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The Australian’s National Chief Correspondent Hedley Thomas says bail for convicted murderer Chris Dawson seems an “almost impossible” scenario.

Mr Dawson was found guilty of murdering Ms Dawson, who disappeared in January 1982, after a 10-week trial.

He said Mr Dawson has lived a “full life” for four decades.

“It’s difficult to understand how he could be successful in a bail application,” Mr Thomas told Sky News Australia.