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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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Animals

A goblin shark - one of the rarest fish in the sea - was caught off the coast of Taiwan. Picture: Taiwan Ocean Artistic Museum

Rare, freakish goblin shark found

A rare goblin shark with “evil fangs” has been discovered off the coast of Taiwan and will soon be displayed in a museum.

Airports

London, United Kingdom - August 20, 2016: Westminster palace and Big Ben and traffic on Westminster bridge in foreground Picture: istock

We’re now going to have to pay to enter UK

Aussies travelling to the United Kingdom will be stung with a new fee to enter the country as the UK moves to digitise its border controls.

Innovation

ChasingCarsGPT is a new service powered by OpenAI technology. Picture: Supplied

Chat-GPT tech upends Aussie industry

An Aussie business getting in the artificial intelligence hype-train has released a new service powered by OpenAI.

Mining

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 01: Andrew Forrest, Fortescue Metals Group, The Minderoo Foundation arrives at the Jobs and Skills Summit at Parliament House on September 1, 2022 in Canberra, Australia. The Australian government is bringing together political, business, union and community group leaders at Parliament House to address issues facing the Australian economy and workforce as inflation and interest rates continue to rise. (Photo by Martin Ollman/Getty Images)

Aussie billionaire calls Elon Musk a muppet

Australia’s second richest person Andrew Forrest had a crack at Elon Musk for doubting the future role of hydrogen-sourced energy.

Social Media

Millions impacted as social media site revolts

Millions of users are being impacted around the world as hugely popular Reddit communities go into open revolt.

Business

Binance Co-Founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao speaks during a press conference at the Europe's largest tech conference, the Web Summit, in Lisbon on November 2, 2022. - The Web Summit will run until November 4, 2022. (Photo by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP)

‘Deception’: Massive crypto bombshell drops

Binance and its CEO Changpeng Zhao are staring down the barrel of another massive lawsuit that could cripple the company.

Football

A man was arrested by London police. Picture: Twitter

Disgusting T-shirt spotted in London

A man has been arrested on suspicion of causing a public order offence for wearing a T-shirt referencing the Hillsborough disaster.

UFC

Krzysztof Głowacki knocked out Patryk Tołkaczewski at KSW Colosseum 2.

Stunning knockout from under full mount

A boxer-turned MMA fighter delivered a contender for knockout of the year as he pulled off the near-impossible in his debut fight.

Cricket

There was poor showing in the members section at Lords.

‘Embarrassing’ photo exposes cricket

England beat Ireland in a one-off test at Lords by 10 wickets, but a photo of the members area showed an “embarrassing” lack of interest.

Business

ONE TIME WEB USE FOR NEWS.COM.AU ONLY - FEES APPLY FOR REUSE - MUST DOWNLOAD FROM ALAMY ON YOUR OWN ACCOUNT - EE95HR Sydney, Australia. 14 January 2015. The PWC (Price Waterhouse Coopers) building, Darling Harbour, Sydney. Credit: Â© 2015 RichardPicture: Richard Milnes/Alamy

‘Deeply troubling’ scandal rocks Australia

A tax scandal gripping a top Australian firm is continuing to grow, with PwC putting nine unnamed partners on leave today.

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