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An eight-day search for 18-year-old Lily Hooper in New South Wales ended with her body recovered after officials briefly misreported she was alive; authorities apologised and will conduct a post-mortem to confirm identity and cause of death.
An 18-year-old Australian hiker, Lily Hooper, was found dead eight days after disappearing during a solo hike in Nattai National Park, NSW; a miscommunication had her family told she had been found alive shortly after the search began, prompting apologies from police as authorities explained the update error amid a large volunteer and police operation.
Australia's royal commission into antisemitism released an interim report after the Bondi Beach Hanukkah attack that killed 15 people, urging prioritised gun reform, extended police protection for Jewish events, and stronger counter-terrorism measures. It noted a high security alert before the attack and cited gaps between police resource requests and deployment. The commission backs nationally consistent firearms reforms, a gun buyback, review of joint counter-terrorism teams, and making the counter-terrorism commissioner’s role full‑time, with five recommendations kept confidential for national security. Prime Minister Albanese said the government would implement all recommendations, while noting no urgent changes were identified.
NSW's Law Enforcement Conduct Commission will investigate allegations of police misconduct stemming from violent clashes at a Sydney protest against Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit; the LECC will review video and available material, hold hearings, and deliver a public report to Parliament after receiving numerous complaints, as protests and arrests occurred and officers were assaulted.
Australian police have found human remains believed to be those of missing Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, with Beaumont Lamarre-Condon, a police officer and former partner of Baird, charged with their murder. The bodies were discovered on a rural property in Bungonia, and police allege that Lamarre-Condon used surf bags to transport the deceased couple from Baird's home. The case, which has shocked Australia, is the first suspected murder by a New South Wales police officer in decades and has led to a review of officers' out-of-hours access to firearms.
A man has been charged with dangerous driving after a bus carrying 35 wedding guests crashed, killing at least 10 people and injuring 25 others near the town of Greta, Australia. The driver, a 58-year-old man, has been taken to hospital for mandatory drug testing and refused bail. The cause of the accident is unknown and may not be known for some time, according to NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb. This is Australia's worst bus accident in almost 30 years.