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Charis ChangSenior Reporter

Charis Chang has been a reporter for more than 10 years, beginning her career in newspapers before heading online. In a former life, she was a paralegal and got her start in journalism through covering council meetings and other news for local newspapers in regional NSW, Melbourne, and Sydney including the Manly Daily. She has reported extensively on the environment and climate change, as well as health issues including coronavirus, and has also begun tackling data journalism. Highlights of her career include interviewing prime ministers and covering several federal elections. In 2019, she travelled with the press pack during the election campaign. She has also been involved in campaigns on mental health, organ donation and recycling.

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NEW YORK - OCTOBER 07: Chef Cesar Ramirez prepares his dinner menu at his restaurant, Chef's Table, October 7, 2010 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Chef's Table, which is located as part of the Brooklyn Fare grocery store, has been awarded two stars by the prestigious Michelin Guide. Chefs Table seats only 18 people at a counter and charges $135 for a 10-course tasting. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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DINERS pay more than US$300 a person to eat at a three-Michelin star restaurant in New York where the chef allegedly decides “s***’ Asians get the worst cuts of meat.

Sandra is featured in a new video from The Salvation Army as part of The Freedom Partnership to end modern slavery.

A modern-day slave in Australia

SANDRA was offered a job in a country that some would die to live in. But her Aussie dream turned into a nightmare after she arrived and was forced into slavery.

FILE - In this Nov. 26, 2014 file photo, President Barack Obama, joined by his daughters Malia, right, and Sasha, center, speaks at the White House, in Washington during the presidential turkey pardon ceremony, an annual Thanksgiving tradition. An aide to a Republican congressman has resigned after her critical comments about President Barack Obama's daughters touched off a backlash. Elizabeth Lauten, communications director to Rep. Stephen Fincher of Tennessee, commented on Malia and Sasha Obama's pose and dress at a White House ceremony last week in which the president pardoned a turkey. She wrote that the girls should have shown more class. Lauten later apologized for the comments on her Facebook page that had drawn harsh criticism.(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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THE woman who told President Obama’s daughters to “dress like you deserve respect, not a spot at a bar”, has resigned from her position as a Republican aide.

Shia LaBeouf in #iamsorry. Picture: TWITTER/@MarlowNYC

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SHIA LaBeouf has been called a liar for bizarre claims he was raped in an art gallery but apparently it did happen.

Customers fall to the floor as they grapple for an LED television during a Black Friday discount sale at an Asda supermarket, operated by Wal-Mart Stores Inc., in the Wembley district of London, U.K., on Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. Black Friday has caught on in the U.K. and worldwide over the last few years as the rise of the Internet has made the event a global phenomenon, with customers always being just one click away from the deals offered by U.S. retailers online. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Shopping ‘apocalypse’ hits UK

BLACK Friday sales sparked violence and chaos among shoppers desperate for a bargain, with some comparing the scenes to a zombie apocalypse.

Labor's Dan Andrews celebrates his Victorian State Election victory at the Mulgrave Country Club. Picture: Jake Nowakowski

Dan’s the man: Labor wins

VICTORIANS have a new government after Saturday’s election saw Labor claim a historic victory, dismissing the Napthine Government after only one term in office.

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FILE 27 NOVEMBER 2014: Australian cricketer Phil Hughes has died at the age of 25 due to severe head injuries sustained by a bouncer delivery on Mondays Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and South Australia played at the Sydney Cricket Ground. DARWIN, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 02: Phillip Hughes of Australia 'A' looks on during the Cricket Australia Quadrangular Series Final match between Australia 'A' and India 'A' at Marrara Oval on August 2, 2014 in Darwin, Australia. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

State memorial service for Hughes

A STATE Memorial Service will be held for Phillip Hughes at the Sydney Cricket Ground after the much loved cricketer died aged just 25.

Phillip Hughes ambulance came from Summer Hill, despite nearest station being located at Paddington.

First ambulance sent from Summer Hill

AN ambulance crew from the other side of Sydney was likely the first ones sent to treat Phillip Hughes, despite the fact that a station was located just 800m away.

There is a bushfire emergency in Gingin. Twitter photo @7NewsPerth

Bushfire threatens homes in WA

HOMES are under threat from an out of control bushfire in Western Australia and people have been advised to leave the area immediately.

CFA have sent through these pics of the sinkhole. I had requested some pics of them actually rescuing the woman and this is all they have. Not sure what our photographer got out there, but if these are of any use, can you please add them to the system. In Springvale South

Sinkhole swallows woman hanging out washing

UPDATE: A sinkhole that opened up in a Melbourne backyard swallowing a woman hanging up the washing is believed to be the site of an old well.

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