The Editorial Team

Andrew Backhouse is the audience editor at news.com.au. He has worked as a journalist for 11 years. He completed a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Political Science at the University of Queensland in 2010. He is currently a Juris Doctor student at the University of Southern Queensland.

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Mobile Phones

‘I dropped my phone in water, this happened’

A new phone is set to shake up the market in Australia, and if you drop it in the water, that’s no problem at all.

Mobile Phones

Eyebrow-raising feature on new phone

A new mobile phone has been launched overnight – and when it hits the shelves in Australia there’s one feature that’s sure to stun everyone.

Leaders

Trump wants to send people to this prison. Picture: Getty Images

Horror life inside ‘hellhole’ megaprison

US President Donald Trump is exploring a plan to send “dangerous” Americans and deportees to a grim prison in El Salvador.

Asia

TOPSHOT - A devotee reacts at the site of a stampede amid the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj on January 29, 2025. (Photo by ARUN SANKAR / AFP)

Death toll spikes after mass stampede

The death toll from a mass stampede at the world’s largest religious festival has hit 30, with many more people injured.

Internet

Trump frees criminal who changed the internet

Three years after launching a website that would change Bitcoin forever, 29-year-old Ross Ulbricht was sentenced to die in prison. Now he’s free.

US Politics

Within hours of Donald Trump's inauguration, the administration took down the Spanish-language version of the official White House website.

Image that has 64 million Americans worried

Users were met with the confronting image when on the official White House website.

US Politics

TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump gives a thumb's up as he arrives for the inaugural parade inside Capital One Arena, in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

Trump stuns with warning to the world

Donald Trump is planning to hit America’s closest trading partners with punishing tariffs, and has also put the world on notice.

Gadgets

The new Kindle Scribe. Picture: Supplied

New Kindle Scribe ‘feels like writing’

The new Kindle Scribe has evolved from the humble e-reader to a powerful notetaking device, meaning you can now annotate your books.

Sports Life

Ash Barty drops Christmas surprise

Tennis legend Ash Barty has dropped some big news about her family in a fun Instagram post on Christmas Day.

UpdatedTravel Incidents

Shock theory emerges after plane crash

As speculation swirls about the cause of a plane crash that killed at least 38 people, aviation experts have floated one grim potential explanation.

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