Afternoon Update: bodies of Sydney couple found; Taylor Swift’s dad accused of hitting photographer; and France ambiguous on deploying troops to Ukraine

NSW Police conduct a line search on a rural property in Bungonia, 170km southwest of Sydney. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/EPA

Good afternoon. Police say they are “confident that we have located” the bodies of Luke Davies and Jesse Baird in Bungonia, 170km southwest of Sydney. The NSW Police commissioner, Karen Webb, said the families of the missing couple had been informed of the discovery.

Meanwhile, Webb is facing fresh criticism for referencing a Taylor Swift lyric in a media interview where she attempted to defend her response to the alleged murders of the Sydney couple. But the NSW premier, Chris Minns, threw his weight behind the commissioner today, saying Webb was doing an “exceptional job” after Sydney Mardi Gras disinvited NSW police from marching at this weekend’s parade.