The Editorial Team

Ben has worked as a journalist for over a decade. He got his start after completing a Bachelor Degree in Journalism at Cardiff University in 2011. He then wrote for a newspaper in the north-west of England. Ben has written for a number of NewsCorp Australia’s Sydney newspapers and joined news.com.au as a reporter in 2017. He began working as an afternoon news editor in 2022 and moved into a news editor role in 2023.

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Courts & Law

Jason Colton has been charged with murdering Ramis Jonuzi at a home in Brighton East on October 25, 2016.

Airbnb tenant killed over unpaid bill

A Melbourne man alleged choked his Airbnb guest to death in a fit of rage over an unpaid bill, a murder trial reveals.

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04/03/2019: Jinks Creek Winery in Tonimbuk was destroyed after a bushfire engulfed the Bunyip state forest in Victoria. Stuart McEvoy/The Australian.

More homes threatened as fires close in

A false sense of security created by cooler temperatures has left residents of Victorian towns in the direct line of fire as it spreads.

Environment

This handout image provided by Justin Merritt from his Instagram account shows a tornado in Dothan, Alabama on March 3, 2019. - A tornado killed 14 people and caused "catastrophic" damage in the southern US state of Alabama on March 3, a local sheriff said. "At this time, we have 14 confirmed fatalities," Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones said in a video posted on Facebook by a journalist from a local CBS affiliate. (Photo by Handout / COURTESY OF JUSTIN MERRITT, INSTAGRAM / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN MERRITT via INSTAGRAM" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

‘Catastrophic’ tornado kills 23

Tornadoes have ripped through America’s Deep South killing at least 23 people in Alabama and slashing its way across parts of Georgia, South Carolina and Florida.

Leaders

President Donald Trump speaks at Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2019, in Oxon Hill, Md., Saturday, March 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Fact-checking Trump’s epic speech

Donald Trump’s epically long speech was received by a rapturous audience. They didn’t seem to mind it was littered with statements that were factually incorrect.

Social Media

Bikie caught out in Instagram brag fail

A bikie known as “Infamous” was trying to impress with a picture of his “new toy” on Instagram, but someone made an incredible discovery.

Middle East

Islamic State’s desperate final stand

Black rings of smoke are billowing out a small village where Islamic State is desperately hanging on to its last tiny piece of territory.

NSW & ACT

FEE APPLIES - MUST CREDIT TNV Responders at the scene of a crash involving seven vehicles on Windsor Road in Baulkham Hills 2/3/19. Picture: Jason Webster

Family torn apart in horrific crash

Police allege a man panicked and fled after he hit six stationary cars in a crash that killed one boy and left the boy’s mum and sister critical.

AFLW

Dees keep season alive at Giants’ expense

Melbourne has enhanced its AFLW finals prospects and severely dented those of GWS with a convincing away win, taking control of the contest after quarter-time.

NSW & ACT

Kylie Minogue at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade, Sydney. 2nd March, 2019. Picture by Damian Shaw

Kylie Minogue stuns at Mardi Gras

Kylie Minogue was among 300,000 revellers out in force for the world-famous Sydney Mardi Gras parade. Here are some of the best pictures.

Leaders

FILE - In this March 16, 2016, file photo, American student Otto Warmbier, center, is escorted at the Supreme Court in Pyongyang, North Korea. President Donald Trump says he doesn't think North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was involved in the mistreatment of American college student Otto Warmbier, who died after being detained in the North. Trump says of Kim: "He tells me that he didn't know about it, and I will take him at his word." The Ohio native was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in North Korea on suspicion of stealing a propaganda poster. Warmbier died in 2017, shortly after being sent home in a coma. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin, File)

‘No excuses’: Otto’s parents lash Trump

The parents of a student who mysteriously died in North Korean custody have attacked Donald Trump over his “lavish praise” of Kim Jong-un.

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