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Media Release: Summerofhope profiling long-term missing persons

More than 35,000 people are reported missing in Australia each year, with an estimated 2,000 people currently listed as a long-term missing person—missing for more than three months.

That is why initiatives such as our #summerofhope campaign are vital to raise awareness of missing persons in our community.

The campaign aims to engage directly with the online community in the hope of resolving...

Day for Daniel - 'Capital to the Coast'

The ‘Capital to the Coast’ tour was a joint initiative between the AFP and the Daniel Morcombe Foundation which took place in the week leading into Day for Daniel in October 2015. The Daniel Morcombe Foundation promotional truck, ‘Big Red’, toured primary schools from Canberra to the NSW South Coast delivering child safety presentations.

The tour started in Canberra on Friday 23 October and...

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Media Release: Big Red to deliver child safety messages from capital to coast

The Daniel Morcombe Foundation’s ‘Big Red’ truck will feature in the inaugural ‘Capital to the Coast’ tour next month (October), in support of Day for Daniel 2015.

In the week preceding Day for Daniel on October 30, ‘Big Red’ will travel from Canberra to the NSW South Coast delivering child safety presentations to primary schools from Queanbeyan to Batemans Bay, through to Narooma, and down to...

Media scrum following the launch of National Missing Persons Week 2015

Media Release: National Missing Persons Week urges Australians to 'Follow Your Instincts'

The Australian Federal Police and NSW Police Force have launched the 2015 National Missing Persons Week campaign to raise awareness of the issues and impacts surrounding missing persons.

Acting Australian Federal Police Commissioner Michael Phelan and NSW Police Force Assistant Commissioner Peter Barrie officially launched the week-long campaign in Sydney today (Monday 3 August 2015), where they...

Follow Your Instincts

Research shows there are several myths about missing persons commonly held within the community. One of the NMPCC's awareness objectives is to dispel these myths in the hope that awareness of the facts will reduce the incidence of missing persons. In 2015 the National Missing Persons Coordination Centre will focus on raising awareness within the community of the common myths and facts surrounding...

Media Release: Global missing children campaign launched to help bring them home

Minister for Justice the Hon. Michael Keenan and AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin encouraged Australians to continue their efforts to locate those still missing at the launch of International Missing Children’s Day 2015 today.

The day will be recognised globally on Monday 25 May, with this year’s focus being on the safe location and recovery of children who have been abducted by a parent.

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'Remember' missing persons and dementia

In 2014 the National Missing Persons Coordination Centre's focus was on raising awareness within the community of the links between dementia and missing persons. Each year the we build awareness messaging around one of the key groups in the community most at risk of going missing.

What can I do to help?

If you are a carer of person suffering from dementia who may be at risk of wandering and...

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Missing person - Robert Jacob

Robert JACOB

Robert Hal Jacob was last seen on the 12 November 2015 in the Canberra City area, ACT. His daughter reported him missing on 3 December 2015 after not hearing from her father over...

Missing Person Sean Walsh

Sean WALSH

Sean Walsh was last seen in the Randwick area on 10 May 2009. If you have information that may assist police to locate Sean please call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Anthony WHITE

Anthony White was last seen leaving his address in Rutherford, NSW on 13 January 2007 driving a white work truck. The vehicle was located the following day, locked and secured...

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