including Cinque, her ex-boyfriend Simon Walsh<ref name="CourtTranscript">{{Cite web|title=The Queen v Anu Singh [1999] ACTSC 32|work=netk.net.au|date=23 April 1999|accessdate=9 August 2017|url=http://netk.net.au/Australia/Singh.asp}}</ref> and her doctors.<ref>{{cite news|last=Armitage|first=Liz|title=Accused Spoke Of Rampage, Court Told|date=24 October 1998|work=[[The Canberra Times]]}}</ref>

===Death===
Singh's close friend Madhavi Rao invited acquaintances to two dinner parties in October 1997 and told them that a crime would be committed.<ref name="conspiretokill">{{cite news|title=ACT Law Students "conspire To Kill"|last=Armitage|first=Liz|work=[[The Canberra Times]]|date=5 November 1997}}</ref> Witness Sanjeeva Tennekoon reported that the first dinner party on 24 October was normal and that Singh and Cinque appeared loving.<ref>{{cite news|title=Singh And Boyfriend Appeared To Be Happy Couple: Witness|last=Armitage|first=Liz|date=6 November 1998}}</ref> However, another witness told the court that Rao had told her afterwards that Singh had tried to kill Cinque that evening but did not deliver a sufficient dose, and that the witness had threatened to go to the police.<ref>{{cite news|last=Armitage|first=Liz|title=Witness Tells Court Of Murder Plan|date=7 November 1998|work=[[The Canberra Times]]}}</ref> The day after the first dinner party, Singh and Rao went to a friend, Len Mancini, and told him they had given Cinque drugs the previous evening.<ref>{{cite news|last=Armitage|first=Liz|title=Accused Wanted To Kill Herself: Friend|date=11 November 1998|work=[[The Canberra Times]]}}</ref>

Cinque died on 26 October 1997, the morning after the second dinner party. [[Toxicology]] reports showed high levels of [[heroin]] and [[rohypnol]] in his body.<ref>{{cite news|last=Armitage|first=Liz|work=[[The Canberra Times]]|date=31 December 1997|title=Passions Parade Before The Bench}}</ref>

Witness Ross Manley claimed that Singh bought more heroin from Manley's friend on the morning of 26 October.<ref name="buyingheroin">{{cite news|last=Armitage|first=Liz|date=29 October 1998|work=[[The Canberra Times]]|title=Singh "nervous" Buying Heroin, Court Hears }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Man's Death 'Not To Plan'|date=21 October 1998|work=[[The Newcastle Herald]]}}</ref> Singh called an ambulance for Cinque at 12:10pm on 26 October, and the ambulance officers found that he had had a [[cardiac arrest]].<ref name="buyingheroin"/> Singh made it difficult for the ambulance to respond quickly, giving a false address.<ref>{{cite news|date=13 February 1998|last=Whittington|first=Josh|title=20-minute 000 call|work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref> Singh told police at the scene that she had administered drugs to Cinque.<ref>{{cite news|last=Armitage|first=Liz|title=Drug Death: Law Student To Stand Trial|date=23 April 1998|work=[[The Canberra Times]]|quote=And I had some heroin and I just kept pumping it into him.}}</ref> Police reported that when they arrived at the scene, Singh was hysterical and struggled with police and ambulance officers when they took her away from Cinque's body.<ref>{{cite news|last=Whittington|first=Josh|title=A Very Broad Smile: Officer Tells of Accused's Action|date=22 October 1998|work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref>

=== Trial ===
Singh first appeared in court on 28 October 1997, charged with murder. She had told police that she had injected Cinque with heroin so that he would not interfere with a suicide attempt.<ref>{{cite news|title=Woman On Murder Charge|date=28 October 1997|work=[[The Canberra Times]]}}</ref> Rao was charged with [[conspiracy (criminal)|conspiracy]] to commit murder and released on bail on 5 November.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bail For Student Linked To Party Murder|last=Armitage|first=Liz|work=[[The Canberra Times]]|date=6 November 1997}}</ref> The prosecutor noted that both Singh and Rao had been indiscreet about their actions.<ref name="conspiretokill"/> Singh applied for bail in December, and a psychiatrist presented evidence of a [[personality disorder]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Murder Case Bail Decision Adjourned|date=5 December 1997|work=[[The Canberra Times]]}}</ref> The prosecution pinpointed Singh as someone who embodied strong [[Narcissistic personality disorder|narcissistic]] traits.

Singh and Rao were tried jointly in October and November 1998, but this trial was aborted on 11 November, with Justice Ken Crispin saying that one of the pieces of evidence was problematic as it was unclear as to which of Singh or Rao it was admissible against.<ref>{{cite news|title=Law student trial aborted|date=12 November 1998|work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref> For the second trial, Singh elected to stand trial by judge alone, forgoing a [[jury]]. Justice Crispin ruled that Singh and Rao should be tried separately in the interest of fairness.<ref>{{cite news|title=Murder Accused To Face Trial By Judge|date=17 November 1998|work=[[The Canberra Times]]}}</ref>

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In her 1999 trial, Singh's defence presented evidence that she was mentally ill and had [[diminished responsibility]], proposing an [[insanity defense]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Armitage|first=Liz|title=Defendant Vain, Self-centred: Expert Witness |work=[[The Canberra Times]]|date=13 April 1999}}</ref> The court was told that Singh believed she was dying from a muscle wasting disease, complained of "not being able to feel her head on her body" and was [[Bulimia nervosa|bulimic]].<ref name="Gorman" /> The prosecutors called an [[expert witness]] to testify that Singh had appeared rational and assertive on the night she was arrested.<ref>{{cite news|last=Armitage|first=Liz|title=Singh Was "rational" On Night Charged|date=15 April 1999|work=[[The Canberra Times]]}}</ref> On 23 April Justice Crispin found Singh guilty of [[manslaughter]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Impaired, guilty of manslaughter.|date=23 April 1999|work=[[The Canberra Times]]}}</ref> and the following day sentenced her to ten years' imprisonment with a minimum four years [[non-parole period]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Ludlow|first=Mark|title=Quick Parole For Killer|date=25 June 1998|work=[[The Canberra Times]]}}</ref> Cinque's mother was deeply unhappy with the short sentence.<ref>{{cite news|title=ACT - Woman who killed boyfriend may be free in 2001|last=Hamilton|first=Fiona|date=24 June 1999|publisher=[[Australian Associated Press]]}}</ref> In Rao's second trial, she was charged with murder, manslaughter, attempted murder, and administering a stupefying drug<ref>{{cite news|last=Dickins|first=Jim|title=A Dark, Twisted Saga Ends With Acquittal|date=11 December 1999|work=[[The Canberra Times]]}}</ref> and was acquitted of all charges.<ref>{{cite news|last=Moscaritolo|first=Maria|title=Cleared of heroin murder|date=11 December 1999|work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref>

Singh was released on parole in October 2001 after four years imprisonment, including time she had served on remand since 1997.<ref name="Gorman">{{Cite web|title = 'What I did was a horrible thing': Anu Singh seeks atonement for killing Joe Cinque|url = http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/what-i-did-was-a-horrible-thing-anu-singh-seeks-atonement-for-killing-joe-cinque/news-story/0da02270935eccc2c690d64b8b6f9fd6|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426214111/http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/what-i-did-was-a-horrible-thing-anu-singh-seeks-atonement-for-killing-joe-cinque/news-story/0da02270935eccc2c690d64b8b6f9fd6|archivedate=26 April 2016|website = News.com.au|publisher = News Corp Australia|last = Gorman|first = Ginger|date = 14 January 2016}}</ref> She was returned to jail in April 2004 after breaching her parole conditions by smoking [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]]<ref name="Wyndham">{{cite news|last=Wyndham|first=Susan|title=On death and madness|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/08/08/1091903447496.html|date=9 August 2004|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|accessdate=24 May 2008}}</ref> and re-released on 5 August 2004 after challenging her re-imprisonment on a technicality.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Another chapter in Canberra murder story: Anu Singh speaks |url=http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2004/s1170734.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113125526/http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2004/s1170734.htm|archivedate=13 January 2016|series=The World Today |credits=Jayne-Maree Sedgman (reporter) |network=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] |station=ABC Local Radio |airdate=6 August 2004 }}</ref><ref name="Australian">{{cite news | first=Rosemary | last=Neill | title=Of sins and needles | newspaper=[[The Australian]] | date=30 May 2005 }}</ref>

==Anu Singh==
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===Early life===
Anu Singh was born in India on 3 September 1972 to Indian Australian parents, Pradyumn "Paddy" and Surinder Singh, both doctors.<ref name="Daily Telegraph">{{cite news|title=Crime week — Bright Young Things: Killer Anu Singh one-sided suicide pact with boyfriend Joe Cinque|work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]|date=6 May 2014|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/crime-week-bright-young-things-killer-anu-singh-onesided-suicide-pact-with-boyfriend-joe-cinque/story-fni0cx12-1226902559824|accessdate=6 November 2016}}</ref> The family emigrated from India to Sydney in 1973, when Singh was a baby. They settled in the suburb of [[Strathfield, New South Wales|Strathfield]]. Singh attended a [[Catholic school|Catholic high school]] in Newcastle, where she was the [[dux]] of year 10 in 1988.<ref name="Daily Telegraph" /> She graduated high school in 1990 and moved to Canberra the following year to begin studying a double degree in Economics/Law at the [[Australian National University]]. Singh missed her life in Sydney, engaged in recreational drug use while living in Canberra, and frequently called home to her parents.<ref name="Daily Telegraph" /> As a result, she deferred her studies for one year to return to her family in Sydney.<ref name="CourtTranscript" />

Singh's early life was relatively unremarkable, and her father remarked on her as a "happy-go-lucky child" ''albeit'' one with some attachment issues,<ref name="CourtTranscript" /> who gradually descended into mental illness in her twenties. According to Paddy Singh, Anu's problems escalated in 1995. It was around this time she had an affair with Joe Cinque. After Singh's break-up with an ex-boyfriend, Simon Walsh, as a result of her brief affair with Cinque, she began to use recreational drugs daily, developed [[insomnia]] and would pace the house at night.<ref>{{cite news|title=Accused's conduct changed — father|work=[[The Canberra Times]]|date=7 April 1999|accessdate=17 May 2017|url=http://www.joecinque.com.au/crime-interview-with-anu-singhs-father}}</ref> Singh's break-up with Walsh was referred to as a "significant life event" in the court transcripts of her trial.

During her relationship with Cinque, she was dieting excessively and would obsess about her weight.<ref name="CourtTranscript" /> Singh's problems appeared to stabilise briefly during the early days of her relationship with Cinque, but soon returned after they moved in together. Her university attendance became sporadic, and on the rare occasion when she was seen by her peers, she appeared to be "dishevelled" and "poorly dressed"—in contrast to her earlier generally immaculate and prideful dress sense.<ref name="CourtTranscript" /> Singh's father took her to various [[psychologist]]s and psychiatrists for help, who opined Singh's problem was "psychological", not physical.

=== After release ===
Singh has completed a masters in [[criminology]] at [[University of Sydney|Sydney University]], having attended classes on day release from [[Emu Plains Correctional Centre]].<ref name="Wyndham"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Devine|first=Miranda|authorlink=Miranda Devine|title=Her new career's to die for|date=5 June 2005|newspaper=[[The Sun-Herald]]|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/miranda-devine/her-new-careers-to-die-for/2005/06/04/1117825101481.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102213317/http://www.smh.com.au/news/Miranda-Devine/Her-new-careers-to-die-for/2005/06/04/1117825101481.html|archivedate=2 November 2012}}</ref>

In June 2005, concern was expressed in the [[Parliament of New South Wales|New South Wales Parliament]] about Singh's employment with the [[Cabramatta, New South Wales|Cabramatta]] Community Centre.<ref>{{cite web
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}}</ref> The public was reassured that Singh was not employed to distribute clean injecting equipment and that her employment was on a time-limited project.<ref>{{cite web|last=New South Wales Minister for Health |year=2005 |url=http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/HansArt.nsf/5f584b237987507aca256d09008051f3/d6bf2a9a42176119ca257085000fed67!OpenDocument |title=Ms Anu Singh and needle distribution program |work=New South Wales Legislative Council Hansard: Questions without notice; Deferred answers |publisher=Parliament of New South Wales |accessdate=28 June 2006 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060218123951/http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/5f584b237987507aca256d09008051f3/d6bf2a9a42176119ca257085000fed67%21OpenDocument |archivedate=18 February 2006 }}</ref>

In 2010, Singh began research at the [[Sydney Law School|University of Sydney Faculty of Law]],<ref>{{Cite web|title = Killer University of Sydney student Anu Singh writing thesis on crime|url = http://www.news.com.au/national/killer-university-of-sydney-student-anu-singh-writing-thesis-on-crime/story-e6frfkvr-1225969642189|website = News.com.au|publisher = [[News Limited]]|archivedate=2 February 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202071137/http://www.news.com.au/national/killer-university-of-sydney-student-anu-singh-writing-thesis-on-crime/story-e6frfkvr-1225969642189|date = 12 December 2010|first=Laura|last=Speranza}}</ref> and in 2012 was awarded a [[doctorate]] for her thesis ''Offending Women: Toward a Greater Understanding of Women's Pathways Into and Out of Crime in Australia''. It outlines "five major pathways that led [female prisoners] to crime: unstable upbringings, sexual and physical abuse, drug use, economic marginality and mental illness".<ref>{{Cite thesis|type = PhD|title = Offending Women: Toward a Greater Understanding of Women's Pathways Into and Out of Crime in Australia|url = http://hdl.handle.net/2123/12807|website = Sydney eScholarship Repository|year = 2012|access-date = 18 January 2016|first = Singh|last = Anu|publisher = [[University of Sydney]]}}</ref> An edited version was released as a self-published [[e-book]] in 2016.<ref name="Gorman" /> This study is reported to have led to an increased understanding of women's criminality in Australia.

== In literature and other adaptations ==
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The crime has been adapted into works by several authors and filmmakers. The best-known example is [[Helen Garner]]'s 2004 book ''[[Joe Cinque's Consolation]]'', published in the same month as Singh's re-release from prison, which was a widely publicised account of Singh's crime and trial, together with the Cinque family's response to it. Singh gave interviews shortly after the release of the book, recounting her own memories of the killing and expressing regret at rejecting Garner's request for an interview.<ref name="Wyndham" /> She told interviewers that she wished to redress some of the book's imbalance towards her.<ref name="LNL" />

In 2012, it was announced that Garner's book would be turned [[Joe Cinque's Consolation (film)|into a film]] to be directed by Canberran Sotiris Dounoukos. Dounoukos was at ANU studying law at the same time as Singh;<ref>{{Cite web|title = Sotiris Dounoukos|url = http://www.anu.edu.au/alumni/our-alumni/spotlight/sotiris-dounoukos|website = ANU|access-date = 26 October 2016|last = Preston|first = Fi}}</ref> she was "a friend of friends".<ref>{{Cite web|title = Joe Cinque's Consolation by Canberra filmmaker Sotiris Dounoukos highlights ambiguities|url = http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/canberra-life/joe-cinques-consolation-by-canberra-filmmaker-sotiris-dounoukos-highlights-ambiguities-20160922-grmoe5.html|website = Canberra Times|access-date = 26 October 2016|date = 23 September 2016|last = Freebury|first = Jane}}</ref> The film was partially funded by [[Screen Australia]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Infamous Canberra killing to be made into film|url = http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/infamous-canberra-killing-to-be-made-into-film-20120515-1yo3m.html|website = Canberra Times|access-date = 19 January 2016|date = 15 May 2012|last = Kretowicz|first = Ewa|last2 = Macdonald|first2 = Emma}}</ref> The film, also called ''Joe Cinque's Consolation'', was given a cinematic release on 13 October 2016 to generally positive critical attention.<ref>{{cite web|title=Joe Cinque's Consolation|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/joe_cinques_consolation/|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|accessdate=2 November 2016}}</ref> Singh was portrayed by actress [[Maggie Naouri]].

Other works based on the death of Cinque include:
* In 2005, a documentary was being made about Singh by [[James Ricketson]] which covered her employment in Cabramatta. The documentary was reportedly to be called ''Atonement''.<ref name="Australian" />
*''Criminology'', a play by [[Tom Wright (Australian playwright)|Tom Wright]] and [[Lally Katz]], performed at Melbourne's [[Malthouse Theatre]] in August 2007.<ref>{{cite news|last=Usher|first=Robin|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/joe-cinques-alteration-remaking-a-tragic-story/2007/08/07/1186252702671.html?page=fullpage|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013075645/http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/joe-cinques-alteration-remaking-a-tragic-story/2007/08/07/1186252702671.html?page=fullpage|archivedate=13 October 2016|title=Joe Cinque's alteration: remaking a tragic story|date=8 August 2007|publisher=[[Fairfax Media]]|newspaper=[[The Age]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Amanda|title=Criminology|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/artworks/criminology/3239712|accessdate=19 January 2016|publisher=[[Radio National]]|date=29 July 2007}}</ref>
* ''The Dinner Party'', a psychological thriller film starring [[Lara Cox]], released in 2009 and produced by SilverSun Pictures, a video, TV and film production company in Canberra.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/movies/review/dinner-story-review|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012095942/http://www.sbs.com.au/movies/review/dinner-story-review|archivedate=12 October 2016|title=The Dinner Story Review|first=Peter|last=Galvin|date=1 January 2009|website=SBS}}</ref>
*''[[Deadly Women]]'' and ''[[Crimes That Shook Australia]]''.
*The case was covered by ''True Crime Island'' in July 2018.
*The case was also covered in November 2019 by [[Casefile True Crime Podcast|Casefile True Crime]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://casefilepodcast.com/case-130-joe-cinque/|title=Case 130: Joe Cinque|date=2019-11-09|website=Casefile: True Crime Podcast|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-17}}</ref>

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