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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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The SOS message was spotted by a homeowner on his CCTV camera. Picture: Channel 9

Man finds message scrawled in dirt

A woman lost in dense scrub was rescued after she managed to leave an SOS message in the bush alerting police to her whereabouts.

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Severe weather outlook 2019 - BOM

Scary well of heat building up in Australia

A bowl of searing heat is set to build in the centre of Australia in the run up to summer leading to more heatwaves as the rain goes AWOL.

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Australian Economy

On a typical Wednesday evening peak, major roads into Sydney tehy wer ebuilt to curb congestio - such as teh Harbour Tunnel and Eastrern adn Western Distributors - are now the most jammed. Picture: Google Maps.

Choke point exposes city’s stupidity

For decades, we’ve tried to fix traffic jams by building more roads. One look at just a few stretches of asphalt on Google Maps shows why that is a dumb solution.

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Desert heat, surpassing 40C inland, will be a feature of the week in Central Australia and Queensland. Picture: BSCH.

Warning: Rain, storms and blistering heat

Parts of the country could be hit with heavy downpours and even storms this week. But away from the rain, four capitals are set for 30C+ days.

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Some of the heaviest rain for months si set to hit NSW and Queensland. Picture: Sky News Weather

Weekend to cop heaviest rain in months

We’re supposed to be a month into sunny spring weather but this weekend is going to look more like winter with thunderstorms and chilly days.

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Vehicles dangerously swerving through chevrons on Wattle St, Haberfield, close to the M4 WestConnex. Pic: Benedict Brook

Drivers’ crazy behaviour on $4b new road

There are warnings “someone could die” on one of Australia’s most modern roads as baffled drivers make dangerous decisions despite changes to the road layout.

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Some of the heaviest rain for months si set to hit NSW and Queensland. Picture: Sky News Weather

Imminent: Heaviest rain in seven months

Much-needed rain is about to land across the east coast — with a a “burst of cold weather” also on the cards for the south east.

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This video screengrab received from the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) on January 28, 2018 and taken from a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion aircraft shows a five-metre dinghy adrift at sea in the Pacific Ocean with seven people on board, survivors from a ferry carrying 50 that was reported missing in Kiribati waters over a week ago. The Orion plane involved in the multinational search for the ferry MV Butiraoi dropped urgent supplies to the seven and a nearby fishing vessel has been diverted to rescue them. / AFP PHOTO / NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE / Handout / -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / New Zealand Defence Force" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Details revealed of horror ferry disaster

WARNING: GRAPHIC. Passengers died slow, painful deaths over days in open water due to a ferry crash so harrowing it’s been claimed the report into it was buried.

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Australian Economy

The T6 Carlingford line, whcih connects Sydney's west to a number of suburbs in the north of teh city, will close in January.

Sydney rail line to close permanently

Some commuters look set to have a difficult trip to work from January as a Sydney rail line closes to make way for future light rail.

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NSW / ACT Courts & Law

Swim coach Paul Frost, 44, has been arrested outside a Sylvania home after allegedly assaulting two boys while working at his father's swimming school at Padstow. Source - https://www.delicious.com.au/people-events/people/paul-frost/qnmjicbh

Swim coach faces 57 child sex charges

A former swim coach and MasterChef finalist faced court today on 57 charges of sexually abusing and grooming 11 boys at his father’s swim school.

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