The man who murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio in the Australian outback would be forced to reveal the location of the body to have any chance of being released from jail, according to proposed new legislation. 
 
 The Northern Territory plans to introduce a “no body, no parole” law which will block convicted murderers from applying for parole unless they reveal the whereabouts of their victim’s bodies. 
 
 The law is aimed at forcing Bradley John Murdoch to finally admit to his role in the death of Mr Falconio, who disappeared in 2001 while travelling with his girlfriend Joanne Lees. 
 
 Murdoch was found guilty in 2005 based on DNA evidence and the testimony of Ms Lees, who said he had flagged down the pair on a remote highway in the Northern Territory and then shot Mr Falconio and attempted to kidnap her. The body of Mr Falconio, then 28, was never found. 
 
 Murdoch, 58, has always insisted he was innocent, saying he was involved in drug smuggling and would not have jeopardised his business. 
 
 He was sentenced to a minimum of 28 years in prison and would not be eligible for parole for fifteen years. 
 
 But the Northern Territory government wants to pressure Murdoch to reveal the details of his crime, saying families of victims should be able to “bury their loved one”. 
 
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 The new law does not specifically mention Murdoch but he is the only prisoner to whom it would currently apply. 
 
 “Society expects a person convicted of murder to be contrite for their crimes," John Elferink, the territory’s attorney-general, told ABC News. 
 
 "In the case of the Falconio family, they've never been able to bury Peter…. That says to Bradley John Murdoch and his ilk that if you want parole, then you have to demonstrate you are contrite.” 
 
 The murder of Mr Falconio made global headlines and alleged new twists in the case continues to appear regularly in the local media. Recently, tabloid newspapers suggested the discovery of an old gun in a toilet near the place where Mr Falconio went missing could be linked to the crime, though police have discounted the theory. 
 
 Miss Lees, who was picked up on the highway with her hands bound, came under intense scrutiny during the investigation because of her apparently calm demeanour. She has kept a low profile since the court case. 
 
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 Joanne Lees, the girlfriend of the murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio, has returned to the Northern Territory outback for the first time in 15 years to join in attempts to find his body. 
 
 She will also unveil a giant silver falcon sculpture in the outback to honour his memory. 
 
 Lees, 43, from West Yorkshire, said she wanted to “bring him home” as she returned to the scene of the shooting of Peter Falconio for an episode of the Nine Network’s 60 Minutes program. 
 
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 She also revealed that she had tracked down her Australian sister, Jess, whom she only met for the first time last year. “I feel less alone in the world,” Lees said of finding Jess, who is eight years younger. 
 
 Lees’ father is Australian but she was raised by her mother and does not discuss her relationship with him. 
 
 She also revealed she is planning on becoming an Australian citizen and will be spending more time in the country. 
 
 Bradley Murdoch was convicted in 2005 of murdering Falconio, 28, and assaulting Lees, then 27, on a remote stretch of highway near Barrow Creek, north of Alice Springs, on 14 July 2001. The pair were travelling when Murdoch waved down their camper van and shot Falconio in the head. 
 
 Lees was threatened with a gun, punched in the head and bound with cable-tie restraints before she managed to escape, hiding in bushes for five hours while her attacker stalked her with a dog. 
 
 “Pete lost his life on that night but I lost mine too,” Lees told 60 Minutes. “I’ll never be fully at peace if Pete’s not found, but I accept that that is a possibility.” 
 
 Murdoch is believed to have hidden Falconio’s body, which has never been found despite extensive searches. 
 
 Lees was shown on 60 Minutes in a helicopter flying over the murder scene, saying: “Pete’s still missing. I know that he’s somewhere here. His spirit just feels stronger whilst I’m in this area because I know he’s nearby.” 
 
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 When asked by the reporter, Liz Hayes, if she was “stepping inside your attacker’s mind”, she said: “I guess it is a very alien thing for me to do because I’m not a violent person. 
 
 “I’m not a murderer but if that’s what I have to do and that’s how I’m going to find Pete then that’s what I’m prepared to do.” 
 
 She fought back tears as she added: “It’s because I love Pete so much and I want to bring him home and I need to bring him home.” 
 
 She has built strong relationships with the local Aboriginal community who are helping her search for Falconio and have donated art to help her pay for a memorial. 
 
 An artist has designed a silver falcon statue which will be erected in Tea Tree, which she said was the last happy place she and Peter shared together before his murder. “The falcon represents his spirit,” she said.
– It was crime that shocked Australia: A British man shot dead in the wild outback of the Northern Territories by a man who then abducted his girlfriend. She managed to escape and hide in the scrub for hours as the killer stalked her with a dog. Now, 15 years later, Joanne Lees is back in the "untamed heart of Australia" to look for Peter Falconio's body, trailed by an Aussie TV crew. "I need to bring him home," she tells Network 9's 60 Minutes. "Pete lost his life on that night, but I lost mine, too." Bradley Murdoch, the man convicted in 2005 of killing Falconio, 28, has never revealed what he did with Falconio's body, the Guardian reports. The vacationing couple was driving on an isolated highway at night in July 2001 when Murdoch flagged down their camper van. He shot Falconio in the head, and beat Lees, then 27, and tied her up. When Murdoch left her to check Falconio, Lees bolted. She was found on the highway with her hands bound. Her calm demeanor during questioning initially led police to consider her a suspect, per the Telegraph. Flying over the remote scene in a helicopter, Lees, now 43, tells 60 Minutes, "I know that he’s somewhere here. His spirit just feels stronger." Members of the local Aboriginal community are helping scour the bleak landscape for the body and have donated artwork to help Lees pay for a memorial. She is planning to dedicate a silver falcon sculpture to Falconio's memory. (The killer of the ex-wife of a Righteous Brothers member was identified after 41 years.)