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Frank Chung is a senior journalist at news.com.au covering topics including local and international breaking news, politics, culture, media and technology. In his previous role as finance editor he wrote about economics, retail, industrial relations, small business, consumer affairs and real estate.

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Leaders

President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable with governors on the reopening of America's small businesses, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Thursday, June 18, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

‘Traitor’: Trump ally unleashes on ex-aide

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has unleashed on John Bolton, labelling the former top Trump aide a “traitor” over his tell-all book.

Media

Syracuse University student Adrianna San Marco was fired from her gig as a columnist at a local paper, The Daily Orange, when she dismissed the notion of 'institutional racism' in an opinion piece. Picture: Adrianna San Marco via Fox News

Column that got journalist sacked

A student journalist has been sacked from her job at a local newspaper for a controversial column about “institutional racism”.

UPDATEDHacking

All businesses are at risk from costly cybercrime. Ethical hacker - Wayne Ronaldson will give a Be Cyber Smart presentation as part of NT October Business Month.

‘Large-scale’ hacking targets Australia

Australia is being hit with a massive cyber attack by a sophisticated foreign “state-based” hacker, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced.

Australian Economy

a male taking money out of a wallet, Australian cash generic spending

JobSeeker payment finally set to increase

The Federal Government is set to finally increase the dole’s $40-a-day base rate as the coronavirus throws hundreds of thousands more people out of work.

North America

Unverified video posted to social media by activist Tariq Nasheed shows an African-American man brutally bashing a white man inside a department store for allegedly using a racial slur while talking on the phone.

Man brutally bashed for alleged ‘n-word’

Disturbing footage shows white man being bashed in a department store for allegedly using a racial slur while on the phone. WARNING: Graphic

Leaders

Liberal MP’s ‘shameful’ slavery tweet

A Liberal MP has been accused of “joking about slavery” with a historically inaccurate tweet about the Egyptian pyramids.

Rugby

‘Line crossed’ in Wallabies’ civil war

Michael Cheika has responded to accusations from within the Wallabies camp he ran a World Cup “scam” last year that put players off-side.

VIC Politics

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 17: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews speaks to trhe media on June 17, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has requested the federal Australian Labor Party oversee all state and federal preselections for the next three years and suspend the voting rights of every member in the wake of branch stacking allegations in the Victorian state branch. Three Victorian MPs - Adem Somyurek, Robin Scott and Marlene Kairouz - have been sacked or resigned following a report by The Age and 60 Minutes into widespread branch stacking which was published on Sunday 14 June. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)

‘Ridiculous’: Dan slams name change

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has slammed a call to change the state’s name over its links to the country’s colonial past, calling the idea “ridiculous”.

Leaders

This photo provided by the North Korean government shows the explosion of an inter-Korean liaison office building in Kaesong, North Korea, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. South Korea says that North Korea has exploded the inter-Korean liaison office building just north of the tense Korean border. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

What’s behind North Korea attack

A North Korean government official insider has revealed what is behind the regime’s new hard-line stance towards the South.

Retail

Domino's responds to tweet from Rick Wilson.

Domino’s hits back over 2012 tweet

Domino’s has hit back at criticism after an eight-year-old tweet was resurfaced in an attempt to “cancel” the pizza chain.

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