Names of those who remain unaccounted for following the Hunter Valley wedding bus crash have been revealed as police continue their investigation into the tragedy.

Ten people have been confirmed dead in the Sunday night crash, with multiple others currently in hospital.

The driver, 58-year-old Brett Button, has been charged and was granted bail in court this morning.

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains images of people who has died.

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The bus had been returning from the wedding reception of Mitchell Gaffney and Maddy Edsell at the nearby Wandin Valley Estate, when it overturned at a roundabout near Greta.

NSW Police family liaison officers will continue to speak to the families and the victims but formal identification could yet take days.

Faces of the tragedy

The state's health minister has paid tribute to the family of a junior doctor who was killed in the crash.

Junior doctor Rebecca Mullen has been confirmed as one of the 10 people to have died in the Sunday night crash.

"It is a really sad day for NSW Health that we have lost one of our team members," Health Minister Ryan Park said.

"It is sad for those paramedics who are now dealing with incredible burden and pain and anguish in the images and the challenging circumstances they were dealing with."

Park said he was "really proud" of all of the paramedics who attended the scene.

Mullen was based at Calvary Mater Hospital within the Hunter New England Local Health District after graduating from the University of Newcastle in 2021.

Mullen's former Aussie Rules club, the New England Nomads, also posted a tribute to her online.

"Bec was an extremely active member of the club, a wonderfully talented sportswoman and a friend to all who knew her," the tribute read.

"We offer our sincere condolences to her friends and family."

Also among those unaccounted for is Melbourne woman Darcy Bulman.

A spokesperson for the Australian Securities and Investments (ASIC) has confirmed Bulman was involved in the incident but could not provide further details.The Sydney Morning Herald.

The ASIC spokesperson said special counselling arrangements would be organised for her close colleagues.

Bulman's former employer KPMG said in a statement: "This is truly tragic news. Darcy was a very capable professional and a wonderful colleague in our Forensic team. When she moved to ASIC, Darcy continued to build a successful career. Our thoughts are with Darcy's family and friends at this very difficult time."

Singleton mum and daughter Nadene and Kyah McBride are also unaccounted for.

The pair were part of the Singleton Roosters football club, an Australian Rules team.

Nadene coached the Roosterettes, the club's women's squad, according to its website.

The Sydney Women's AFL Masters Facebook page posted a tribute to them both.

"Our women's masters football community is shocked and saddened by the tragic news that Nadene (Nads) McBride and her daughter Kyah have now been named as having passed away in the Singleton wedding bus crash," the group posted.

"Our thoughts and sympathy extend to all the friends, families and teammates of Nads and Kyah and the Singleton football community.

"Please reach out to each other for support."

One tribute posted online said Kyah was "a beautiful person inside and out".

In a statement, the McBride family said "there are no words to describe the grief our family is feeling at this time" as they asked for privacy.

The family, which has Indigenous heritage, has granted permission for images of Nadene and Kyah to be used.

Married Singleton couple Andrew and Lynan Scott were also victims.

Both also played for the Singleton Roosters, with Andrew reaching the 100-game milestone last year.

In a tribute article on the club website, his teammates described him as one of the best they'd ever played with.

The Queensland-based Redland-Victoria Point Sharks Football Club posted a tribute saying the football community "mourned" the loss of Andrew and Lynan.

Lynan's fellow Roosterette, Tori Cowburn, with whom she also played with as a Hunter regional representative, is also unaccounted for after the crash.

Byron Bay man Zachary Bray and Queenslander Angus Craig have also been named, along with Kane Symons.

The Carlton Park Surf Life Saving Club issued a statement on behalf of Symons' family.

"Kane, otherwise known as 'Superman', was an amazing athlete who competed at the highest level," club president Christine Gaby said on Facebook.

"But more than that he was a leader, a great bloke and a mate to many. We adored him and he will be truly missed."

Bray, according to his Facebook page, was a bowel cancer survivor and an ambassador with The Gut Foundation.

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Police have notified the next of kin of those they've identified as best they can.

The sporting and wider community continues to mourn, with a number of locals caught up in the tragedy.

AFL side Sydney Swans will wear black armbands when they take to the field this week in memory of the victims.

"The Sydney Swans extend our deepest condolences to the families and friends of the people involved in the tragic bus crash in the Hunter Valley on the weekend," the club said in a statement.

"Many of those involved are connected to the Singleton AFL club, while there is also a connection to the QBE Sydney Swans Academy program, and therefore the wider Swans community."

"We are deeply saddened by the horrific events over the weekend," Sydney Swans CEO Tom Harley added.

"Our hearts go out to all of those impacted by this tragedy and our club offers its deepest condolences to their family and friends."

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Some of the leading architects of the proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament have urged Australians to keep the faith even as support for the body has slid below majority levels for the first time.

According to a Resolve poll published in the Sydney Morning Herald yesterday, three states (WA, SA and Queensland) would vote "no" in the referendum if it was held today, while only 49 per cent of Australians would cast a ballot in favour of the constitutional change.

Responding to the poll, Pat Anderson and Megan Davis, the co-chairs of the Uluru Dialogue, said they remain heartened by their meetings with people around the country.

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"The Uluru Dialogue takes its biggest cues from the countless meetings and conversations we're having on the ground with both First Nations people and non-Indigenous Australians – the very people to whom the Uluru Statement was issued as an invitation to walk together," they said.

"We're so heartened by those conversations with regards to recognition through a Constitutionally enshrined Voice, and our faith in the Australian people remains as strong as ever."

Support for the Voice, according to Resolve, has dropped from 64 per cent last September, and has fallen by nine per cent in the last three months alone, leading to calls for the Yes campaign to undergo an overhaul before this year's vote.

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Anderson and Davis, however, said outlining the nature and benefits of the proposed advisory body was a compelling argument.

"We are finding that when we sit down with people and explain the difference that the Voice will make – where so many other initiatives and ideas devised within the Canberra bubble have failed – they are more than ready to vote Yes," the co-chairs said.

"A First Nations Voice will make the difference between the completely unacceptable status quo and a brighter, more optimistic future.

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"A successful referendum based upon openness and respect will unify the nation.

"Keep the faith… history is calling."

Noel Pearson, another one of the Voice's architects, yesterday called for the Voice's proponents to focus more on the importance of reconciliation and constitutional recognition, rather than the Voice itself, to boost the referendum's chances of passing.

The Senate still needs to vote on the wording of the referendum this fortnight before a date for the vote is set.

Any referendum requires a majority of both people and states to vote in favour of the constitutional amendment for it to pass.

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Katy Gallagher has once again denied misleading parliament over her knowledge of Brittany Higgins' rape allegations, while the Australian Federal Police is assesing a complaint over the leaking of text messages in the matter.

In a statement to the Senate, the federal finance minister repeated her assertion that, while she knew about Higgins' rape allegations before they became public, she had not misled parliament by telling an estimates committee three years ago that "no one had any knowledge" of the matter.

"At Senate estimates on June 4 2021, the then-minister for defence, Senator (Linda) Reynolds, said, 'I know where this started'," Gallagher said.

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"She went on to say, 'I was told by one of your senators two weeks before about what you were intending to do with the story in my office'.

"Two weeks before.

"I was shocked at the assertion made by Senator Reynolds, with the clear implication that I was responsible or had some involvement with making that story public.

"That was not true. It was never true. And I responded to that allegation by saying no one had any knowledge."

Gallagher also said she had explained her prior knowledge of the allegations to Reynolds in a private meeting two years ago, which Reynolds accepted.

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Gallagher had revealed on Saturday that she did know about Higgins' allegations but insisted she had never misled parliament over the matter.

Reynolds is the minister in whose office Higgins claimed she was raped by then-Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann.

Lehrmann, who has always maintained his innocence, was charged over the allegations. His first trial was aborted without a finding due to juror misconduct, while a second was abandoned by prosecutors over concerns for Higgins' health.

A few hours after Gallagher's statement, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus confirmed in Question Time that a complaint has been made to the AFP over the leaking of texts from the Lehrmann trial.

"I am deeply concerned about the apparent unauthorised publication of material produced as a result of a subpoena in the criminal trial of Mr Bruce Lehrmann," he told parliament.

"Material produced to a court in response to a subpoena is subject to an implied undertaking from the parties who receive it, that it won't be used for purposes other than for those court proceedings… to breach it may constitute a contempt of court.

"I do understand that the Australian Federal Police have received a complaint in respect of this matter and that the AFP is currently assessing that complaint.

"It's vital that victims of alleged sexual assault have confidence that if they come forward and report what happened to them they will be treated fairly by our justice system."

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Gallagher wasn't the only politician to defend their actions over their handling of Higgins' allegations in parliament today.

Former prime minister Scott Morrison also denied he misled the house after being accused of doing just that by Reynolds' former chief of staff, Fiona Brown.

In an interview with The Australian over the weekend, Reynolds' former chief of staff, Fiona Brown, accused Morrison of telling parliament he had talked to her about Higgins' allegations when they had not.

While Morrison admitted that Brown's version of events may be more accurate than his own, the former PM insisted he had never deliberately misled the chamber.

While my recollection differed to that of Ms Brown, given there's more than two years that have passed… while I believe my response to accurate at the time, I cannot obviously fully discount her recollection of those events now were the more accurate," Morrison said.

"However, I reject any suggestion of deliberate intent in any such possible inaccuracy to my response."

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A $1.5 million award to Bill Spedding over trumped-up historical sexual assault allegations brought during the investigation into William Tyrrell's disappearance should be overturned, an appeals court has been told.

The State of NSW was ordered to pay Spedding the $1.5 million in December last year after police maliciously prosecuted the washing machine repairman while looking into the three-year-old's whereabouts in September 2014.

NSW Supreme Court Justice Ian Harrison found NSW Police and the Director of Public Prosecutions continued the case against Spedding, in which made-up claims of historical sexual abuse against two girls were brought, for an improper purpose.

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On Tuesday, NSW's barrister Stephen Free SC attempted to overturn this judgment, arguing that Harrison incorrectly analysed the facts of the case and made erroneous findings in favour of Spedding.

Free submitted that while the judge identified the three police officers who were investigating Spedding and who first charged him with sexual abuse, no one was named in the Office of the DPP over the claimed malicious prosecution.

"That kind of approach is apt to lead to error because it doesn't zero in on the particular act or particular individuals at particular times," he told the NSW Court of Appeal.

Without naming individuals in the ODPP, it was impossible to assess their state of mind and determine whether they maliciously pursued the case against Spedding, the court was told.

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There was also no evidence to suggest the director or those under him were colluding with police officers, including Inspector Gary Jubelin who openly wrote that the criminal proceedings were a way to nail Spedding for William's disappearance.

"(As) the person leading the investigation, I had to weigh up the cost of charging Bill against the cost of doing nothing and found the scales did not balance. The cost of doing nothing was heavier," he wrote in his book, I Catch Killers.

There was no evidence that Jubelin was the critical decision-maker when it came to charging Spedding, Free said.

There was also nothing to say that the other police officers working on the case or the officers at the ODPP shared Jubelin's ulterior motive, the barrister added.

Harrison also erred by finding the DPP was not reasonable in bringing the sexual assault charges against Spedding in April 2015 or for continuing with the case.

Prosecutors were not required to read over other material available to NSW Police which showed the charges were made-up and were entitled to bring the matter to trial, despite a not guilty verdict eventually being handed down in March 2018.

"It's not the role of the prosecutor to usurp the function of a jury," Free said.

The hearing continues.

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