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Police commissioner apologises to family mistakenly told missing hiker was alive

ABC News Australia - Top Stories · 20 August 2026 at 12:05 pm

Police have confirmed the body of a woman believed to be missing bushwalker Lily Hooper has been found after an eight-day search in the NSW Southern Highlands.

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