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Keeping track of what’s been done will help you decide what to do next (if anything). Delegate tasks and remember they’re only suggestions. You know your missing loved one best.

Immediately

Gather details (physical description, circumstances etc.)
Report to the police
Create and distribute
Contact Australian Missing Persons Register
Spread the word (door knock, email etc.)

First week

Consider creating a dedicated social media account(s)
Store information centrally (e.g. Dropbox)
Send a media release
Contact relevant people and organisations
Consider if you would like to set up a hotline phone

First month

Arrange the missing person’s bills
Consider hiring a billboard
Create and distribute
Request or organise a ground search
Consider a hotline phone

Long term (90+ days)

Contact relevant people and organisations
Have them added to the AFP missing persons register
Announce a reward for information
Write a blog piece
Events and fundraisers
Request an inquest
Have an age-progression made

This checklist is just a guide – please go at our own pace and do what feels right for you and your family.

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