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Hiker 'fortunate to be alive' after Alpine ordeal

Hiker 'fortunate to be alive' after Alpine ordeal

A photographer has survived multiple days with a snake bite after becoming lost in the Australian Alps and sparking a week-long search.

Body found, murder charge in search for horse breeder

Body found, murder charge in search for horse breeder

Body found, murder charge in search for horse breeder

Body found, murder charge in search for horse breeder

Police scoured a semi-rural property for the body of 82-year-old Edwin Dobbin after charging a man over his murder and allegedly covering up the crime.

Search power in missing persons case deemed effective

Search power in missing persons case deemed effective

Search power in missing persons case deemed effective

Search power in missing persons case deemed effective

Despite being rarely used, a power allowing police to search premises to find a high-risk missing person has been deemed "a useful and valuable tool".

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Serial killer claim in call for unsolved murders probe

Serial killer claim in call for unsolved murders probe

Numerous horrific murders and vanishings in one patch of the country has alarmed an MP but his claims of a potential serial killer have been met with scepticism

'Foul play likely' but missing man search to continue

'Foul play likely' but missing man search to continue

The family of an Indigenous man missing for years in remote Queensland has vowed to bring him home after a coroner found he is likely deceased.

Wife charged with 'brutal, macabre and bizarre' murder

Wife charged with 'brutal, macabre and bizarre' murder

A woman has been charged with the murder of her husband who has not been seen in more than a year, with police alleging she cut up his body to hide the remains.

No rest for rescuers in long search for Helene victims

No rest for rescuers in long search for Helene victims

Exhausted rescuers and volunteers navigate washed out roads and difficult terrain as the search for Hurricane Helene survivors drags into a second week.

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Latest search for Samantha Murphy's body called off

Latest search for Samantha Murphy's body called off

Latest search for Samantha Murphy's body called off

Latest search for Samantha Murphy's body called off

Almost ten months after Ballarat mother Samantha Murphy was last seen alive, the most recent search for her body was called off.

New search for Samantha Murphy's body continues

New search for Samantha Murphy's body continues

New search for Samantha Murphy's body continues

New search for Samantha Murphy's body continues

Police have renewed the search for the remains of Samantha Murphy, who disappeared without a trace while on a run last summer.

'No clear answers': fresh call in missing veteran case

'No clear answers': fresh call in missing veteran case

'No clear answers': fresh call in missing veteran case

'No clear answers': fresh call in missing veteran case

Police have renewed a call for information 35 years after a Vietnam War veteran went missing in Tasmania's remote highlands.

'Ethical hackers' to focus skills on police cold cases

'Ethical hackers' to focus skills on police cold cases

'Ethical hackers' to focus skills on police cold cases

'Ethical hackers' to focus skills on police cold cases

Everyone leaves a trace on the internet and up to 650 "ethical hackers" are taking on the challenge to sniff out new leads on missing persons across Australia.

Gran's 'highly unusual' disappearance, death a mystery

Gran's 'highly unusual' disappearance, death a mystery

Gran's 'highly unusual' disappearance, death a mystery

Gran's 'highly unusual' disappearance, death a mystery

Police are looking for a grandmother's car and phone after her skeletal remains were found hundreds of kilometres away from home and where she was last seen.

Historic life sentence over schoolgirl's callous murder

Historic life sentence over schoolgirl's callous murder

Historic life sentence over schoolgirl's callous murder

Historic life sentence over schoolgirl's callous murder

Schoolgirl Charlise Mutten's killer has been sentenced to life in prison without parole, with the murder labelled, "gravely reprehensible and extremely wicked".

$500k reward to crack mum's likely cold-case murder

$500k reward to crack mum's likely cold-case murder

$500k reward to crack mum's likely cold-case murder

$500k reward to crack mum's likely cold-case murder

Authorities are pleading for information about the 2008 suspected murder of Laura Haworth, offering $500,000 for information that leads to a conviction.

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Life-in-prison bid for schoolgirl's callous 'execution'

Schoolgirl Charlise Mutten was killed by a man she trusted and called "Daddy", a court has been told during an emotional sentencing hearing for her murderer.

Rescuers race against time in search for father, son

A search will continue for a missing father and son after they did not return home from a fishing trip, as police acknowledge diminishing hope as time ticks on.

Last dates set for long-delayed missing toddler inquest

An inquest into the disappearance and suspected death of William Tyrrell will wrap up by the end of the year - more than five years after it began.

Fresh search brings hope decades after teen vanished

Police have searched a property and examined a car believed to be linked to Rose Howell's 2003 disappearance in a renewed probe into her suspected death.

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Man remains missing after suspected crocodile attack

The search for a man reportedly taken in a crocodile attack in far north Queensland has entered a second day.

Empty car, family DNA clues in decades-old cold cases

Police are highlighting a number of unsolved disappearances in Missing Persons Week, including that of an elderly man who vanished while trying to get help.

'What if' thoughts never end: sister of missing tourist

Eight missing person cases involving women, including a German tourist who disappeared in Tasmania, are being highlighted in a national campaign.

No sign of missing man, as accused killer faces court

A man has faced court after being charged with the murder of 43-year-old Adrian Romeo, who went missing in February and whose body is yet to be found.

Theft, gun charges laid as police look for missing man

A man has been charged with theft, firearms and drugs offences after police searched a rural property over the suspicious disappearance of a 43-year-old man.

Police probe suspicious disappearance, suspected murder

Finding a gold-coloured sedan could help police piece together the fate of a man who's been missing for five months, amid fears he's met with foul play.

Teen died after entering 'impenetrable' forest: coroner

A First Nations teenager who has been missing since 2023 died after walking into a rainforest, a coroner has found, but the cause of his death remains unknown.

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