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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Hacking

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 18TH, 2021: Exterior of Channel Seven, Docklands, Melbourne. Seven West Kerry Stokes-backed media firm Seven West is taking global convenience chain 7-Eleven to court to try to prevent the company from using 'SEVEN' branding. Picture : NCA NewsWire / Nicki Connolly

Channel Seven hit by major AI hack

Channel Seven appears to have been hacked — with all of its videos now made to look like a Tesla channel with a live stream of an AI Elon Musk.

News Life

10 May 2022, Hamburg: View of the fairground in the city park. In connection with the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl, eleven men are to stand trial before a juvenile division of the Hamburg Regional Court. Ten of the accused, aged between 18 and 22, are alleged to have sexually abused the teenager in the city park. An eleventh defendant is accused of aiding and abetting, as well as producing pornographic content for young people and violating her private life by taking pictures. Photo: Marcus Brandt/dpa (Photo by MARCUS BRANDT / DPA / dpa Picture-Alliance via AFP)

Woman jailed for insulting gang rapist

Eight men walked free after gang-raping 15-year-old girl in a case that stunned the world. Now there has been an enraging update.

On the Road

Aussie warns of $45k Tesla mistake

An Aussie who found a cheap second-hand Tesla online was stopped from buying it at the last moment by his mechanic who knew it was trouble.

Australian Holidays

‘Ridiculous’ feature in revamped Sydney hotel

Hotels are a dime a dozen when it comes to originality, but one recently revamped Sydney hotel is bucking the trend.

Drinks

$95 Aussie whiskey does the unthinkable

A $95 Victorian drop has been named the joint second-highest scoring Rye Whiskey in the world — beaten only by a $2,400 18-year-old Kentucky Straight Rye.

Asia

TAUS 60th Anniversary. A man stands in front of a convoy of tanks in the Avenue of Eternal Peace in Beijing, June 5, 1989. REUTERS/Arthur Tsang

‘In his undies’: Twist after iconic picture taken

‘Tank man’ was one of the most iconic news photos ever taken — but new details have revealed it was very close to never seeing the light of day.

UpdatedNorth America

Controversial internet provocateur Andrew Tate has claimed he is sending Donald Trump $200,000 in a post on X that attracted thousands of comments.

Andrew Tate’s vile tweet after Trump verdict

Controversial internet provocateur Andrew Tate has stirred the pot following Donald Trump’s verdict, promising money in a post featuring a racial slur.

World Economy