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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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Chinese missiles can now reach as far as the US territory and military base in Guam. Picture: US Studies Centre

China could overrun Asia ‘in hours’

Beijing’s military muscle is so strong, it won’t need months to bring its neighbours and the US to heel. A few well-aimed missiles will do the job.

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A band of gale force winds more than 1000 kms long is set to batter south east Australia.

‘1000km long’ band of gales to slam coast

A massive tract of ferocious winds is set to batter the continent with 100km/h winds, huge waves and shudder-inducing temperatures.

Australian Economy

How to complain like a boss - and get results

How to complain and get what you want

You’ve been ripped off and you demand justice. But how you complain could be the difference between a refund and jack-all.

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A composite image created on Tuesday, April 23, 2019, of (left) Former Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, February 18, 2019. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING *** (right) Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Minister for Energy Angus Taylor at a press conference at an ice cream parlour, 40km south of Devonport in Tasmania, Tuesday, April 17, 2019. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

‘Don’t do it again’: Barnaby lashed

Barnaby Joyce has been blasted and labelled a “hypocrite” for robocalling women about controversial plans to change the law.

The 26th parallel - defence analysts have said Australia's defence facilities north of this line are lacking.

‘Crazy’ holes in Australia’s defences

Far from an impregnable barrier, Australia’s northern border is full of holes and a single road to an air base sums up the problem. Defence watchers say it’s a gift to an invader.

It's a chilly start to teh week in much of southern Australia. Picture: BSCH.

Cold, wet, windy weather to ‘linger’

Brisbane has been bathed in thick fog at the start of a warm week, but head further south and the cold weather, wind and rain are here to stay.

A cyclist rides past graffiti that reads "Free HK" in the Tai Wai area of Hong Kong on August 10, 2019, as protesters take part in demonstrations against a controversial extradition bill. - Police in Hong Kong fired tear gas on August 10, 2019 at pro-democracy protesters who defied orders to cancel a rally and blocked intersections across the city in "hit-and-run" demonstrations. The new protests came after the city's leader warned she would grant no concessions to the demonstrators, whose movement is now in its third month. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP)

Critical question HK leader can’t answer

The territory’s beleaguered leader looked frustrated when a reporter asked her a question that everyone else is thinking as protests paralyse the city.

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Multiple cold frronts could see the more plesant conditions come to an end as temperatures drop towards the end of the weekend. Picture: Sky News Weather.

‘Wild weekend’ warning of new cold snap

The next few days will be sunny and almost balmy. Savour them, it’s all a tease before cold conditions could see temps plunge to 8C.

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Visitors pose for photos outside of APEC Haus, the main venue of the APEC Economic Leaders' Week Summit as the US Navy ship USS Green Bay is anchored just offshore in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. After three decades of promoting free trade as a panacea to poverty, the APEC grouping of nations that includes the U.S. and China is holding its lavish annual leaders meeting in the country that can least afford it. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

US Navy blocked from Hong Kong

The US is claiming its naval ships have been denied entry to Hong Kong, as Donald Trump suggests troops are “moving towards the border”.

Jeffrey Epstein with Adriana Ross, who was accused of facilitating his ab

Inside NY ‘gulag’ where Epstein died

Hidden among Manhattan skyscrapers was Jeffrey Epstein’s final home, a high rise facility know for being one of the most secure — and notorious — prisons in the world.

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