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Sophie ElsworthEurope Correspondent

Sophie is Europe correspondent for News Corporation Australia and began reporting from Europe in November 2024. Her role includes covering all the big issues in Europe reporting for titles including The Daily and Sunday Telegraphs, daily and Sunday Herald Sun, The Courier-Mail and Brisbane’s Sunday Mail and Adelaide’s The Advertiser and Sunday Mail as well as regional and community brands. She has worked at numerous News Corp publications throughout her career and was media writer at The Australian, based in Melbourne, for four years before moving to the UK. She has also worked as a reporter at the Herald Sun in Melbourne, The Advertiser in Adelaide and The Courier-Mail in Brisbane and on the Sunshine Coast. Sophie regularly appears on TV and is a Sky News Australia contributor appearing on primetime programs including Credlin and The Kenny Report, a role she continues while in Europe. She graduated from university with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees and grew up on a sheep farm in central Victoria.

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Financial institutions have been inundated by mortgage holders demanding their repayments be lowered so they can cope financially during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Private health insurers finally revealed they were pausing premium hikes just day before costs were due to rise, but it’s not going to stop members from dropping cover.

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Home buyers in the settlement process who have recently lost their jobs or had their salaries slashed have in some cases been put straight onto bank’s hardship provisions.

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First home buyers get extra help from banks

Aussie first home buyers have been given an extra boost that will give them more of a chance of buying a property during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Best ways to get instant financial help during COVID-19

Millions of Australians face unemployment and months of financial heartache ahead but there are options out there to get yourself a helping hand.

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More than 100,000 Aussies urgently call banks for help

Cash-strapped borrowers have rushed to get help from their banks during the coronavirus pandemic including the pausing of their payments.

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