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Search for missing school-leaver to go into third day

Search for missing school-leaver to go into third day

Rescue crews will continue to search in strong winds and swells for a missing swimmer who only just finished his end-of-school exams.

Mine shafts new focus as search for missing boy widens

Mine shafts new focus as search for missing boy widens

Mine shafts new focus as search for missing boy widens

Mine shafts new focus as search for missing boy widens

A renewed search for missing four-year-old Gus Lamont will focus on six previously unexplored mine shafts after the boy vanished from a remote outback property.

Suspects investigated in mother-daughter murder probe

Suspects investigated in mother-daughter murder probe

Suspects investigated in mother-daughter murder probe

Suspects investigated in mother-daughter murder probe

Detectives investigating the suspected murder of a mother and teenage daughter have identified several people of interest.

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More anguish as dam drained in search for missing boy

No trace of missing boy Gus Lamont has been found after police drained a dam on a remote property where the four-year-old went missing in September.

Dam to be drained as searchers return to boy's home

Dam to be drained as searchers return to boy's home

A dam near the home of missing boy Gus Lamont will be drained to rule out the possibility the four-year-old drowned after he vanished from a remote property.

Fresh river search for murdered Aboriginal teen's body

Fresh river search for murdered Aboriginal teen's body

Detectives investigating the murder of Aboriginal teenager Colleen Walker-Craig from Bowraville in 1990 have launched a two-day river search for her remains.

Major shift in manhunt for fugitive Dezi Freeman

Major shift in manhunt for fugitive Dezi Freeman

A new task force will take the helm in the search for wanted fugitive Dezi Freeman, two months after he allegedly shot and killed two police officers.

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Brother weeps as little Cheryl's suspected killer named

Brother weeps as little Cheryl's suspected killer named

Brother weeps as little Cheryl's suspected killer named

Brother weeps as little Cheryl's suspected killer named

The family of Cheryl Grimmer, a young girl abducted more than 50 years ago, hopes the naming of a suspect in parliament brings out the truth.

Body found in search for missing bushwalker

Body found in search for missing bushwalker

Body found in search for missing bushwalker

Body found in search for missing bushwalker

A body has been found in the search for a missing bushwalker, who vanished in harsh weather conditions in Tasmania 11 days ago.

Search for hiker reviewed in challenging, cold weather

Search for hiker reviewed in challenging, cold weather

Search for hiker reviewed in challenging, cold weather

Search for hiker reviewed in challenging, cold weather

Serious concerns are held for the welfare of a hiker missing in remote snowy wilderness, with police reviewing search efforts and calling on specialists.

Missing diabetic camper found alive after nine days

Missing diabetic camper found alive after nine days

Missing diabetic camper found alive after nine days

Missing diabetic camper found alive after nine days

A 61-year-old man has been found alive more than a week after he went missing in a "remarkable" end to a challenging search.

Taskforce established as search expands for missing boy

Taskforce established as search expands for missing boy

Taskforce established as search expands for missing boy

Taskforce established as search expands for missing boy

Police don't believe a boy who disappeared at a sheep station more than two weeks ago met with foul play as a task force is established to expand a search.

Hunt for cop killer continues as national park reopens

Hunt for cop killer continues as national park reopens

Hunt for cop killer continues as national park reopens

Hunt for cop killer continues as national park reopens

A national park closed down during the hunt for Australia's most wanted man has been reopened to the public, while police vow they will find him.

'Someone must know': $1m reward for murder cold case

'Someone must know': $1m reward for murder cold case

'Someone must know': $1m reward for murder cold case

'Someone must know': $1m reward for murder cold case

Detectives have doubled a cash reward in the hope of cracking the 30-year unsolved murder of a young tourist on a picturesque beach.

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Searchers find no trace of elderly man lost in bushland

Crews have scoured swathes of bushland trying to find an elderly man who disappeared while trying to retrieve his bogged car.

'Never give up hope': dam, drone search for missing boy

Police say they will "never give up hope" of finding a four-year-old boy missing from his family's outback sheep station for 10 days, as the search continues.

'Tragic' end to missing boy case as search scaled back

Police have taken aim at "keyboard detectives" as a massive outback search for a four-year-old boy missing from a rural property for a week is downgraded.

Bones found but no clues over girl missing for 55 years

A police search hoping to solve one of Australia's longest-running missing child cases has ended in disappointment despite the discovery of bones.

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'He has to be somewhere': cop's last hope in boy search

A desperate search for a boy missing from an outback property for six days has failed to turn up fresh evidence, as defence personnel join the operation.

Foul play to be probed in missing Indigenous man's case

The family of a young Indigenous man who went missing will challenge a central theory that he took his own life, a coroner has heard.

Vast outback search for missing boy enters fifth day

The search for a four-year-old boy who disappeared on his family's remote sheep station continues as loved ones hold out hope he'll be found safe and well.

Mum's tears after daughter's 13-year mystery resolved

The mother of a woman who vanished without a trace 13 years ago was overcome with emotion after being told her daughter was killed by her controlling partner.

Typhoon Ragasa aims at China after lashing Taiwan, HK

Millions of people in southern China are in Typhoon Ragasa's sights after the most powerful cyclone of 2025 battered Hong Kong and killed 14 people in Taiwan.

Ground-penetrating radar used in cold-case victim probe

Police have renewed their investigation into the suspected murder of a woman who vanished in 2002 and are searching a property near her former home.

Locals plead for visitors to return to area of manhunt

Business owners in a region central to the search for an accused killer can breath a sigh of relief with travel restrictions scrapped and cash help on its way.

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