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Benedict BrookUS correspondent

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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UpdatedVIC Crime

The rammed police van in Greenvale, Melbourne, this morning. A man was later shot by police. Picture: Herald Sun.

Man shot after police van ramming

A man is said to be in a “serious condition” after he was shot by Police in Melbourne’s north this morning when a police van was rammed.

LiveQLD

The current bushfire emergency shows no sign of easing in northern NSW & southern Queensland. Areas hard hit include Qld towns of Canungra, Sarabah, Stanthorpe, Applethorpe & across into NSW the towns of Tenterfield, Drake & Angourie south of Yamba. Picture: Fire & Rescue NSW Station 468

Residents brace for hellish night

Thousands of residents across Queensland and NSW are bracing for another hellish night as firefighters struggle to contain more than 140 bushfires.

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Australian Economy

New map from voommaps shows Sydney future Metro rail network.

Map reveals 39 new rail stations

A massive expansion of Sydney’s rail network is underway with a new map showing multibillion-dollar plans and scores of new stops.

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CRIME SCENE: WORKPLACE ACCIDENT DECEASEDPolice pictured at Kochia Lane, Lindfield on Saturday 7 September 2019. ( IMAGE / MONIQUE HARMER)

Awful events led to woodchipper death

The horrific series of events leading up to a man’s death has been revealed after he was sucked into a woodchipper over the weekend.

Hurstville driver. Picture: Rabih Shanx Abdulrahman/Facebook

Driver faces court after schoolboy death

A man charged with manslaughter over the death of a 12-year-old boy slouched when he faced court on Saturday wearing a dark hoodie.

The Centrelink sign is seen in the west NSW town of Broken Hill, Sunday, July 8, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Centrelink drug tests just ‘common sense‘

Peter Dutton has said a proposed new law to drug test people on Centrelink is “not about punishment” but rather “common sense”.

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Gale force winds are likely to rattle south and eastern Australia. Picture: Sky News Weather.

‘Rare’ dust storms set to hit cities

A rare set of conditions will lead to a “very dangerous day” of wild weather, extreme bushfire risks and even dust storms. Then it’s all change.

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UpdatedLeaders

A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaking during his first Prime Ministers Questions session in the House of Commons in London on September 4, 2019. - Prime Minister Boris Johnson headed into a fresh Brexit showdown in parliament on Wednesday after being dealt a stinging defeat over his promise to get Britain out of the EU at any cost next month. (Photo by - / PRU / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO / PRU " - NO USE FOR ENTERTAINMENT, SATIRICAL, MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - EDITORS NOTE THE IMAGE HAS BEEN DIGITALLY ALTERED AT SOURCE TO OBSCURE VISIBLE DOCUMENTS

‘Definition of madness’: UK chaos escalates

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has suffered another stunning defeat in parliament, with his plan for a snap election left in tatters.

UK front pages the Mirror and The Sun slam Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn

Britain’s brutal front pages eviscerate Boris

As if three humiliating defeats in a row weren’t bad enough, now Britain’s papers have unloaded on beleaguered Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

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The Palace of Westminster housing the Houses of Parliament is seen from Westminster Bridge with a Union Flag in the foreground in central London on August 28, 2019 - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Wednesday that the suspension of parliament would be extended until October 14 -- just two weeks before the UK is set to leave the EU -- enraging anti-Brexit MPs. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)

How the UK got into this huge mess

A deal has been reached with EU on a Brexit deal. Astonishingly, it’s taken three years and three prime ministers to get here – and it still might not happen. This is your guide to the saga.

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