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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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A street vendor sells soap and hand sanitiser amid the outbreak of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus), on March 27, 2020, in the working class area of Abobo, in Abidjan. - Ivory Coast onMarch 27 has registered 101 COVID-19 cases. (Photo by Sia KAMBOU / AFP)

Top doctor slams hand sanitiser thieves

Some Aussies are stealing hand sanitiser bottles straight out of hospitals, and health officials are not impressed.

Woolworths Marrickville Metro. 30th January 2018. Picture: Dallas Kilponen/PPR

Woolies announces new shopping hour

Healthcare workers are the latest to receive a dedicated shopping hour from the supermarket giant.

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The Cairns Hospital Intensive Care Unit has recorded its busiest year on record, delivering treatment to critically ill patients. One of the patient rooms in the Intensive Care Unit ward. PICTURE: BRENDAN RADKE

First baby dies from coronavirus

The baby, who was under the age of one, is the youngest known person to have died from coronavirus.

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In this Tuesday, March 24, 2020 photo, after flying from Brazil, Gavin Wolcott, 19, gets a welcome home hug from his mother, Coralee, at Spokane International Airport, in Spokane, Wash. Wolcott was serving a mission in Brazil, but his stay in the country was cut short due to concerns over the coronavirus. (Dan Pelle/The Spokesman-Review via AP)

Police warning: Don’t hug your loved ones

Aussies returning home aren’t allowed to have physical contact with loved ones, as police reveal two more people have been fined for breaching orders.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 24: Minister for Health Greg Hunt during a press conference at Parliament House on March 24, 2020 in Canberra, Australia. There are now 1879 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Australia and the death toll now stands at seven. (Photo by Sam Mooy/Getty Images)

‘Radical’ new system of health announced

The government has unveiled a multi-billion dollar scheme that changes the way our health system works.

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HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 09: Brad Pitt, winner of Best Actor in a Supporting Role for "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood, poses in the press room during 92nd Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on February 09, 2020 in Hollywood, California. Rachel Luna/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

World War Z author eerily predicted virus

This writer’s fictional pandemic is so realistic that the US military has sought his advice on crisis management.

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View of Holland America's cruise ship Zaandam as it entered the Panama City bay to be assisted by the Rotterdam cruise ship with supplies, personnel and COVID-19 testing devices, eight milles off the coast of Panama City, on March 27, 2020. - Four passengers have died aboard a cruise ship carrying scores of people with flu-like symptoms that has been stranded off the Pacific coast of South America for several days, the liner company said Friday. The Zaandam, with 1,800 passengers on board, is currently in Panama's territorial waters, having been prevented from docking in several countries due to coronavirus fears. (Photo by Luis Acosta / AFP)

Cruise ship with four dead can’t dock

A cruise ship with four dead and 138 sick is unable to dock. But a rescue mission is underway.

24/3/20: People queue at Centrelink at Marrickville. John Feder/The Australian.

‘Desperate’ Kiwis denied virus help

New Zealand residents in Australia have been shut out of the COVID-19 welfare package, but some desperately need financial help.

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Voters are seen lined up at the Indooroopilly pre-polling booth for the Brisbane City Council elections in Brisbane, Friday, March 27, 2020. Queensland's local government elections are due to be held on Saturday despite the threat of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). (AAP Image/Darren England) NO ARCHIVING

Queensland’s ‘idiot’ election decision

Amid social distancing policies, thousands of Queenslanders must attend local voting booths today or risk getting fined.

Rear view of large group of students raising their arms to answer the question on a class at elementary school.

‘Sacrificial lambs’: Teachers’ virus risk

Teachers have found out just how likely they are to contract coronavirus, and now they’re likening themselves to “sacrificial lambs”.

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