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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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Leaders

Supplied image obtained Friday, September 8, 2017 of Connie Johnson after receiving a Medal of the Order of Australia from Governor-General Peter Cosgrove in Canberra, Thursday, September 7, 2017. Connie, the sister of Australian actor Samuel Johnson, received the medal in recognition of her tireless work for breast cancer research. (AAP Image/Facebook, Love Your Sister) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Connie honoured with Oz Day award

LATE cancer campaigner Connie Johnson is among almost 900 incredible Australians being recognised in today’s honours list.

At Work

Commuters stand on a platform at Strathfield train station in Sydney, Thursday, January 25, 2018. Sydney Trains workers have voted to go ahead with a 24-hour strike on Monday. (AAP Image/David Moir) NO ARCHIVING

Unions ‘crossed a line’ on strike

THE Sydney trains strike planned for Monday has been suspended, with the NSW Premier saying unions “crossed a line”.

Leaders

Samuel Johnson appeared brave and positive pushing for donations after his sisters death, but he's admitted it was the hardest thing he's ever done.

‘It felt really uncomfortable’

SAMUEL Johnson has revealed the hardest moment he faced after his sister Connie died, and it’s part of what led to him being nominated for Australian of the Year.

Travel Incidents

Ben Craig has complained to Qantas about an experience he, his wife Amy and son Cooper had on their Christmas holiday.

‘You have failed miserably’

A SYDNEY couple has lashed out at Qantas after their toddler was left starving on a flight that saw them miss Christmas with their family.

NSW & ACT

SEPTEMBER, 2002 : Recent map of current CityRail rail network, 09/02.NSW / Railway

Sydney is a complete joke

A PAY dispute between transport workers and their government employer has exposed Sydney’s failing as a global hub. This is why Sydney is falling behind.

At Work

Tangara train crossing Sydney Harbour Bridge, contact points between overhead power lines often defective. NSW / Railway

Workers must take leave during strike

SYDNEY workers have been told if they can’t get into work during the threatened train strike, they’ll have to pay for it with their annual leave.

Sports Life

Emma Ann Miller, 15, speaks Monday, Jan. 22, 2018, during the fifth day of victim impact statements against Larry Nassar in Ingham County Circuit Court in Lansing, Mich. Next to her is her mother Leslie. Nassar has admitted molesting athletes during treatment when he was employed by Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics, which trains Olympians. He will be sentenced on sexual assault charges this week. (Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal via AP)

Teen’s one final insult in the mail

AFTER being sexually abused by a disgraced sports doctor, 15-year-old Emma Miller received one final insult for her medical “treatment”.

Wealth

Our staggering inequality in one graph

AUSTRALIA’S billionaires are getting richer and richer while the rest of us struggle with record-low wage growth.

Politics

Tony Abbott speaking on the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 in the House of Representatives Chamber, at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

‘It was a good thing for Aboriginal people’

TONY Abbott has stepped up his defence of Australia Day, arguing the event it commemorates was good for indigenous Australians.

Tennis

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 17: A spectator interrupts the second round match between Nick Kyrgios of Australia and Viktor Troicki of Serbia on day three of the 2018 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 17, 2018 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

Fan defiant: ‘Greatest thing ever’

THE guy who interrupted the Nick Kyrgios match at the Australian Open has spoken. And he’s quite happy with himself.

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