August 20, 2026 — 7:30pm

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A hastily handwritten note was passed to NSW Premier Chris Minns with unbelievably good news – missing bushwalker Lily Hooper had been found alive after eight days in a rugged national park in the NSW Southern Highlands.

Even more unbelievably, she had been discovered with “half a bottle of water with her”, he told a live-streamed parliamentary budget estimates.

This was not correct.

NSW Police have been forced into damage control, facing questions as to how this incorrect information could be communicated so…

Read the full article at SMH.COM.AU