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991 - Police and Counter-terrorism - UNSOLVED HOMICIDES AND MISSING PERSONS CASES

Buckingham, Jeremy to the Minister for Agriculture, Minister for Regional New South Wales, and Minister for Western New South Wales representing the Minister for Police and Counter-terrorism, and Minister for the Hunter

(1) In addition to the homicides and disappearances of the following persons that remain unsolved:

  • Narelle Cox disappeared from Grafton 1977,
  • Robyn Hickie disappeared from Belmont 1979,
  • Amanda Robinson disappeared from Swansea 1979,
  • Anneke Adriansen and Alan Fox disappeared from Kempsey 1979,
  • Lewis ‘Buddy’ Kelly murdered in Kempsey 1983,
  • Hilda Clarke disappeared from Coffs Harbour 1986,
  • Susan Isenhood murdered in Taree 1986,
  • Lesley Waterhouse murdered in Port Macquarie 1986,
  • Helen Madden disappeared from Nambucca Heads 1988,
  • Susan Kiely disappeared from Bellingen 1989,
  • Evelyn Greenup murdered in Bowraville 1990,
  • Colleen Walker-Craig murdered in Bowraville 1990,
  • Clinton Speedy-Deroux murdered in Bowraville 1991,
  • Bronwyn Winfield disappeared from Lennox Head 1993,
  • Gordana Kotevski disappeared from Charlestown 1994,
  • Melissa Hunt murdered in Stockrington 1994,
  • Ineka Hinkley murdered in Bellingen 1996,
  • Margaret Cox murdered in Taree 1996,
  • Lee Ellen Stace murdered in Yamba 1997,
  • Lois Roberts murdered in Nimbin 1998,
  • Lucy MacDonald disappeared from Lismore in 2002,
  • Margaret Gall murdered in Raymond Terrace 2002,
  • Rose Howell disappeared from Bellingen 2003,
  • Harmony Bryant murdered in Bonny Hills 2003,
  • Kylee-Ann Schaffer disappeared from Willawarren 2004,
  • Roslyn Reay murdered in Newcastle 2005,
  • Simone Strobel murdered in Lismore 2005,
  • Amanda O’Dell murdered in Kempsey 2006,
  • Jasmine Morris disappeared from Grafton 2009, and
  • Ellen Wilson disappeared from Ballina 2015

(a) Can the Minister advise are there any other North Coast women who are unsolved missing               or unsolved murdered in the period 1977 to 2022?

(b) If yes, please advise for each woman:

(i) The year they went missing or were found murdered

(ii) What are their names?

(iii) The location where they went missing or were found murdered?

(2) In regard to the list in (1) are there any current rewards offered for information regarding their murder or disappearance?

(a) If yes, please list the person's name and the amount of reward on offer.

(3) Are any strike forces in current operation investigating any of the murdered or missing in the list in (1)?

(a) If yes, please list the strike force name and the person’s or people’s name being investigated by the strike force.

(4) What year was Taskforce Metz established?

(a) Which murdered or missing people were included in the investigation conducted by Taskforce Metz?

(b) When did Taskforce Metz disband?

(5) What are the names of any other taskforces established to investigate any of the people in the list in (1), that have been disbanded?

(a) For each taskforce:

(i) Please list the name of the taskforce

(ii) The date formed

(iii) The date disbanded

(iv) Whose murder or disappearance was being investigated?

(6) For which of the murdered women in the list in (1), are DNA samples being held?
Answer -

I am advised:

(1a) (1b) (i) (ii) (iii)

1978 - Joy Hodgins and Anni Tominac - Mayfield

1979 - Caroline Dow - Kingscliff

1979 - Elfriede Sierek - MacMasters Beach

1979 - Amanda Zolis - Hamilton

1979 - Hazel Vidler (nee Knight) - Upper Lansdowne

1982 - Elizabeth Dixon - Ashtonfield

1982 - Susan Mary Smith - Stokers Siding

1983 - Maria Karakatsanis - Mooney Mooney

1984 - Gwen Beeson - Casino

1984 - Stacey Lee Kirk - Maitland

1984 - Andrea Wharton - Byron Bay

1984 - Josephine McDonald - Umina Beach

1984 - Elizabeth Bromfield - Wyong

1986 - Wanda Amundsen - Umina

1987 - Cheryl Burchell - Carrington

1990 - Veronica Rigney - Coffs Harbour

1991 - Hazel Christian - Mannering Park

1992 - Ada Collins - Swansea

1993 - Allison Newstead - Cessnock

1993 - Melissa Astill - Awaba

1994 - Margaret Howlett - Singleton

1994 - Genel Megan Pitt - Mount White

1995 - Angela Foley - Belmont

1997 - Marion Barter aka (Florabella Remakel) - Southport

1998 - Bernadette Donaldson - Darrigo

1998 - Elizabeth Wright - Woy Woy

1999 - Lisa Varagnola - Hexam

2000 - Susan Kay and Joanne Teterin - Carrington

2000 - Celeste Gilbert- Mooney Mooney

2000 - Cherylee Masters - Taree

2001 - Taia Colwell - Terrigal

2001 - Rhonda Bickley - Georgetown

2006 - Daneeka Nixon - Lismore

2008 - Stacey McMaugh - Caves Beach

 

(2) and (2a)

Robyn Hickie - reward offer of $1,000,000 issued in August 2021

Amanda Robinson - reward offer of $1,000,000 issued in August 2021

Anneke Adriaansen and Alan Fox - reward offer of $100,000 issued in June 2006

Evelyn Greenup - reward offer of $1,000,000 issued in 2022

Colleen Walker-Craig - reward offer of $1,000,000 issued in 2022

Clinton Speedy-Deroux - reward offer of $1,000,000 issued in 2022

Bronwyn Winfield - reward offer of $100,000 issued in March 2011

Gordana Kotevski - reward offer of $1,000,000 issued in June 2022

Melissa Hunt - reward offer of $1,000,000 issued in December 2020

Lee Ellen Stace - reward offer of $1,000,000 issued in June 2019

Margaret Gall - reward offer of $100,000 issued in September 2001

Rose Howell - reward offer of $750,000 issued in March 2023

Harmony Bryant - reward offer of $100,000 issued in March 2011

Roslyn Reay - reward offer of $750,000 issued in April 2023

Simone Strobel - reward offer of $1,000,000 issued in October 2020

Lesley Waterhouse - reward offer of $50,000 issued in June 1986

(3) Yes

(3a) It is not appropriate for the NSW Police Force to provide person/s of interest details that are the subject of current investigations.

Robyn Hickie - Strike Force Arapaima and Strike Force Aletheia

Amanda Robinson - Strike Force Arapaima and Strike Force Aletheia

Bronwyn Winfield - Strike Force Chelmsbrook

Gordana Kotevski - Strike Force Bambil

Melissa Hunt - Strike Force Circulo

Lee Ellen Stace - Strike Force Delaware

Lois Roberts - Strike Force Brassie

Rose Howell - Strike Force Chelonia and Strike Force Alethia

Roslyn Reay - Strike Force Oro

Kylee-Ann Schaffer - Strike Force Sixth and Strike Force Alethia

Simone Strobel - Strike Force Howea

Lewis 'Buddy' Kelly - Strike Force Bolls

Narelle Cox - Strike Force Aletheia

Anneke Adriaansen and Alan Fox - Strike Force Alethia

Hilda Clarke - Strike Force Alethia

Susan Kiely - Strike Force Alethia

Bronwyn Winfield - Strike Force Alethia

Gordana Kotevski - Strike Force Alethia

Lucy McDonald - Strike Force Alethia

Jasmine Morris - Strike Force Alethia

Ellen Wilson - Strike Force Alethia

(4) Task Force Metz commenced in January 1999.

(4a) Task Force Metz investigated the disappearance and murder of Lois Roberts.

(4b) Task Force Metz ceased enquiries in June 2000 and prepared evidence for the Coronial Inquest into Lois Roberts' death which occurred in June 2002.

 

(5a) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

Strike Force Badges - commenced in June 2003 and finalised in November 2012

• Narelle Cox

 

Task Force Fenwick - commenced in April 1998 and finalised in July 2003

• Robyn Hickie

• Amanda Robinson

• Gordana Kotevski

 

Strike Force Wallaroo - commenced in August 2002 and finalised in May 2011

• Susan Kiely

 

Task Force Ancud - commenced in January 1997 and finalised in March 2008

• Evelyn Greenup

• Colleen Walker-Craig

• Clinton Speedy-Deroux

 

Operation Lumberton - commenced in August 1998 and finalised in May 2002

• Bronwyn Winfield

 

Task Force Bountree - commenced in November 1994 and finalised in September 1997

• Gordana Kotevski

 

Strike Force Casco - commenced in September 1997 and finalised in April 1998

• Gordana Kotevski

 

Strike Force lmpey - commenced in April 1994 and finalised in March 1998

• Melissa Hunt

 

Strike Force Alsdorf- commenced in November 1996 and finalised in November 2005

• lneka Hinkley

 

Strike Force Annonay- commenced in December 1996 and finalised in 2004

• Margaret Cox

 

Task Force Metz - commenced in January 1999 and finalised in June 2000

• Lois Roberts

 

Strike Force Varberg - commenced in June 2010 and finalised in December 2013

• Margaret Gall

 

Strike Force Behl - commenced in June 2009 and finalised in April 2011

• Harmony Bryant

 

Strike Force Wardle - commenced in April 2006 and finalised in August 2012

• Amanda O'Dell

 

Strike Force Sobroan - commenced in October 2009 and finalised in December 2020

• Jasmine Morris

 

(6) It is not appropriate for the NSW Police Force to disclose such forensic information.

Question asked on 4 August 2023 (session 58-1) and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 63
Answer received on 25 August 2023 and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 78

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