The Editorial Team

Lauren McMahMorning homepage editor

Lauren has been a journalist for more than a decade, since graduating with a degree in communications from the University of Technology, Sydney. After completing her cadetship with NewsCorp, she worked at several of Sydney’s NewsLocal newspapers and as a senior reporter at mX, covering everything from national news and politics to travel, lifestyle and entertainment. She joined news.com.au as a news reporter in 2016, and is now the site’s Afternoon Homepage Editor.

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Health & Safety

Phone sparks panic on Qantas flight

THIS is why you should never try and pick up a dropped smartphone mid-flight.

Travel Updates

Closeup shot of emergency exit door in airplane

Panic over first-time flyer’s mid-air mistake

A MAN who had never flown before learnt a valuable lesson after he sparked “pandemonium” on a flight by confusing the exit door for the loo.

Travel Updates

Back view of flight attendant standing in an airplane and demonstrating a emergency exits before taking off. Picture: iStock.

Flyer banned over secret sex diary

A JILTED husband’s plan to publish his flight attendant wife’s diary of steamy encounters with her colleagues has backfired.

Travel Stories

Something wasn't quite right about her ticket. Picture: Satwika Ika/Facebook

Surprising discovery on plane ticket

A WOMAN has complained online about an airline after realising a big issue with her ticket after she boarded the plane.

Flights

In this real situation a row of unidentifiable passengers are sitting in their seats on an airplane. The seating is tight. Their legs are touching the seats in front of them.

New rules could end biggest flying gripe

AIRLINES could be in for a major shake-up under proposed new aviation rules — and for once, it’s a win for passengers.

Asia

Tourists have come under fire for wearing bikinis around sacred sites in Bali.

Bali’s tough crackdown on bikinis

AUTHORITIES in Australia’s favourite holiday spot reckon the quality of tourists has declined. And a new ban might fix the problem.

Northern Territory

Pic by Niels Jensen/Caters News - (Pictured: Niels Jensen with crocodile.) - This shocking footage shows a man dubbed the Danish Crocodile Dundee climbing atop a monster saltwater croc in the Australian outback. Niels Jensen, 22, was working in a wildlife park in Northern Territory when he mounted the 4.7 metre apex predator after feeding it a wallaby carcass. Wildlife management student Niels, from Vinderslev, Viborg, admitted the nail-biting close-encounter was his first with a crocodile in the wild. But the footage failed to amuse Parks Wildlife Commission NT, who said he was asking for trouble getting that close with the massive man-eater. SEE CATERS COPY.

Tourist climbs on back of monster croc

THIS is the astonishing moment a Danish tourist climbed onto a huge 650kg saltwater crocodile in the Northern Territory.

Travel Incidents

Fire and Damage to the DFO shopping complex in the aftermath of a plane crash at Essendon Fields, February 21, 2017.

Widows may sue dead pilot over crash

FOUR American women who lost their husbands in one of Victoria’s worst plane crashes are expected to pursue millions of dollars in damages.

Health & Safety

Expat Kristen Dineen (left) received a shock diagnosis in Bali. Picture: GoFundMe

Bali nightmare after woman’s horror discovery

AFTER receiving horrific news in Bali, Kristen Dineen desperately needs a travel insurance payout. But a strict catch has made that impossible.

Travel Stories

Newlywed Stephen Karmer was on his honeymoon in Hawaii when he was found dead, days after he went missing on a walk during the dream holiday.

Groom’s tragic final text before vanishing

STEPHEN Kramer was on his dream honeymoon in Hawaii when he went to scout a hiking track. He texted his wife on his way home but he never made it back.

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