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Friday 9 August, 11.30am

Good morning, Jean Acheson here, twenty-four hours on, and the search for Prime Minister Michael Lansdowne continues.

As part of that effort, the Security Co-ordination Centre last night shut down the mobile-phone network covering the ACT and southern New South Wales. But most of you will already know that.

Now while no one doubts the need for the roadblocks and the house searches that the Centre has instituted, the shutdown of the mobile network has everyone confused, and a little bit angry. Local talkback was flooded with callers this morning. Some said the shutdown had put their businesses at risk. Others with health problems said that a functioning mobile phone could be the difference for them between living and dying.

Campbell resident Margaret James had another argument against the shutdown. She said that anyone who now spotted Lomax in and around Canberra wouldn’t be able to alert the police in a timely way. This is Jean Acheson. Back with more soon.