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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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Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves the House of Commons in London, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, after MPs voted in favor of allowing a cross-party alliance to take control of the Commons agenda on Wednesday in a bid to block a no-deal Brexit on October 31. (Aaron Chown/PA via AP)

Boris’ swift act of revenge against rebels

British PM Boris Johnson has reacted to his humiliating defeat in parliament by swiftly punishing the MPs who rebelled against him.

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NSW / ACT Courts & Law

Gerard Vamadevan with Johnny Ruffo.

Fake TV exec sent teen 300 texts, court hears

A man who claimed to be a TV talent scout allegedly approached a teen girl with promises of stardom. Instead, police say he made her life hell.

Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton is seen during a press conference in Brisbane, Thursday, August 8, 2019. Mr Dutton announced the appointment of Mike Burgess as the new director-general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO). (AAP Image/Darren England) NO ARCHIVING

Big crackdown on child sex offenders

Tough new laws will help prevent the “greatest nightmare for any parent” of their child being groomed online by a paedophile.

OPINIONNews Life

Marchers take part in the "Straight Pride" parade in Boston, on August 31, 2019. - "Straight Pride" advocates who support President Donald Trump and counter-demonstrators who consider them homophobic extremists staged dueling rallies in Boston on Saturday. (Photo by Joseph PREZIOSO / AFP)

‘Embarrassing’ error Straight Pride made

This weekend, literally a hundred or so people marched to celebrate heterosexuality. Good on them — but they seem to have overlooked one teeny tiny thing.

A lick of heat will reach the east coast from central Australia thsi week. Picture: BSCH.

Heat spike to send temperatures soaring

So long winter. Right on cue, a blast of heat is rolling through from the desert to bring a summer-liker start to spring. It’s a different story in the south, however.

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Travel Incidents

Spirit of Gold Coast whale watching boat hits rogue wave

Panic as freak wave hits tourist boat

Passengers were “freaking out” and feared people had been swept overboard when a huge wave smashed into a Gold Coast whale watching boat.

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UpdatedNews Life

Shocking New York Post CCTV screenshots of lift crushing in Manhattan

Probe into lift that crushed man to death

Onlookers were horrified when a man was brutally crushed in a lift in New York yesterday, as the building’s problematic history is revealed. WARNING: Graphic content

The North Korean flag flies above the North Korean embassy in Beijing on March 28, 2018. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was given a lavish welcome by Chinese President Xi Jinping during a secretive trip to Beijing as both sides seek to repair frayed ties before Pyongyang's landmark summits with Seoul and Washington. / AFP PHOTO / Greg Baker

Bizarre lies told by North Korean diplomats

North Korean diplomats know how good life is outside the hermit kingdom — but if they tell anyone punishment would be swift. So they tell really strange fibs.

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Australian Economy

Camellia, in Sydney's west, is one of the most industrial and polluted suburbs in Australia. Picture: Google Maps.

Suburb so grim it needs to be renamed

It’s minutes from the train and has water views, yet even its fans say this suburb has a big problem only a drastic change will fix.

Fierce gales are lashing the east coast of Australia. Picture: Sky News Weather.

2000km monster batters Australia

Massive waves will pound the east coast today as a 2000km long front of gales smashes Australia, to be followed by an “exceptionally cold night”.

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