Police are renewing their appeal for public assistance to locate a 60-year-old woman missing from the Central Coast. The search for Rita-Marie Collin is set to resume as authorities continue to seek information about her whereabouts.
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Today's Key Stories
Among the top stories today are calls for budget funding to support the Hunter's economic transformation, political commentary from Stuart Bonds and Barnaby Joyce regarding a potential One Nation uprising in the region, and a report of a person escaping a house fire at Bar Beach.
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