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Zoe SmithSenior Producer

Zoe Smith is a Network News senior producer and night editor. She has over 20 years of experience in journalism and has worked at digital and print mastheads across Australia and the UK.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 16: Prime Minister Scott Morrison puts on a face mask during a press conference at CSL Lab where a COVID-19 Vaccine is being produced on November 16, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. The federal government has announced a $1.8 billion agreement with pharmaceutical company CSL to construct a new biotech and vaccine manufacturing plant in Melbourne. The plant - to be the largest in the southern hemisphere - will deliver the first population-wide pandemic and seasonal flu vaccines for Australians, safeguarding the nation from global supply chain shortages or queues. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)

COVID-19 hit Australia before China, Beijing now claims

COVID-19 originated in India and spread to Australia before emerging in China, Beijing now says in its latest move to shift blame.

Entertainment

EMBARGOED FOR THURSDAY 26TH NOVEMBER, 2020EMBARGOED FOR ONLINE 12PM WEDNESDAYGuy Sebastian at home for the ARIA's Red Carpet

Stars get set for ARIA Awards like no other

The Australian music industry’s night of nights will be unprecedented, with live overseas performances among many other changes.

World

Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani perspires as he speaks during a press conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, DC, on November 19, 2020. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

Bad hair day: Trump lawyer’s hair dye malfunction

With sweaty hair dye running down his face, Donald Trump’s top lawyer had a tough day as he tried to convince America the US President won “in a landslide”.

Coronavirus

The Woodville Pizza Bar on November 20 2020. Day 2 of the South Australian COVID 19 six day lockdown. Picture Matt Turner.

Police investigating COVID-positive pizza worker as SA reopens

South Australians are set for an early COVID-19 lockdown reprieve, as the death toll in the US continues to spiral.

National

Australian SAS troops and US Army special-forces soldiers head into the Khas Oruzgan Valley prior to the battle. Picture: Supplied. Story: Ian McPhedran

SAS soldiers speak out amid war crimes inquiry

For the first time in the history of the Australian Special Air Service Regiment, a group of soldiers has stepped out of the shadows to make a statement.

Coronavirus

27 November 2019, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mainz: Ugur Sahin, CEO BioNTech, gesticulated during the interview. BioNTech is a biotechnology company focused on developing and manufacturing a patient-specific approach for the treatment of cancer and other serious diseases. Photo: Andreas Arnold/dpa (Photo by Andreas Arnold/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Vaccine will end pandemic, says billionaire scientist

The genius behind the breakthrough COVID-19 vaccine says it will ‘bash the virus over the head’ and put an end to the global fight against the disease.

Movies

Kim Kardashian posed for a selfie with her voting sticker, asking fans,

Kim didn’t vote for Kanye

Kim Kardashian has seemingly confirmed she didn’t vote for her husband Kanye West in the US presidential election, as stars reacted to Joe Biden’s victory.

World

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks while delivering an address to the nation during an election event in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. Biden defeated Donald Trump to become the 46th U.S. president, unseating the incumbent with a pledge to unify and mend a nation reeling from a worsening pandemic, faltering economy and deep political divisions. Photographer: Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images

‘Time to heal’: Biden unveils plan to fix America in victory speech

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have addressed the nation and the world as Donald Trump refuses to concede the US presidency and claims “bad things happened”.

Coronavirus

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos NOVEMBER 2 , 2020 :The city of Melbourne begins to open up again after a harsh lockdown due to a second wave of coronavirus. Cafe culture is back in Degraves St. Picture : NCA NewsWire / Ian Currie

Victoria’s case-free streak continues, US infections spike

Victoria has reported no new COVID-19 cases for the eighth straight day with the state set for a massive easing of restrictions, as the US recorded a second consecutive day of 100,000 infections.

World

Kujtim Fejzulai, 20, an Austrian-North Macedonian dual citizen with a previous terror conviction, shared the image on Instagram as he pledged his allegiance to the jihadists and their leader, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi. Picture: supplied

Maccas worker hailed as hero in Vienna shooting

A McDonald’s worker and two martial arts experts have been hailed as heroes of the Vienna terror attack after cops arrested 14 people. WARNING: GRAPHIC

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