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Matt YoungNight Editor

Matt is the night editor and one of news.com.au’s longest serving journalists. He has worn many digital hats including news editor, weekend editor, commissioning editor and senior journalist. His most rewarding achievement was as news.com.au’s first US correspondent in New York which saw him face-to-face with Donald Trump and go behind the scenes of Sesame Street where he interviewed Cookie Monster and Elmo. With more than 15 years of experience in journalism, including more than 10 years at NewsCorp, Matt is a vibrant, energetic newshound who knows what gets you talking, what makes you laugh and what makes you furious.

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Island castaway David Glasheen lives on remote Restoration Island off the coast of north Queensland near Lockhart River. .

Island castaway’s sad confession

Australia’s very own island castaway is celebrating 25 years since he left the bright lights of the city for a life of tropical solitude. But paradise comes with a price.

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Kim K’s Aussie visit exposed as hoax

Kim K’s Aussie visit exposed as hoax

Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson have been spotted in tropical Queensland – or have they? Seems the celeb sighting was too good to be true.

DARWIN, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 05: In this handout image provided by the Australian Defence Force, Royal Australian Navy submarine HMAS Rankin is seen during AUSINDEX 21, a biennial maritime exercise between the Royal Australian Navy and the Indian Navy on September 5, 2021 in Darwin, Australia. Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom have announced a new strategic defence partnership - known as AUKUS - to build a class of nuclear-propelled submarines and work together in the Indo-Pacific region. The new submarines will replace the Royal Australian Navy's existing Collins submarine fleet. (Photo by POIS Yuri Ramsey/Australian Defence Force via Getty Images)

‘Contested’: Grim sign for the Pacific

A grim sign for the Pacific has been issued as Australia and New Zealand made a decision following China’s security deal with the Solomon Islands.

A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britain's Home Secretary Priti Patel gesturing as she gives a statement concerning the government's plan to send migrants and asylum seekers who cross the Channel to Rwanda, in the House of Commons, in London, on June 15, 2022. - Britain vowed Wednesday it would pursue its controversial policy to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda after a first flight was cancelled following a legal ruling, in an embarrassing blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government. The number of those due to be put on the flight on Tuesday had dwindled from an original 130 to seven and finally none after a last-minute order by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). (Photo by PRU / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / PRU " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Judge blocks huge move at last minute

There has been furious reaction in Britain after a judge dramatically blocked its plan in a last-gasp intervention.

Bodybuilder breaks silence after coma

Bodybuilder breaks silence after coma

Australian bodybuilder Calum von Moger has shared graphic images of his injuries after an incident at his home that left him fighting for his life.

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 05: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks to media during a city visit on June 5, 2022 in Perth, Australia. Albanese is travelling to Indonesia on Sunday to meet with President Joko Widodo on his first international visit as leader of Australia. (Photo by Matt Jelonek/Getty Images)

Albo’s promise to Aussie state after ‘sacrifice’

Anthony Albanese has promised to spend more time in one state and become a “regular visitor” in an apparent dig at the former government.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 02: (3L-R) Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Timothy Laurence, Princess Anne, Princess Royal, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Louis of Cambridge, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, Prince George of Cambridge, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, James, Viscount Severn, Lady Louise Windsor and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex on the balcony of Buckingham Palace watch the RAF flypast during the Trooping the Colour parade on June 02, 2022 in London, England. The Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II is being celebrated from June 2 to June 5, 2022, in the UK and Commonwealth to mark the 70th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

Royals missing from balcony revealed

The Queen has appeared from Buckingham Palace with a walking stick to begin four days of events — but there were some royal members missing.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, of New Zealand, meets with US President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 31, 2022. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Jacinda stuns America at White House

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern has wowed President Joe Biden during a face-to-face meeting that went so well, China is really angry.

China’s bold reply to ‘world war’ fears

China’s bold reply to ‘world war’ fears

China has bluntly warned it is still confident of striking a security deal in the Pacific despite its ambassador failing to win over its leaders.

China’s last-minute South Pacific reveal

China’s last-minute South Pacific reveal

China has announced one of its most powerful men and a large entourage of high level officials are making their way to the South Pacific.

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