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Clare ArmstrongNational political editor

Clare Armstrong is the national political editor of the Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, Adelaide Advertiser and Courier Mail based in Canberra. She was previously a federal political reporter at the Daily Telegraph, and has also reported for the Townsville Bulletin. In 2021 Clare received the Wallace Brown Award recognising the best young journalist in the federal parliament press gallery.

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Health

Aussie virus patients forced to fork out $1000 for evacuation

Australians stuck in China’s coronavirus ground zero will have to fork out $1000 to be evacuated to Christmas Island and placed under quarantine.

EXCLUSIVENSW

Still Australia's number one cancer killer, this is NSW's first lung cancer research centre. Jesse Xu, PHD Student on airway stent technology. Photographed today 18th April 2018. Image AAP/Matthew Vasilescu

1000 lung cancer patients offered new ‘genomic profiling’

A groundbreaking medical trial, in which individually tested lung cancer patients will get highly personalised treatment plans to avoid unnecessary side effects and procedures, will be offered to 1000 newly diagnosed lung cancer patients.

NSW

Natasha Haugh walks Holly to school with Hugo in his pram for her return to Ryde public school today . Picture John Grainger

Sydney families ‘lying’ about China travel, parents say

Children in Sydney’s northwest have donned protective masks for the first day of school amid the outbreak of coronavirus while one mother claimed families in the area were lying about travelling to China in the holiday break.

Northern District Times

Masks at Sydney Airport. People Wearing Masks Re Coronavirus. Pic Chris Pavlich

‘Stay home’: New coronavirus request to schoolkids

In a bid to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus, parents of all children who have been to China in the last two weeks are being asked not to send their kids to school or daycare.

NSW

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Fake warnings fan coronavirus panic in Sydney

Fake warnings about avoiding certain areas and foods in Sydney due to the coronavirus have been slammed by NSW Health, with people urged to only follow official advice.

NSW

Uni student caught last flight from China to Sydney

A Sydney university student who escaped China’s virus capital of Wuhan on the last flight to Sydney has been diagnosed with the deadly new coronavirus.

National

Australian Agriculture Minister Bridget McKenzie speaks during Senate Question Time in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Wednesday, November 13, 2019. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Whistleblower ‘silenced’ on McKenzie sports grant scandal

A whistleblower from Bridget McKenzie’s office has spoken out about being ‘silenced’ when concerns were raised about the sports grant scandal.

NSW

Possible fourth case of coronavirus detected in NSW

The Australian government is drawing up a China plan to evacuate Australians trapped by the coronavirus crisis as NSW health authorities investigate a fourth possible case of the deadly illness in the state.

EXCLUSIVENSW

John and Jenny Hogan on their property near Bethungra. Worried supplies of hay may soon run out. Pic Brad Newman

Drought-hit farmers fear hay supply will soon run out

Drought-stricken farmers hold “grave concerns” Australia could run out of fodder by autumn, as thousands miss out on cheap water from the federal government to grow critical food for livestock.

NSW

RFS boss fights tears as aerial footage of crash site revealed

RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons choked back tears as he spoke about the sacrifice North American firefighters had made to protect Australian homes and lives during this unprecedented bushfire season. His comments follow yesterday’s tanker crash which killed three US citizens volunteering in NSW.

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