Yesterday the NSW government announced a $1 million reward for anyone with information regarding the disappearance of missing toddler William Tyrrell.
The reward is the largest in NSW history and police are hopeful it will encourage anyone with information to come forward.
However families of other missing loved ones are calling for there to be uniformity in rewards offered.
Currently in NSW rewards are determined by the NSW Policeโs Rewards Evaluation Advisory Committee who lodge an application in line with the investigation to the Police and Justice Minister, reports SMH.
โWe are looking to see uniformity because right now itโs arbitrary โฆ it is like weighting a personโs life,โ Mark Leveson, whose son Matthew disappeared, and was believed murdered, in 2007, tells SMH.
There is currently a $100,000 reward for information on his sonโs whereabouts.
Victoria and South Australia are currently offering $1 million rewards for unsolved homicide cases.
โItโs like saying, โThis person is worth more than this personโ, and that is how it appears to people and to us,โ added Faye Levenson. โIn our case Matthewโs life isnโt worth as much as the person that got $250,000.โ
Questions remain over whether the rewards system actually works.
When Deputy Premier Police Minister Troy Grant was asked whether they would consider a review of the rewards system he told SMH:
โRewards are one avenue of investigation for police to appeal to the public for information about an unsolved case. The offer of a reward might be enough to trigger someoneโs memory or encourage someone who has been withholding information to come forward.โ