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A distraught Canberra family is calling for the community's help to find their 16-year-old son Nate Palmer, who went missing over a week ago. Electronic records show he likely travelled to Sydney before vanishing, Megan Doherty reports. The weather isn't the only thing that's been slow to kick into gear this spring. The usually buoyant property market has been late to come out from under the doona, too. Agents are working harder to sell properties than last year, putting buyers in the driver's seat, Lucinda Garbutt-Young reports.
Universal childcare looks to be shaping up as one of the key issues at the upcoming federal election. Thousands of advocates around the country are sick of sky-high fees and hard to access places, reports Dana Daniel in her in-depth look at the issue in this week's Forum read. Finally, Lucy Bladen brings readers a family's heartbreaking search for justice in her exclusive report about the death of Jordan Barac. The last time his mother Sandra saw her son alive he was in his pajamas playing a game on the family's PlayStation. She told him not to stay up too late as the family was planning a trip to Corin Forest the next day. When the phone rang in the middle of the night the caller informed the family something terrible had happened to Jordan. Expect some frost this morning before we get a top of 19 degrees. Enjoy your weekend. Scott Hannaford, deputy editor | 