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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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Images sourced from instagram Australians have been horrified to discover that bunnings is committing the ultimate act of cultural heresy by placing the onions underneath the sausage due to health and safety concerns.

Bunnings to stop sausage sizzles

From tomorrow shoppers won’t be able to grab a snag when they head down to their local Bunnings, with the retailer announcing the iconic sausage sizzle is being suspended.

Customers line up before 7am. Early morning shoppers at Woolworths in Crows Nest. Woolworths is introducing a temporary dedicated shopping hour to help protect elderly and disabled people from chaotic panic buying. Picture Rohan Kelly

‘Pandemonium’: How Woolies’ plan failed

It was supposed to be the solution for vulnerable shoppers but pre-dawn crowds has led Woolies to admit they could do better.

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Bureau of Meteorology climate outlook for Autumn. Picture: BOM

Patch of ocean that could change weather

An isolated zone of warm water far off in the Pacific Ocean could turn Australia’s autumn weather on its head for a big chunk of the country.

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UPDATEDRetail

People attend Woolworths Glenhuntly early in the morning after the announcement of a dedicated hour for the elderly and people with a disability in the community. Picture: Mark Stewart

Frustration at Woolies’ exclusive hour

There were massive queues at Woolworths stores across Australia this morning but the grumbles began as soon as the doors opened.

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UPDATEDHealth Problems

A Coles delivery van is seen in Sydney, Thursday, November 15, 2018. Wesfarmers shareholders will vote on whether to green-light the proposed $20 billion demerger of Coles. (AAP Image/Paul Braven) NO ARCHIVING

Coles makes dramatic move

Coles has announced that it’s suspending online shopping for anyone other than the vulnerable and isolated in a dramatic move.

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A Coles delivery van is seen in Sydney, Thursday, November 15, 2018. Wesfarmers shareholders will vote on whether to green-light the proposed $20 billion demerger of Coles. (AAP Image/Paul Braven) NO ARCHIVING

Coles’ drastic change to online delivery

Coles has announced that it’s suspending online shopping for anyone other than the vulnerable and isolated in a dramatic move.

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A general view of a Woolworths store at Double Bay in Sydney, Thursday, September 6, 2018. (AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts) NO ARCHIVING

Woolies dismisses virus shopping rumour

Woolworths has shot down reports it was on the cusp of shutting down all online deliveries in the face of panic buying, but it has introduced new limits.

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Today Show hosts Karl Stefanovic and Allison Langdon pushed Prime Minister Scott Morrison on why schools weren't closing in the face of coronavirus. Picture: Channel 9.

PM slaps down Karl: ‘You’re not a doctor’

Today host Karl Stefanovic copped a swift rebuke from Scott Morrison in a tense interview about the coronavirus crisis.

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Health & Safety

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)

Reason UK is exempt from US travel ban

Donald Trump raised eyebrows when he announced a Europe travel ban, but then exempted the UK. Britain may not be in the EU, but it’s still in Europe.

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This weekend a cold front will roll through the south and a monsoon trough through Queensland. Picture: Windy.

Cold front to bring big temperature ‘swing’

The mercury could drop 14C overnight in some areas as a cold front comes in, while “intense rainfall” is on the cards in the north.

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