A Bogut adds $25,000 to reward for finding missing Jesse Densley

Member of the public spotted Jesse near Champion St in Williamstown, where he had been staying in a disused building with other people since Tuesday.

He was taken to the Royal Chidren’s Hospital for treatment.

Jesse’s father, Jody, said he and wife Michelle rushed to the police station when told the 15-year-old had been found.

"We got here in about 15 seconds,’’ he said.

Asked if a $50,000 reward for information about their son, posted by Mr Densley's former employer the Lew family and basketballer Andrew Bogut, was still valid, the relieved father said: "Yeah, absolutely.’’

"I would like to especially thank the Lew family, Rose and Solomon Lew. Previous employers of mine I’ve had no contact with for 18 years and without hesitation they put up the first $25,000.

Jesse was last seen by a friend at North Williamstown train station about 8.30am on Tuesday.

He was later captured on CCTV getting off a train at Cheltenham station before boarding a return service to Newport.

Despite several unsuccessful leads, neither police nor Jesse's parents have any idea where he went next.

Jody and Michelle Densley offered a $25,000 reward this morning as the search entered its fourth day.

The figure was then matched by Bogut after the Milwaukee Bucks star heard Mr Densley's pleas on radio.

Today he was taken to Williamstown Police Station where he was united with his relieved family, and waved to reporters before being taken by ambulance to the Royal Children’s Hospital for assessment.

It is understood Jesse was spotted by another boy who called Triple 0.

Ms Densley told Radio 3AW that she was “beside herself” at the discovery.

And despite his visit to hospital, she was confident it was "nothing a good wash and feed won't fix".

The discovery brings to an end an agonising search that included emotional public pleas from his parents.

As late as this morning, Mr Densley and Jesse's mother Michelle said they had no idea where their son was.

Mr Densley said he hoped the money would impel more people to help.

"It's only going to take one person to find Jess," Mr Densley said.

"He's going to be alone I guess. We have have no idea where he is. If we did, we would be looking."

Jesse, who has been suffering depression, has not contacted friends or logged into his Facebook account since his disappearance.

He is described as Caucasian, about 185cm tall and medium build with blond shoulder-length hair.

He was last seen wearing a grey Rip Curl hoodie with a blue panel on the chest.

Police are urging anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or to visit www.crimestoppers.com.au – or call 000.

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Nathan Tinkler hits a billion on the rich list

Gina Rinehart has topped off a dramatic 12 months by sweeping to top place on the BRW Rich 200 list with a fortune of $10.3 billion.

It is the first time any member of the Rich 200 has broken through the magical $10 billion mark and underlines the dramatic impact the mining boom has had on the ranks of Australia's wealthy.

Rinehart was well ahead of the surprise second place on the list Ivan Glasenberg, the South African-born, Swiss-based chief executive of Glencore. His wealth was estimated at $8.8 billion courtesy of last week's float of the world's biggest commodity trader.

Andrew Forrest, the head of Fortescue Metals Group, was in third place with a fortune of $6.18 billion, while Anthony Pratt, who succeeded his late father as head of packaging giant Visy Industries, was in fourth with $5.18 billion.

Clive Palmer – who is set to list his coal company Resourcehouse on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in the next few weeks – was ranked fifth with a fortune of $5.05 billion.

While Gina Rinehart has never been far from the headlines in the last 12 months thanks to her strident opposition to the Government's mining tax and her surprise investments in media companies Ten Network and Fairfax Media, the sheer size of the increase in her fortune is staggering.

Not only is she the first woman in the list's 28-year history to lead it, but she also made the biggest fortune ever to be recorded by the BRW Rich 200, with her wealth more than doubling from $4.75 billion last year.

Overall, the rich list gained a 23 per cent rise in wealth to $167.25 billion, and five new billionaires took the total to 35.

Most appearances on this year's list were self-made, with only 17 per cent inheriting their wealth. The number of women in the list remained at 15 in line with last year, BRW said.

Harold Camping: Judgment Day Did Actually Happen Saturday

As crestfallen followers of a California preacher who foresaw the world's end strained to find meaning in their lives, Harold Camping revised his apocalyptic prophecy Monday, saying he was off by five months and the Earth actually will be obliterated on Oct. 21.

Camping, who predicted that 200 million Christians would be taken to heaven Saturday before global cataclysm struck the planet, said he felt so terrible when his doomsday message did not come true that he left home and took refuge in a motel with his wife. His independent ministry, Family Radio International, spent millions -- some of it from donations made by followers -- on more than 5,000 billboards and 20 RVs plastered with the Judgment Day message.

Follower Jeff Hopkins also spent a good deal of his own retirement savings on gas money to power his car so people would see its ominous lighted sign showcasing Camping's May 21 warning. As the appointed day drew nearer, Hopkins started making the 100-mile round trip from Long Island to New York City twice a day, spending at least $15 on gas each trip.

Camping did admit to at least one mistake: that he'd been reading the Bible with a factual mindset, rather than a spiritual one, which is why he'd misinterpreted Saturday's events.

"On May 21, this last weekend, this is where the spiritual aspect of it really comes through," said Camping. "God again brought judgment on the world. We didn't see any difference but God brought Judgment Day to bear upon the whole world. The whole world is under Judgment Day and it will continue right up until Oct. 21, 2011 and by that time the whole world will be destroyed."

So, in other words, even though Harold Camping was wrong, he was actually still right. You just don't know it, because you aren't Harold Camping.

Afghanistan mission 'succeeding' despite soldier's death

HUNDREDS of ex-servicemen stood together, backs straight, in perfect silence. None of them knew Sergeant Brett Wood, but all were familiar with the pain of loss.

During a minute's silence to mark the death of the 24th Digger in Afghanistan and the wounding of five others, there were some who called for the government to pull Australian troops out of an ''unwinnable'' conflict.

Australian forces, it was learnt yesterday, have killed about 1500 insurgents in the past 12 months, during some of the most vicious fighting seen by the military since the Vietnam War.

We can't win there, the mob we're fighting are willing to use women and children in battle: they will do anything,'' said Bob Cunningham, 63, at yesterday's Congress of Returned Servicemen's Leagues at Rooty Hill.

''In Afghanistan you don't know who or where the enemy is but you know they've got no morals and we're Australian, so we have to fight fair.''

'But progress is being made in Afghanistan and we are there for all of the right reasons - we are there to ensure that Afghanistan does not again become a safe haven for terrorists.

One of Sergeant Wood's fellow soldiers suffered life-threatening wounds and another serious injuries from the same blast. Another three Australian soldiers were injured in a separate firefight on Monday, but they were expected to be discharged from hospital at the Australian base in Tarin Kowt last night.

Defence Force chief Angus Houston yesterday described Sergeant Wood as a ''magnificent'' soldier who was on his third deployment to Afghanistan, having previously served in Iraq, East Timor and Bougainville.

Paul Twining's son, David, was Sergeant Wood's best friend until David was killed in a car accident in 2001, just three days after returning from service in East Timor. The two met the day they both joined the army and the pair became best friends. ''After losing our son, every time you'd hear about something overseas you'd always hope it wasn't Brett, but unfortunately you have in the back of your mind that one day it might happen,'' Mr Twining said.

Sergeant Wood's death came as a former Taliban commander reportedly said insurgents in Oruzgan were laying down their arms to concentrate on harvesting opium.

Australia's stated aim is to train the 4th Brigade of the Afghan National Army to allow it to assume responsibility for security in the province.

However, over the Australian summer, allied troops in Oruzgan have pushed further out from Tarin Kowt, taking territory and Taliban arms caches, and killing and capturing insurgent leaders ahead of the ''fighting season''.

With these successes, the Department of Defence and the government appear to have broadened their definition of progress.

''We are in places in Oruzgan we've never been before,'' Air Chief Marshal Houston, said yesterday.

Body found in car in Melbourne dam

Police this afternoon announced the death was not being treated as suspicious and officers were investigating a possible car accident after the discovery of a hatchback in a dam this morning.

Body found in a car thought to have been submerged in a dam for four months could be that of a missing Geelong man.

Farmers draining a dam on a Werribee South property found the car with the body inside on Monday morning.

Police are investigating whether the vehicle ended up in the water after an accident.

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They believe the dead man could be a 46-year-old from Corio who has been missing since January.

"The death is currently not being treated as suspicious and police are looking at a number of factors, including a possible vehicle collision," a police statement said.

Police have not named the person but in January they issued an appeal to help locate 46-year-old Ismet Toprak after he failed to turn up for work in Werribee South.

His wife last saw the father of four leaving his home in the Geelong suburb of Corio about 4.30am on January 12.

But he failed to arrive for work at a broccoli and cauliflower farm in Werribee South.

In January, police and relatives said it was extremely out of character for Mr Toprak, described as a hard worker and family oriented, not to be in contact with his family and friends.

Mr Toprak's brother Huseyin Toprak flew to Melbourne from Turkey to support the family, who migrated to southwestern Victoria in the late 1990s. Their extended family remains in Turkey.

Police at the time said Mr Ismet Toprak reportedly had been upset by his wife's long battle with cancer but remained committed to his family, and usually called his wife every half hour to check how she was.

It's understood the car was covered in algae, indicating it had been in the dam for some time, and that a section of barbed wire fence had been knocked down near the site.

Aussie man busted for drugs in Bali

DENPASAR, Indonesia, May 23, 2011 (AFP) - - Indonesian police on Monday said they had arrested an Australian man with a small amount of methamphetamine and two ecstasy pills on the resort island of Bali.

Ricky Shane Rawson, 49, of Melbourne, could face up to 20 years in jail if convicted of possession of illegal drugs, police said.

He was arrested Saturday at a villa in Seminyak, north of Kuta beach. Police said Rawson was in Bali on holiday.

"At this stage we suspect that he is only an addict, not a distributor," a police officer told reporters.

The chief of the drug squad in Denpasar, Ambariady, said Rawson was arrested on Saturday at a villa where he was staying in the upmarket area of Seminyak.

"He's an Australian citizen who was caught in an operation, called Operation Antique, and carried out by Denpasar police," he said.

He added that police were still investigating the source of the alleged drugs.

Police allege Rawson was caught with a small bag of methamphetamine and two ecstasy pills.

He is expected to be charged with drugs possession, which carries a penalty of between four and 20 years' jail.

Woman can use dead husband's sperm

Sydney woman has won her battle to be able to use her dead husband's frozen sperm to try to have their baby.

Justice Robert Allan Hulme ruled in the NSW Supreme Court that Jocelyn Edwards is entitled to possession of the sperm recovered from the body of her late husband, Mark Edwards.

"Although there is no direct evidence, the clear and only inference is that she desires to have a child with the aid of assisted reproductive treatment," the judge said.

Ms Edwards, 40, married her husband in 2005 and after she had not fallen pregnant, they discussed fertility treatment and assisted reproductive technology and attended a clinic in early August 2010.

The couple expressed a preference for IVF and were to return on August 6 for discussions and to sign consent forms to commence treatment.

"Tragically, at about 12.15pm on 5 August, Mr Edwards was fatally injured in a workplace accident," the judge said.

The next morning a judge made orders allowing the posthumous extraction of sperm from Mr Edwards and this has been held at a laboratory pending the court case