Overview

• The A$1 million reward, about €560,000, is unprecedented for Victoria Police and is aimed at eliciting decisive public tips, Inspector Dean Thomas said.
• More than 450 officers are combing remote terrain near Porepunkah after the 26 August shooting that killed Neal Thompson, 59, and Vadim De Waart, 35, and wounded a third officer.
• Police say Freeman, 56, is considered heavily armed and extremely dangerous as the manhunt continues.
• Australian media report Freeman has been radicalized by conspiracy theories and linked to the 'sovereign citizens' movement, which rejects state authority.
• Investigators questioned and released his wife and teenage son, and police say there is no firm evidence of accomplices, though assistance or death remain possible.