Missing Person

Police confirm crews have been called off in the bushland search on Ballarat's south-eastern fringe where the 51-year-old mother-of-three was believed to have disappeared on Sunday.

Dozens of police, SES and townspeople have scoured this park near Ballarat over the past week. Here is what's known about where the missing 51-year-old is thought to have gone running.

Specialist investigators are being brought in as the search for a Ballarat mother stretches on. Missing persons detectives have now taken the reins on the investigation into Samantha Murphy's disappearance. Volunteer search efforts will be scaled back, but police say they still have not identified any sinister circumstances.

Victoria Police is providing an update on Day Six of the search for missing Ballarat woman, Samantha Murphy.

The girl was reported missing on Wednesday night. Police and emergency services searched a nearby park and bushland for her.

The search for Samantha Murphy has reached its sixth day, with police changing its strategy appointing the Missing Persons Squad to lead the operation. 

Police are mystified about the missing Ballarat woman's movements "from the moment she left home" as they make another appeal for public help and missing persons unit detectives take charge.

Police say no suspicious circumstances have been identified in Samantha Murphy's disappearance, with potential leads discounted.

Husband Mick Murphy and daughter Jess Murphy appeal for information on missing woman Samantha Murphy.

The family and friends of Ballarat woman Samantha Murphy say they've been touched by the way the community has united to search for the 51-year-old, who disappeared during a Sunday morning jog.

Victoria police hold a press conference updating on the search for missing Ballarat woman Samantha Murphy.

Jess Murphy says she knows her mum is out there as she addresses media in a desperate bid to help the search for missing Ballarat woman Samantha Murphy.

Police have announced a significant development four days since the disappearance of Victorian woman Samantha Murphy.

Samantha Murphy's friend and Ballarat Centre of Music and the Arts director Paula Heenan spoke with Raf Epstein on ABC Radio Melbourne on Wednesday morning.

Police say items recovered during a search of bushland near the home of missing Ballarat East woman Samantha Murphy are not related to her whereabouts. 

ACT police thanks the Canberra community after two boys reported missing are located safe and well.

The search for the 51-year-old mother focused on Woowookarung Regional Park and the bushland area near the Buninyong Golf Course yesterday, but has now expanded to Black Hill.

ACT police are dedicating increased resources to find two missing young children, as the amber alert issued on Monday remains current. 

Police and SES personnel are searching an area of state forest near the Victorian city in search of the missing 51-year-old.

This criminal case is at the heart of an unfolding crisis few Australians are aware of. This week there was an important breakthrough, writes Bridget Brennan.

The Kowanyama woman was 23 when she was last seen with a quarry caretaker more than 10 years ago, leading to a long-running inquest and a $500,000 reward.

Police say a 62-year-old man is assisting with their inquiries over the February 2013 disappearance of a Kowanyama woman known as Ms Bernard.

A 26-year-old man who had been missing on the Tasman Peninsula since Sunday has been found dehydrated and hungry after not eating for several days.

Ambrose Walton, 33, was planning to return to Canada just weeks after the date he was killed in a crash in remote WA. Now his family is working to bring his body home.

WA police confirm 33-year-old fly-in-fly-out worker Ambrose Walton, missing in the Pilbara region since Tuesday, has been found dead after his vehicle crashed near an unsealed access road.