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Natalie O’Brien is a multi-award winning career journalist who has worked around Australia covering some of the country’s biggest stories from government coverups to sex trafficking, immigration, the environment, police, courts and crime. She was the first Investigations Editor appointed on The Australian Newspaper and was awarded a highly commended award in the Walkley Awards for her story Children Overboard Didn’t Happen. Contact her on natalie.obrien@news.com.au

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Generic operating, surgery theatre. iStock

Top Sydney hospital investigated after string of ‘avoidable’ deaths

An investigation has been launched at RPA Hospital after whistleblower doctors called for urgent action over what they describe as a “avoidable” deaths and “preventable” injuries.

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Exterior of Concord Hospital, Sydney. Supplied

50,000 unchecked scans at Sydney hospital as tensions erupt

Tensions have escalated again at Concord Hospital as a backlog of unchecked radiology scans doubled to more than 50,000. See what happened.

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Israeli war splash art after biden said release hostages, then talk.

Biden to Hamas: ‘Release hostages, then we talk’

Joe Biden gave a blunt response when asked if he supports a “hostages-for-ceasefire” deal, as Hamas released two more captives and French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Tel Aviv.

UpdatedWorld

Aid was flowing into the Gaza Strip on Saturday night Australian time, with the border expected to be open for six hours.

Aid enters Gaza for first time; Israel says leave Egypt, Jordan

Live television footage has showed some aid trucks crossing the border between Gaza and Egypt for the first time since the Hamas attack.

World

TOPSHOT - US President Joe Biden addresses the nation on the conflict between Israel and Gaza and the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 19, 2023. President Joe Biden will deliver a rare Oval Office speech October 19, 2023 urging Americans to back military aid for Israel and Ukraine at what he calls a perilous moment for democracy around the globe. (Photo by JONATHAN ERNST / POOL / AFP)

‘Global chaos’: Biden wants Hamas and Putin stopped

US President Joe Biden told the American people it must reject all forms of Islamophobia and antisemitism as he confirmed more funding for Israel’s war efforts. Follow for updates.

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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, arrives at Tel Aviv airport. Source - https://twitter.com/RishiSunak?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

First lady of Hamas killed; Sunak arrives in Tel Aviv

The first lady of the Hamas terror group has been killed in an Israeli air strike, according to reports, as British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has arrived in Tel Aviv. Follow the updates. Warning: Graphic

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GAZA CITY, GAZA - OCTOBER 10: Palestinian citizens inspect damage to their homes caused by Israeli airstrikes on October 10, 2023 in Gaza City, Gaza. Almost 500 people have died in Gaza after Israel launched sustained retaliatory air strikes after Saturday's attack by Hamas. (Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images)

Israel’s war against Hamas: Who started it?

As Israel prepares to blockade Gaza in retaliation for Hamas’s attack, Australians have some key questions. See the answers.

True Crime

23/08/2006 NEWS: Faheem Lodhi leaving the Supreme Court after sentencing today. Pic: Lindsay Moller

Australia’s first convicted terrorist released

Almost 20 years since Australia’s first convicted terrorist was caught, Faheem Lodhi has been released on parole and is now working in his first job outside prison walls.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA -APRIL 02 2023 -a general view of the AFP boat patrolling Sydney Harbour as the grey skies and wet weather continues in Sydney. Picture: Newscorp Daily Telegraph/ Gaye Gerard

‘Million-dollar harbour cruise line’: AFP boat use slammed

The $1m police boat bought to patrol the water frontage of the Prime Minister’s Sydney residence is making waves for all the wrong reasons.

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NATIONAL NETWORK DESK - 15/8/23*** LEGAL WARNING **** MUST NOT ID ANY INMATES ***MUST CHECK WITH PIC EDITOR KRISTI MILLER BEFORE PUBLISHING IN PRINT OR ONLINE ***News Corp visits Supermax inside Goulburn Correctional Centre where they run the Countering Violent Extremism program for inmates. Governor Faith Slatcher pictured. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

Meet Supermax prison’s big boss

Aussie prison boss shares how she talks down some of the toughest and most dangerous inmates and reveals whether jail life really is like an episode of Wentworth.

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