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The Latest Breaking News from Samantha Murphy

Afternoon Update: new search for Samantha Murphy; devastating Great Barrier Reef damage; and when parents are bad sports

Search in Enfield state park, 25km south of Ballarat, follows new intelligence ‘derived from a number of sources’, police say

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PM ‘taken aback’ by speech – as it happened

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Samantha Murphy: new intelligence sparks police search for missing woman’s body south of Ballarat

Large-scale search launched in Victoria’s Enfield state park due to intelligence from ‘number of sources’

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New search fails to find missing mum as efforts persist

Search crews have failed to find the body of Samantha Murphy after new information sparked a renewed search in bushland near Ballarat.

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Ballarat has lost another remarkable woman. In this dark time, I recall her enthusiasm and joy

The death of Hannah McGuire is the latest in a series of tragedies that have rocked our regional Victorian city – but grief will not define us

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Gendered violence scars community after third tragedy

As a community reels after another woman is allegedly killed by a man, the city's mayor is calling for people to call out gender-based violence.

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The many faces of community trauma

Communities faced with trauma and tragedy can be a beacon of support and resilience, but shortfalls in psychological support could delay their chance to heal.

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Afternoon Update: Record increase in net migration; PwC won’t share tax leaks report; and the hot cross buns taste test

Australia’s population grew to 26.8 million in September thanks to a larger than expected rate of immigration

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Samantha Murphy: tech detector dogs deployed in continuing search for body of allegedly murdered Ballarat woman

Victoria’s police commissioner said the dogs would be deployed at Buninyong as they had not yet found missing woman’s phone or watch

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Police launch new tactic to find Samantha Murphy's body

Highly-trained police dogs with the ability to detect mobile phone SIMs are being used by the AFP in the fresh search for missing mother Samantha Murphy.

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Afternoon Update: Trump rounds on Rudd, Wong’s frank China talks, young people less happy

Former US president says Australia’s ambassador to the US ‘won’t be there long’ should Trump win the 2024 presidential race

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Samantha Murphy: police conclude fresh bushland search for body of missing Ballarat woman

No body was found during a search near Buninyong where alleged murder victim’s mobile phone was last detected

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'Sad' end to search with no sign of missing mum's body

A renewed search for slain mother Samantha Murphy has come up short after fresh intelligence directed police to dense bushland 11km from her home town.

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A missing woman, a mine collapse and six weeks of trauma in the town of Ballarat

More than a month after Samantha Murphy disappeared, the city’s mayor had to grapple with a mine collapse that killed one person

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'Fallen on deaf ears': safety fears before mine tragedy

Rescue workers have recovered the body of a Victorian miner and another worker is fighting for life after an underground collapse at a Ballarat mine.

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‘Devastated’: the Samantha Murphy case weighs heavy on a small Australian community

Despite a murder charge being laid, the search for the Ballarat woman’s body continues

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Heartache as search for Ballarat mum's body continues

Mourners gathered in Ballarat to pay tribute to local mum Samantha Murphy after a man was charged with murder earlier this week. Her body is yet to be found.

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Afternoon Update: Samantha Murphy’s alleged killer identified; mass coral bleaching on Great Barrier Reef; and Rupert Murdoch to marry again

Patrick Stephenson, son of ex-AFL footballer Orren Stephenson, has been charged with murder of Ballarat woman

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Identity of man accused of killing missing mum revealed

A suppression order on the identity of 22-year-old Patrick Orren Stephenson, who is accused of murdering Samantha Murphy, has been lifted.

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Forget the cupcakes, we've still got a long way to go

I wanted to write an uplifting piece, instead there's a few things we must dwell on

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Sam Kerr’s slur stirs ‘reverse racism’ row

The media has a myriad of hot takes on Sam Kerr’s ‘stupid white bastard’ comment, Australian news companies might get compensation when AI is trained on their content, and a man has been charged with Samantha Murphy’s murder.

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Lowitja O’Donoghue remembered at state funeral – as it happened

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Community vigil, mum's alleged killer named

Locals have honoured Samantha Murphy at a community vigil in Ballarat, hours after the identity of her alleged 22-year-old killer was revealed.

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Afternoon Update: man charged with Samantha Murphy murder; Labor’s gender equality strategy revealed; and guilty verdict in Rust shooting

Man, 22, appears in Ballarat magistrates court charged with murder of Samantha Murphy

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Ex-AFL player's son charged with missing mum's murder

A magistrate has concealed the name of a former AFL player's son as he faced court charged with the murder of missing Ballarat mother Samantha Murphy.

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