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James MacSmith

James MacSmith has worked as a journalist for over 20 years across general news, sport, lifestyle and real estate.

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OKUMA, JAPAN - FEBRUARY 24: (EDITOR'S NOTE: This image has been digitally altered to protect employee privacy rights.) Workers continue the decontamination and reconstruction process at the Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s embattled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on February 25, 2016 in Okuma, Japan. March 11, 2016 marks the fifth anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami which claimed the lives of 15,894, and the subsequent damage to the reactors at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant causing the nuclear disaster which still forces 99,750 people to live as evacuees away from contaminated areas. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Six years on: Fukushima revealed

DOCUMENTARY makers entered the no-go zone to capture eerie images of the abandoned city of Fukushima, six years after its nuclear plant melted down.

World

(FILES) This file photo taken on June 06, 2017 shows US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Republican congressional leaders in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump said June 14, 2017 that a Republican lawmaker shot and

Eight times when Trump shook Twitter

DONALD Trump’s tweets have helped to define his presidency, so one year on from his election win, here are eight times he rocked the world in 140 characters.

Animals

Biplab Hazra/Sanctuary wildlife photography awardsPhoto of elephant and calf fleeing fire-throwing mob wins top prizePhotograph taken in eastern India, titled ‘Hell is here’, shows crowd hurling flaming tar balls at animalsAn arresting image showing an adult elephant and its calf fleeing a mob attack has won a top Asian wildlife photography prize.It shows the two animals running among a crowd that has hurled flaming tar balls and crackers at them, reportedly to ward the elephants away from human settlements.The picture, titled “Hell is here”, was taken by Biplab Hazra, a wildlife photographer from West Bengal state, and won the 2017 Sanctuary’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year award.

Elephant on fire flees from Hell

A SHOCKING picture depicting an elephant and its calf desperately fleeing a mob after being set on fire has won a major photo prize. WARNING: GRAPHIC.

Banking

NAB to shed 6000 jobs after $6.6bn profit

NATIONAL Australia Bank has lifted its full-year profit by 2.5 per cent to $6.6 billion, at the same time as it announced 6000 jobs losses.

Lifestyle

‘It was brutal’: Bridges’ backlash

MILLIONAIRE fitness guru Michelle Bridges has opened up on the “brutal” backlash she copped after making comments about “morbidly obese” people.

Careers

Plumber Nol Hendriks, of Gas Boys plumbers and gasfitters, ready for another heavy work day keeping up with customer demand. Picture: David Caird

Our top-earning tradies revealed

ARE you earning as much per hour as Australia’s best paid tradies? Find out how your pay packet compares in our online calculator.

Celebrity Life

The Meadows treatment facility in Arizona. Picture: The Meadows.

Is this Weinstein’s ritzy rehab home?

HARVEY Weinstein is reportedly off to an exclusive rehab facility for sex addiction. At $3000 a night, this is where he could be staying.

Marriage

26/06/2011 WIRE: Christina Careaga (R) and Hannah Thielmann kiss as they celebrate during the Gay Pride parade on June 26, 2011 in New York City. The parade took on extra significance following Friday night's legalization of same-sex marriage in New York, often regarded as the birthplace of the gay rights movement. Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Christians support gay marriage: poll

AUSTRALIAN Christians have some surprising views on same-sex marriage — as well as the organisations that claim to represent their interests, according to a new poll.

Entertainment

Why ’90s revivals are failing

NINTENDO is the latest company using 1990s nostalgia to reboot a product. But not everything we loved from that decade is succeeding in the 21st century.

Sth America

Photo of ancient terraced structures, stonework, architecture at Ciudad Perdida (Lost City) in the Colombian Highlands, Colombia's Sierra Nevada Mountains, South America.

The Colombia you don’t see in the news

This country has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons, but for some tourists, this place is even better than Machu Picchu.

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