The Editorial Team

Liz is news.com.au’s deputy editor. She began her career in magazines at The Australian Women’s Weekly, going on to work in newspapers before joining news.com.au. She started as a senior reporter in 2014 before becoming news editor and then deputy. Liz has appeared on national TV and radio as a commentator discussing news stories, politics and social issues.

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Environment

Earthquake rattles Melbourne

TREMORS have been felt rumbling through Melbourne after a 3.2 magnitude earthquake struck the city’s outer suburbs.

AFL

Why is this guy allowed to take the field?

THIS footy player was caught making secret sex tapes without women’s knowledge. Now victim’s groups say he’s being let off too lightly.

QLD

##NOT FOR INTERNET UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT ## Gabe Tostee pictured entering a Surfers Paradise Medical Centre . Picture Mike Batterham

Tostee’s prison letter: ‘I’m struggling’

ACCUSED balcony killer Gable Tostee has complained of a bizarre approach from a fellow prisoner and says he’s struggling behind bars, documents reveal.

Environment

Five girls standing together, each is busy with another activity: use your cell phone, listen to music with headphones, tablet pc, filing nails with a nail file and plays video games. Isolated against white background.

The issue kids don’t care about anymore

JUST three years ago it was the most concerning issue facing young Australians, and now it’s just about fallen off their radar.

NSW

‘Playboy’ rapist loses freedom bid

THE Sydney sex criminal dubbed the ‘playboy rapist’ will remain behind bars after losing his second appeal, and it’s ‘an incredible relief’ to his victims.

National

Darwin local, Matthew Phelps, has recently graduated from the NavyÂ¿ New Entry Officer Course (NEOC) at HMAS Creswell in Jervis Bay and will now continue his training to one day become a Maritime Warfare Officer in the Royal Australian Navy

Horrifying stories of abuse exposed

DECADES of rape, abuse and harassment in the ADF have been exposed. These are the whistleblowers’ shocking stories. Warning: Disturbing content.

QLD

Brett Peter Cowan is on trial for the murder of Daniel Morcombe. He is responsible for sex attacks on up to 30 children and was previously jailed for nearly killing a young boy in a brutal frenzy.

More pain today for Morcombe family

THE man who killed Daniel Morcombe has begun his appeal to have his life sentence overturned for the murder of the Queensland schoolboy with lawyers arguing he ‘didn’t intend to confess’..

North America

Man ‘gunned down’ in Ferguson

RIOTS in Ferguson have claimed their first casualty with reports emerging a 20-year-old man has been gunned down in his car just metres from where black teen Michael Brown was shot dead.

Social Media

This pic made Abbott popular?!

THE Prime Minister’s surge in likes from young people in New Delhi prompted speculation he had been importing offshore followers. Turns out it’s all thanks to one really powerful selfie.

Lifestyle

The numbers that should shock us all

IT’S the number that affects us all. It’s killing at least one Australian each and every week, and shockingly, some of us still think it’s ok.

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