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Benedict is an award-winning journalist and news.com.au’s US Correspondent, based in New York. He moved to Australia in 2006 and worked in corporate communications and journalism, becoming assistant editor of LGBTI publication the Star Observer before joining news.com.au in 2015. He writes on a range of topics from weather to retail and infrastructure. Benedict has won a Kennedy Award for environmental reporting and was nominated for another, for breaking news, in 2020. He has been nominated twice for an ACON Honour Award for his writing on the LGBTI community.

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Social Media

Trump announces TikTok ban

US President Trump has reportedly said he will sign an executive order to ban the immensely popular app which is owned by a Chinese firm.

Health Problems

‘Appalling’: $1652 fine for Macca’s run

Victoria’s Police Minister has slammed the “appalling behaviour” of a man who went on a 300km Macca’s run to the border of NSW.

Health Problems

The worst hit local government areas in Victoria. Picture: Health and Human Services

Vic postcodes where virus is surging

Newly released data has revealed the Melbourne postcodes where coronavirus infections are spiking, despite Victoria’s current lockdown.

Retail

Melbourne, Australia - January 2, 2015: Kmart store in Burwood in suburban Melbourne. Kmart is a discount department store owned by Wesfarmers.

Kmart slammed: ‘Like it’s closing down’

Kmart said its stores would be “back to normal by July”. It’s now August and shelves are still empty and customers are increasingly frustrated.

LIVE

LIVEAustralian Coronavirus

Empty Melbourne CBD after 8pm curfew. Arts Centre, Hamer Hall, St Kilda Road. Picture: Josie Hayden

Eerie photos of Melbourne’s virus curfew

The streets of Melbourne have been left completely deserted after the city was dealt its first ever coronavirus curfew.

Environment

Nino 3.4 - the Pacific Ocean patch that is vital to El Nino and La Nina forecasts. Picture: Google Maps.

Ocean patch that will change our weather

A remote zone of the Pacific Ocean has just given us huge clue that our weather could be about to undergo a dramatic change.

Health

28 JULY 2020 WWW.MATRIXNEWS.COM.AU NON EXCLUSIVE PICTURES BLM Protest organisers and followers are met with an immediate Police prohibition order and are immediately arrested in The Domain.

10 intense minutes that ended BLM rally

It took police just a few fraught minutes to end today’s outlawed Sydney Black Lives Matter rally but the tactics were described as “disgusting”.

NSW & ACT

‘Best of luck at court’: Cop on torn up fine

A top NSW cop has wished a Black Lives Matter protester “best of luck at court” after he defiantly tore up his $1000 fine for attending today’s rally.

Leaders

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - JULY 24: Prime Minister Scott Morrison during a press conference in the Prime Ministers Courtyard at Parliament House on July 24, 2020 in Canberra, Australia. Victoria has recorded 300 new cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to Friday, bringing the total number of active cases to 3734, more than a tenfold increase since July 1, when there were 370 active cases. (Photo by Sam Mooy/Getty Images)

Morrison defends planned Trump trip

The PM said he “intends” to travel to the US to meet world leaders at a summit hosted by Donald Trump despite the threat of coronavirus.

Environment

CENTRAL COAST, AUSTRALIA - JULY 26: Homes are fenced off on Ocean View Drive after residents were asked to leave due to damaged beach front homes on July 26, 2020 in Central Coast, Australia. Beachfront homes along the NSW Central Coast are at risk of collapse due to beach erosion after huge swells hit the state's beaches in recent weeks. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Huge surf smashes crumbling homes

More than 40 homes teetering on a cliff overlooking the Pacific are at risk of collapse as a powerful east coast low zeros in on the NSW coast.

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