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Alex Turner-CohenFinance reporter

Alex Turner-Cohen has been working in news since her second year of university after tweeting her way into the industry. She is a finance reporter at news.com.au, covering all things money including company collapses, property and fraud. Before that, she worked as a general news reporter at news.com.au and 7NEWS. When she was a student, she interned with media organisations including the ABC, Channel 9, Fairfax and 2SER while studying a Bachelor’s degree in journalism at the University of Technology Sydney.

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Aussie surfer found dead in Bali

An Australian man was found dead in a swimming pool at his home in Bali earlier this month, local authorities have confirmed.

(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 16, 2020 British World War II veteran Captain Tom Moore, 99, poses doing a lap of his garden in the village of Marston Moretaine, 50 miles north of London, on April 16, 2020. - A World War II veteran who has raised millions of pounds for charity by walking around his garden on Friday became the oldest man to top the UK music charts -- just days from his 100th birthday. Captain Tom Moore had already become a global phenomenon for raising more than £28 million ($35 million, 32 million euros) for staff of the state-run National Health Service (NHS) battling the coronavirus outbreak. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

99yo charity hero tops the charts

Captain Tom Moore has become a hero raising millions for the UK’s health workers. Now he’s become a rather unlikely pop star too.

Large crowds of people on Coogee beach on Anzac day. Very difficult to keep the social distancing rules with this many people.Photo: Tim Pascoe

Beachgoers ignore social distancing again

Large crowds have flocked to Sydney beaches again this morning, despite many being forced to shut down yesterday after distancing rules were ignored.

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 24: Employees at 'Fashion Enter' make scrubs for NHS staff on April 24, 2020 in London, England.The British government has extended the lockdown restrictions first introduced on March 23 that are meant to slow the spread of COVID-19. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Leak reveals UK was ‘warned of virus’

A leaked document has revealed UK ministers were warned about the an impending pandemic last year and were told to stockpile PPE.

Karl Stefanovic on Today show. Picture: Supplied

Karl takes on US protester on live TV

Karl Stefanovic grilled one of the organisers behind the USA’s coronavirus protests on live TV. Things got heated.

These cops threatened to follow a man to the grocery store and then home to ensure he was telling the truth.

Cops threaten to follow driver to shops

When New Zealand cops threatened to follow a driver to the supermarket, things got heated and it was captured on video.

This monolith has earned the title of being the world's largest jigsaw puzzle.

New mega puzzle has 50,000 pieces

This jigsaw puzzle is so big that when completed it’s over 8 metres wide and almost 2 metres high. And the price will have you gasping.

Health Problems

Anglicare Newmarch House a nursing home in Caddens where a nurse went to work for six days while feeling unwell and has since tested positive for coronavirus. Picture: Jonathan Ng

Sydney nursing home overrun with COVID-19

More than a quarter of residents and staff at a western Sydney nursing home are infected with the deadly virus, and health authorities are scrambling.

Global Coronavirus

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - APRIL 19: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to media during a press conference at Parliament on April 19, 2020 in Wellington, New Zealand. New Zealand has been in lockdown since Thursday 26 March following tough restrictions imposed by the government to stop the spread of COVID-19 across the country. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday announced that restrictions could be eased as of next week if the government decides to move to COVID-19 Alert Level Three. Under the current COVID-19 Alert Level Four measures, all non-essential businesses are closed, including bars, restaurants, cinemas and playgrounds. All indoor and outdoor events are banned, while schools have switched to online learning. Essential services remain open, including supermarkets and pharmacies. A decision on whether or not to lift the level four lockdown measures will be made during a cabinet meeting on Monday 20 April followed by an announcement at 4pm New Zealand time. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)

NZ will ease lockdown next week

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today announced the country would relax its coronavirus clampdown despite not yet reaching zero cases.

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Coronavirus closures

An empty beach is seen at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Friday, April 17, 2020. Several beaches across NSW remain closed to the public, with social distancing and lockdown rules still in place to try and combat the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19). (AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi) NO ARCHIVING

Sydney beaches reopen – but there’s a catch

Beaches in Sydney will reopen today in an easing of social distancing restrictions. But this does not mean things have gone back to normal.

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