Laura Lavelle: It’s very unlikely we’ll hear any outcomes today, in fact it may take some time before the coroner hands down his his findings  — I’m talking months.

But that doesn’t means things aren't happening  behind the scenes. 

The coroner will today retire to take all the evidence he's heard during this inquest and use that to determine his findings. 

Laura Lavelle: The state coroner has been asked to consider a wide range of issues. Truly, the scope of this inquest is enormous. 

It essentially boils down to what happened, why it happened, could this have been prevented, and what could be done, if anything, in the future to stop this from happening again? 

Within that, there has been some standout issues the coroner has been asked to determine, including whether Wieambilla locals were given enough warning there were active shooters in the area, and whether better warnings could have saved Alan Dare's life. 

The inquest has also heard that emails written by Gareth train in the days leading leading up the shooting were forwarded to New South Wales Police on the morning of the shooting.

Whether these emails, where Gareth threatens the police will be "dealt with", were not forwarded to Queensland Police before they attended the property. 

The state coroner will be asked to determine whether knowledge of these emails would have changed the events of that day.

Laura Lavelle: It's not clear at this stage what family members, if any, will deliver victim impact statements in person to the court. 

The council assisting the coroner may choose to read the statements on behalf of family members.

At the beginning of this inquest, the mother of Rachel McCrow, Judy McCrow, broke her silence, speaking with media for the first time, telling us that the grief the Arnold and McCrow families experience is all consuming, and there's no escaping it. 

Depending on who speaks at the inquest today, it may be the first time they speak publicly about how this tragedy has impacted their families.

The ABC's Laura Lavelle joins us now.

Today is the final day of a mammoth five-week inquest into the devastating Wieambilla shootings.

Over the past month, we’ve heard some harrowing evidence and testimonies.

From the survival stories from those who had to fight for their lives to escape the property, confronting body worn vision, to watching seasoned police officers break down in tears on the stand.

Today, family members will be invited to deliver victim impact statements to the court and legal parties will make their closing submissions.