Australian hiker's body recovered as officials apologise for misreporting she was alive

The body of missing Australian hiker Lily Hooper has been recovered as officials investigate a "miscommunication" that briefly reported she had been found alive. Within minutes of reports first emerging that she was alive on Thursday, police confirmed that Hooper had been found deceased in the bushland of the Southern Highlands in New South Wales (NSW). State premier Chris Minns and NSW police commissioner Mal Lanyon apologised to her family on Friday over the error.

The body of Lily Hooper, 18, has been airlifted from a national park in the Southern Highlands following an eight-day search.

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