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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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Confirmed by neighbour Carol Flannery who used to live next to Tanyka and the girls and knows them in person. Twins Aisha and Lailani (unknown who is who) are the second and third from the left. The three year old girls died in a house fire at a home on Mayday Road Batlow today.

How twins became trapped in burning house

An aunt of the twin girls that died in a house fire yesterday has revealed the haunting details of how they became trapped in the burning home.

Inventions

An artist impression shows 3D renderings of a newly proposed high speed rail system connecting Sydney with Wollongong, Canberra and Newcastle. Picture: Supplied

Why $114b plan won’t ’cure’ Australia

It’s a project that’s been touted as a possible “cure” for the economic impacts of the virus, but not everyone believes it will help.

Coronavirus Health

People walk in Moshan Scenic Area Qinshui Platform in the East Lake in Wuhan, in Chinaâs central Hubei province on May 17, 2020. - Authorities in the pandemic ground zero of Wuhan have ordered mass COVID-19 testing for all 11 million residents after a new cluster of cases emerged over the weekend. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

China at risk of second wave of virus

There are growing fears that China could be hit with a devastating second wave of COVID-19 infections as lockdowns continue to ease.

UpdatedNSW & ACT

Twins’ ‘horrific’ death in house fire

Their mother and brother watched on in horror as their house was engulfed in flames, killing the three-year-old girls who had been trapped inside.

Health Problems

CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 20: Eric Trump holds his hand to his heart after delivering a speech on the third day of the Republican National Convention on July 20, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump received the number of votes needed to secure the party's nomination. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Cleveland, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Republican National Convention kicked off on July 18. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Trump’s son claims virus will vanish

Donald Trump’s son has been criticised for claiming COVID-19 pandemic will “magically” end after the presidential election in November.

Global Coronavirus

TOPEKA, KANSAS - APRIL 23: Armed veterans demonstrate in front of the state capitol building demanding that businesses be allowed to open up, people allowed to work, and lives returned to normal on April 23, 2020 in Topeka, Kansas. The protest was part of a growing national movement against stay-at-home orders designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Jamie Squire/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

US tensions explode over virus

Tensions have exploded across the US this week, with the country bitterly divided over the COVID-19 response as protests broke out in multiple states.

NSW & ACT

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.

Australian Coronavirus

‘Ridiculous’ Anzac Day protest slammed

A handful of Australians have attracted criticism for their “disrespectful” protest against virus restrictions on Anzac Day.

Health Problems

A woman wearing a face mask stands by an advertising placard as she waits for a bus in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on April 21, 2020, during an authorities-imposed lockdown as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

PM: ‘Wearing a mask doesn’t protect you’

Aussies have been warned wearing a mask won’t stop them from getting the virus, with concerns doing so could provide a false sense of security.

Coronavirus Health

Trump says disinfectant idea was sarcasm

President Trump has claimed was being sarcastic when he made an outlandish suggestion that injecting disinfectant could kill the coronavirus.

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