A Tasmanian tiger expert has dismissed claims the extinct thylacine has been re-discovered in Tasmania's north-east.

In a video posted online by Thylacine Awareness Group of Australia, president Neil Waters said he believed he had potentially captured new photos of a family of thylacines from a camera trap.

"When I was checking the SD cards, I found some photos that were pretty damn good," Mr Waters said.

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"I know what they are. And so do a few independent expert witnesses, expert canine judges, feline judges, and a vet."

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Mr Waters said he believed the photos depicted a family of Tasmanian tigers.

He contacted the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery's honorary curator of vertebrate zoology Nick Mooney for verification.

However, Mr Mooney said the animals were likely to be a different species altogether.

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"Nick Mooney has concluded, that based on the physical characteristics shown in the photos provided by Mr Waters, the animals are very unlikely to be thylacines, and are most likely Tasmanian pademelons," a museum spokesman said in a statement.

"TMAG regularly receives requests for verification from members of the public who hope that the thylacine is still with us.

"However, sadly, there have been no confirmed sightings documented of the thylacine since 1936."

Pademelons can grow to 1.2m in length and weigh about 7kg.

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"Witchcraft" is thought to be a potential factor in the disappearance of a man from the northern NSW town of Armidale 27 years ago.

Police today announced the reward for information on what happened to Bill Roach has been increased to $1 million.

Mr Roach, then 25, was last seen on New Year's Eve in 1993 on a street in Armidale.

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In the following years, a rural property on the town's outskirts has been searched after a coronial inquest concluded it was likely Mr Roach had died.

As well as possible links to a drug syndicate, police are also investigating black magic and witchcraft.

In the days leading to his disappearance, Mr Roach had remarked that he had been cursed by witches.

"There were people who might have been associated with him at the time that might have been involved in witchery," Detective Superintendent Steve Laksa said.

"(If) he believed in it, I'm not sure."

Mr Roach's younger sister Kim is pleading for anybody with information to let police know.

"He was my mate, and that's just been ripped away," she said.

Anybody with information should call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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A man has been charged in relation to the death of an off-duty police officer who was killed while cycling in country Victoria.

A 57-year-old man has been charged with culpable driving following the fatal November 12 collision which killed Leading Senior Constable Dennis Cox.

The man was allegedly driving a car that struck the 42-year-old local officer on Sea Lake Road in the state's north-east.

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Snr Const Cox died at the scene. The driver is understood to have stopped at the scene and assisted with enquiries.

The charged Sea Lake man was bailed to appear at the Mildura Magistrates' Court on 18 May.

"Leading Senior Constable Dennis Cox was a well-respected and admired member of the Sea Lake community working at the community's one-person station for the past eight years," Victoria Police said in a statement on social media at the time.

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"Victoria Police extends its deepest sympathy and condolences to Dennis' immediate and extended family and friends."

Mr Cox spent 12 years with Victoria Police working in Western Victoria, the last eight years at a one-man station in Sea Lake, according to Crime Watch Victoria.

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