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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NSW

Aeropelican Airline leaving Mudgee Airport. Generic photos of sky, sunset, sun, aircraft, plane.

Two dead in Mudgee plane crash

TWO dead as light plane crashes into paddock during attempted landing at Mudgee airport in western NSW.

Middle East

Remembering David Haines

DAVID Cawthorne Haines was a passionate humanitarian aid worker and a “fantastic man and father”. This is how the IS victim should be remembered.

World

18/11/2011 WIRE: This is an undated portfolio photo supplied by Ice Model Management in Johannesburg of Reeva Steenkamp, during a photo shoot. Paralympic superstar Oscar Pistorius was charged Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, with the murder of his girlfriend who was shot inside his home in South Africa, a stunning development in the life of a national hero known as the Blade Runner for his high-tech artificial legs. Reeva Steenkamp, a model who spoke out on Twitter against rape and abuse of women, was shot four times in the predawn hours in the home, in a gated community in the capital, Pretoria, police said. (AP Photo/Ice Model Management) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY Pic. Ap

Remembering Reeva Steenkamp

FOR more than a year the focus of the world’s highest profile crime case has been on Oscar Pistorius, but today is as much about remembering Reeva Steenkamp.

Health Problems

A man suspected of having the Ebola Virus arrives at the Emergency department of the Gold Coast University Hospital. Picture Glenn Hampson

Remain calm, we can handle Ebola

FEARS a Gold Coast man may have contracted Ebola have incited panic that an outbreak of the deadly virus could hit Australia, but experts say we could handle it.

National

Why Mrs Abbott won’t be shamed

JULIA Gillard’s beau, Tim Mathieson, tried to blast Tony Abbott’s wife Margie earlier this year. But the first lady appears intent on proving him wrong.

Kids

The toddlers earning $200 an hour

AT five years old Imogen Warr has been booked for more campaigns than some models five times her age, and her bank account shows it.

NSW

Paul de Gelder in Sydney. He is a shark attack survivor who will be fronting a new T.V show. Pic - James Croucher

‘If people knew, they wouldn’t go into the ocean’

A NAVY diver who lost his arm and leg to a bull shark attack has warned people if they knew how many sharks were near them, they would probably never go in the ocean again.

Dating

James from Cobar, pictures uploaded to Pig Hunter Wants A Wife/Husband Facebook group

Sexy pig hunter wants a wife

MALES must have at least one pic with a feral pig, ladies must be willing to kill feral animals. This is online dating, pig hunter style.

Innovation

The most exciting boring video

THIS is the most exciting boring video you will see today — tunnel boring that is.

Health Problems

Can of Mother energy drink, to be drunk by participants before taking part in a heart rate test at a doctor's surgery in Sydney.

‘Energy drinks killed my son’

MICK Clarke didn’t realise caffeine could kill him — most people don’t — but his sudden death at 35 has prompted a fresh call for energy drinks to be banned.

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