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Police are offering a $250,000 reward for information into the mysterious disappearance of Queensland woman over two decades ago.

Marion Barter, aged 51 at the time, was last seen at a bus depot on Scarborough Street at Southport, Queensland, on Sunday 22 June 1997.

The mother-of-two left Australia for the United Kingdom that day under the name Florabella Natalia Marion Remakel, which she had officially changed the month before.

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Her outgoing passenger card stated she was divorced and intended to live in Luxembourg while in the UK.

In August 1997, Ms Barter is thought to have re-entered Australia with an incoming passenger card stating she was married and resided in Luxembourg.

Inquiries also revealed an unknown person accessed her bank account from NSW and Queensland in the months following her disappearance.

Family members reported Ms Barter missing to police in Byron Bay in October 1997, after not having heard from her since June.

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In the weeks leading up to her disappearance, Marion was seen by a family member leaving a service station on Ferry Road, Southport, in a red Honda Civic Breeze with a tall male passenger in the vehicle.

In July 2019, a formal review was conducted with the Homicide Squad's Unsolved Homicide Unit subsequently established Strike Force Jurunga to re-investigate the case.

A coronial inquest began in June this year and will continue at Ballina and Byron Bay next week.

"This is being treated as a suspicious disappearance," Homicide Squad Commander, Detective Superintendent Danny Doherty said.

"This is an unusual case, it's an intriguing matter."

"We still can't explain how someone disappeared off the face of the earth from 1997."

Police are hopeful the reward will encourage people to come forward with new information.

"For 24 years, family and friends of Marion have lived without any understanding of why she disappeared so abruptly," Minister for Police and Emergency Services, David Elliott, said.

"Marion's daughter, Sally, has never given up her quest for the truth."

Mr Doherty, said detectives have re-examined items from the original investigation and are looking to speak to new people who may have any information.

"Marion's behaviour leading up to June 1997 and following her departure from Australia has been described as out of character," he said.

"We are particularly eager to hear from anyone who may have had any interaction with Marion Barter or Florabella Remakel from June 1997 onward, particularly in late July or early August 1997.

"We are trying to piece together some of the missing links in Marion's movements and her close connections to create a full picture of exactly what has happened."

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The Australian Medical Association is "really concerned" about Sydney's latest outbreak and says the NSW Government has not gone far enough in locking down four local government areas.

AMA President Dr Omar Khorshid said "the reality is the Delta virus is different" and labelled the restrictions announced today as "confusing".

"It is being transmitted far more easily and everyone has acknowledged that it is different," Dr Khorshid said.

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"Sydney has not faced this before and it means a different approach is required.

"Our concern with the current announcement is that it is confusing for many people in Sydney.

"If you work in the CBD but live outside of it, we know if you contract the disease you are going to give it to your family."

He called for a full lockdown of Greater Sydney to get on top of the growing outbreak.

"An alternative, and what the AMA believes will be the right move, is a lockdown of the Sydney Basin," Dr Khorshid said.

"Everyone doing the same thing, the same rules for everyone.

"If we do that, that would get let the government get ahead of the virus and give the contact tracers a chance to catch up."

Dr Khorshid warned the strain gripping Sydney presents different challenges to any other detected in previous outbreaks.

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"The Delta strain is significantly more transmissible than anything Sydney has faced before," he said.

"Delta is now out and about.

"There are locations throughout Sydney that are of concern and there are hundreds and thousands of people being traced right now.

"We have to get ahead of it. The virus is two or three days ahead of the contact tracing."

The Delta strain has circulated in Victoria before, but not in Sydney.

Dr Khorshid said if the COVID-19 vaccine rollout program was further along, Sydney would not be going into lockdown.

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"We only need to look at the last few months to see what life is going to be like in Australia until we have a near-complete vaccination program," he said.

"We are seeing breaches every few weeks right across the country.

"This virus is highly transmissible and it is getting ahead of us again and again."

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A woman is lucky to be alive after a tree sliced through her home during wild storms in South Australia.

The tree, which was about 60 metres high, fell onto the woman's home and narrowly missed 82-year-old Eileen Moody, who was having her breakfast at the time.

This is after a low-pressure system packing heavy rain and 100km/h winds has smashed Adelaide and left a huge clean-up in its wake.

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Neighbours Arthur and Jennifer Carson told 9News Adelaide reporter Oliver Haig that they were having a cup of tea when they heard a loud "crack" as a tree crashed onto the house next door.

They were the first on the scene and said their 82-year-old neighbour had roof insulation on her head.

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The woman was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

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Her family told 9News that she remains in good spirits and said it was a miracle that she survived.

The weather system passed overnight and moved on to Victoria however a massive clean-up operation continues.

Police are seeking "urgent legal advice" to determine whether the limousine driver at the centre of the Sydney outbreak had broken any laws while transporting international aircrews to and from the airport.

NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller said this morning he is seeking a second opinion about the driver's conduct, who is believed to be patient zero in the recent outbreak.

"We have sent it out for urgent legal advice," Commissioner Fuller said on 2GB.

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"The significance of this outbreak means I just need to tick every box in terms of making sure whether he has or hasn't definitively breached the health orders.

"We can always strengthen health orders, Minister Hazzard is doing that as we speak.

"There is a fair bit of public outrage about it, I know the premier is certainly disappointed, so I have received mixed messages in terms or whether or not he has breached the health orders."

Mr Fuller said in the last 20 hours seven fines have been issued to people not wearing masks and the amount of cautions has "dropped dramatically".

He said that he has advised police to further crack down on people ignoring health advice.

In response to Commissioner Fuller's comments, NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard announced that health guidelines will be tightened around transportation of international passengers.

"We will now be having orders that will be effective as from 4.00pm today requiring that people comply with those guidelines effectively," he said.

"We're stepping up the guidelines on mask wearing for those drivers of people coming in from international flights – whether they're passenger flights or whether they're cargo flights.

"We will have the guidelines that have existed will be now pushed into very clear orders with very clear consequences."

Liquor & Gaming NSW inspectors, along with officers from Safework NSW and Fair Trading NSW will also head out today across Sydney issuing fines and checking up on venues in a new blitz targeting non-compliance.

Bondi and surrounding suburbs will be targeted first, Acting Director Compliance Liquor & Gaming NSW Darren Duke said.

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"It is critically important that all people visiting hospitality venues must remember to check-in using the Service NSW QR Code," Mr Duke said.

"The COVID-Safe requirements are in place for an important reason, and all venues need to make sure they are fully compliant.

"Venues not complying with the Public Health Orders pose a clear and significant risk to public health and any venues found breaching the rules may be subject to a fine or in serious cases could face a closure of their venue."

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The latest restrictions on hospitality venues in Greater Sydney include all staff wearing masks when working indoors and keeping patrons within the one person per four square metre rule.

Customers are also required to stay seated while drinking and are not allowed to sing or dance.

Over the past two months, Liquor & Gaming NSW has conducted over 200 inspections of hospitality venues issuing 14 fines totalling more than $40,000.

NSW recorded 11 locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 yesterday, with the majority linked to the Bondi outbreak and most positive cases already in isolation.

Yesterday, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said she would not implement a lockdown at this stage, but warned residents that this is "the scariest period that NSW is going through."

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