Australia news live: Albanese steps up attack on Coalition nuclear plan; SES counts cost of Sydney storm
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Victorian police will today search bushland near Geelong as part of the investigation into a cold case that’s more than a decade old. Lorrin Whitehead, 41, was last seen leaving her Bannockburn home on a Friday afternoon in February 2013, then on CCTV at a local supermarket where she bought water, a card and a pen.
Police say they now have “intelligence that Lorrin’s remains may potentially be located” in the area they plan to search. A witness had reported seeing Whitehead getting into the driver’s seat of a red 4WD, and this is the last report of her being seen by anyone. She did not own a red 4WD.
Her bank accounts remained untouched after her disappearance. Victoria police said in a statement:. The area for today’s search is not one that people will regularly walk through, so we’re hopeful there may be some sign of Lorrin here even after all these years.
Queensland’s economy will be almost a $1tn worse off by 2050 if the Coalition’s nuclear plan gets the public’s green light at the next federal election, a new Albanese government analysis shows. The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, is criss-crossing northern and western Australia this week in a pre-election blitz to campaign battlegrounds.
Fresh from visiting Queensland’s Gympie and Rockhampton on Monday, the government has revealed overnight the opposition’s proposal to build and operate two of seven nuclear reactor sites in Queensland would impact the state’s economy by $872bn by the mid-century.
