The Editorial Team

Ally is Youth Editor at news.com.au and has been working as a news reporter for news.com.au since 2017. She graduated with a Bachelor of Communication (Journalism) from Charles Sturt University that same year and started working at news.com.au as an intern during her final year of studies. Since landing a spot on the team, Ally has written about a multitude of different topics from online dating scams and road rules to the COVID-19 pandemic and breaking news.

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Careers

New tactic being used to end WFH in Aus

If we needed anymore proof that a war is being waged against working from home, a new tactic being used to get staff into the office has been uncovered.

Trends

‘Shameful’: CEO enforces new hiring rule

The CEO of a major e-commerce platform has responded after an internal memo revealing a brand new staff hiring rule was “leaked” online.

AFL

Aussie lawyer sacked after sick leave lie

A young Melbourne lawyer has had his unfair dismissal case thrown out after he was fired for lying about being sick to watch the AFL and go to the pub.

At Work

Aussie lawyer sacked after sick leave lie

A young Melbourne lawyer has had his unfair dismissal case thrown out after he was fired for lying about being sick to watch the AFL and go to the pub.

Leaders

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 24: JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon speaks at The Institute Of International Finance annual membership meeting at the Ronald Reagan Building on October 24, 2024 in Washington, DC. Dimon spoke on JPMorgan Chase's expansion into Africa, global trade and financial technology. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Kevin Dietsch / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

CEO wants a ban on common meeting habit

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has called out staff over a common “time wasting” activity, saying it has to “stop” immediately.

Renting

‘Boils my blood’: Renters fume at listing detail

A Queensland real estate agent has apologised for their “mistake” after a detail on a rental listing sparked widespread outrage from Aussies.

UpdatedTravel Incidents

Rescue workers survey the site of an under-construction building collapse in Bangkok on March 29, 2025, a day after an earthquake struck central Myanmar and Thailand. The death toll from a huge earthquake that hit Myanmar and Thailand passed 1,000 on March 29, as rescuers dug through the rubble of collapsed buildings in a desperate search for survivors. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

Woman pulled from rubble after 30hrs

Footage has captured the moment a woman was pulled from rubble in Myanmar after being trapped under a collapsed building for 30 hours.

Trends

Tokyo, Japan - Nov 28, 2022: Crowded Japanese people, Asian traveler walk cross road at Shibuya scramble crossing. Tokyo tourist attraction, Japan tourism, Asia transport, commuter transportation or city life concept

Japan’s ‘extraordinary’ work plan to kick off

A country’s major work week experiment is set to kick off in a matter of days, with the “extraordinary” new measures coming into effect.

Travel Updates

Aussie flees nation over ‘unfair’ consent laws

A man has been obliterated after claiming he left Australia over new laws which stop him, he claims, from even being in the same room as female relatives.

ExclusiveLeaders

63% of Aussies want Dutton for PM

A new survey has revealed what Australians are really thinking just weeks out from the election – and there is a very clear favourite to win.

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