Australia news live: Chalmers defends record as RBA’s cash rate decision due; killed police officer Mia Lay remembered
The wife of an Australian-Vietnamese democracy campaigner, Tran Hiep, has appealed to the Albanese government to locate and repatriate her husband, who is missing in Cambodia. Tran Hiep, 50, was in Phnom Penh to meet with human rights defenders and was expected to travel to Bangkok to reunite with his wife, Chloe Dang.

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AI-generatedThe wife of an Australian-Vietnamese democracy campaigner, Tran Hiep, has appealed to the Albanese government to locate and repatriate her husband, who is missing in Cambodia. Tran Hiep, 50, was in Phnom Penh to meet with human rights defenders and was expected to travel to Bangkok to reunite with his wife, Chloe Dang. Ms. Dang has urged the Australian government to pressure Cambodia to investigate his disappearance. The article also mentions that Treasurer Jim Chalmers is defending his record as a decision on the RBA's cash rate is anticipated, and a police officer named Mia Lay is being remembered.
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4 extractedChloe Dang hopes the Australian government will pressure Cambodia to investigate Tran Hiep's whereabouts.
Tran Hiep was due to return to Bangkok, Thailand, to reunite with his wife Chloe Dang after a trip to Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Tran Hiep, a 50-year-old Australian-Vietnamese democracy campaigner, was missing in Cambodia.
The wife of an Australian activist missing in Cambodia has implored the Albanese government to find him and bring him home.