Channel Four Live Cam

Wednesday 31 July, 12.45pm

Good afternoon, Jean Acheson with the Live Cam, and just minutes ago the police confirmed that the body found here by Canberra’s Lake Burley Griffin early this morning is indeed that of missing Environment Minister Susan Wright.

The police are treating Mrs Wright’s death as suspicious, and if the scale of the search that failed to find her is anything to go by, their investigation into her death will be massive.

Flowers are piling up along the roadside here as word spreads of the minister’s tragic demise, and opposition leader Lou Feeney says he’ll follow the prime minister’s lead and suspend his campaign for at least twenty-four hours as a joint mark of respect.

Prime Minister Lansdowne and most of his cabinet will meet in Canberra later today to discuss the security implications of their colleague’s death. This is Jean Acheson. Back with more in a moment.