Why police have offered a $1 million reward over Juanita Nielsen's disappearance
The NSW government has announced a $1 million reward for information surrounding the 1975 disappearance and suspected murder of Juanita Nielsen.
The high-profile journalist and anti-development campaigner was last seen at a nightclub in Kings Cross. Her remains have never been found.
Almost 50 years on, why is the case still so important?
Detective Superintendent Danny Doherty said detectives would explore every line of inquiry.
"After nearly half a century of searching for answers, police hope to locate Juanita, so her family may put her to rest," he said.
In the 1990s, the Wood Royal Commission uncovered widespread corruption at Kings Cross police station, finding senior officers in the Criminal Investigation Branch were involved in drug trafficking, money laundering and destruction of evidence.
The Kings Cross detectives took regular payments from crime figures, a practice referred to as "the laugh".
Thirty years on, police want to demonstrate that things have changed.
And to lay to rest the perception that Juanita Nielsen's disappearance was never properly investigated.
