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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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UPDATEDEnvironment

South East Queensland is sset tito be absolutely dreched. Picture: East Coast Weather/US National Weather Service.

Flash flooding to cause peak-hour chaos

Forecasters become increasingly concerned that even more rain could fall even faster than expected as five people have been rescued from floods.

Banking

Westpac class action. Townsville woman Deborah Carter

Westpac’s $1000-a-month rip-off

Deborah Carter was ripped off by Westpac to the tune of $1K a month. Now it looks like the bank may get away with “blue murder”.

UPDATEDEnvironment

Flash flooding to cause peak-hour chaos

Forecasters become increasingly concerned that even more rain could fall even faster than expected as five people have been rescued from floods.

Celebrities gone bad

US actress Amber Heard poses as she arrives for the screening of the film

‘No one will believe you’: Depp mocked

Amber Heard mocked Johnny Depp for claiming he was the victim of domestic violence, daring him to “tell the world and see how many people believe you”.

Health Problems

Coronavirus doctor drops dead at 27

A young Chinese doctor has died of a heart attack after working for 10 days straight on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak.

Health & Safety

Two-year-old Australian citizen Chloe Nuoyi Zhao is stranded in Wuhan with her Chinese grandparents. Picture: ABC

Aussie two-year-old stranded in Wuhan

Australian authorities have refused to bring home a two-year-old Melbourne girl currently stranded in Wuhan with her Chinese grandparents.

UpdatedVIC Crime

The man was arrested at 2pm today. Picture: Craig Jeffreys/Twitter

Dozens of police swarm ‘erratic driver’

Melbourne’s CBD was thrown into lockdown after a man, allegedly driving erratically, jumped on his car and yelled for police to arrest him.

At Work

Citigroup trader Paras Shah. Picture: LinkedIn

$2m-a-year worker’s canteen heist

A high-flying trader earning nearly $2 million a year has been suspended for repeatedly stealing food from the bank’s cafeteria.

Leaders

Democratic Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg speaks at the Rex Theater in his first public appearance since the Iowa Caucus the night before in Manchester, New Hampshire on February 4, 2020. - The US Democratic Party was unable to provide results from the Iowa state caucuses Tuesday despite spending millions of dollars, owing to what it called a technical glitch and President Donald Trump called incompetence.New Hampshire votes second, on February 11,2020 and tradition dictates that the top performers in Iowa board jets and race to The Granite State to capitalize on the momentum. (Photo by Joseph PREZIOSO / AFP)

‘Mayor Cheat’: Voting fiasco outrage

Furious Bernie Sanders supporters are spreading conspiracy theories about the botched Iowa caucuses — and their anger is focused on one man.

Health & Safety

Passengers wearing protective masks arrive at Manila's international airport in the Philippines on Monday Feb. 3, 2020. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has approved a temporary ban on all travellers, except Filipinos, from China and its autonomous regions. Precautionary measures have been tightened around the country following the report of the first death of a new virus outside of China. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Chinese student sneaks into Australia

A Chinese student has allegedly bragged about evading Australia’s coronavirus travel ban by making a change to his passenger card.

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