Why is this national news? Why is federal parliament standing for a minutes silence? I don’t have free to air, was the search for this person been a big media deal for the past week? That news story kept escalating from local police, to NSW Premier, to federal parliament and the Prime Minister. What is going on?
Missing teenager Lily Hooper found dead, as family initially given wrong information
Submitted 3 weeks ago by okwithmydecay@leminal.space to news@aussie.zone
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/lily-hooper-found-bushwalker-nsw/dry2xdd2u
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maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Dimand@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
I guess I only heard about it from my partner, but yeah looks like it gained significant public interest for the last week and a bit. Has all the ingredients to do so, the unknown of will they be found combined with the age and rarity of the event itself.
professor_prime@lemmychan.org 3 weeks ago
That page loaded surprisingly fast for a new site.
dockedatthewrongworf@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
This is a sad reminder that when bushwalking the weather and environment can change rapidly. If you’re going to be solo hiking (or even hiking in a group) to bring a personal locator beacon and first aid kit even if you’re familiar with the area you’re hiking in.
You can hire them for a relatively cheap price from plenty of places and they don’t even take up much room! In the past I’ve hired them from the Blue Mountains Police and Macpac at Town Hall.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I don’t have context but fuck yea in terms of keeping safe.