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27 August 2026

Authorities scale back search for elderly Wagin man James Ballantyne after six days

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Authorities scale back search for elderly Wagin man James Ballantyne after six days

A multi-agency search for missing 87-year-old man in Western Australia's Wheatbelt region is scaled back, six days after he failed to return from his morning walk.

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