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Oliver is the editor at news.com.au and has been a journalist for more than 15 years. Oliver completed a Bachelor of Arts – Journalism at Charles Sturt University before working as a sports reporter at Rural Press. He then moved to NewsLocal in Sydney where he was a reporter and editor at a range of newspapers. Oliver started at news.com.au as a copy editor before becoming news editor then deputy editor.

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Sex worker’s mysterious death

THE police believe Shannan Gilbert drowned while in a drug fuelled-state. But now there are calls to reinvestigate her death.

Politics

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull visits St Augustine's College in Cairns, Far North Queensland, meeting with a large number of representatives from the region's community groups. (L-R) Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull addresses the crowd from the lectern. PICTURE: BRENDAN RADKE

Turnbull’s honeymoon is over

THE chaos of the past week has taken a bite into the government’s approval ratings — but it’s not all bad news for Malcolm Turnbull.

Europe

Undated Metropolitan Police handout photo of 39-year-old Levi Bellfield who was found guilty at the Old Bailey yesterday of the murder of two young women. Bus stop killer Levi Bellfield, the prime suspect in the Milly Dowler murder, is facing three life sentences today. Picture: PA

Milly’s killer hits out at cops in letter

THE convicted killer of Milly Dowler has accused cops of showing no regard for the British teenager’s family after they released details of the brutal rape and murder.

Politics

Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce arriving at Parliament House in Canberra.

Rise of the ‘sweaty, big gutted’ man

THIS is how someone Johnny Depp called the “sweaty, big gutted man from Australia” has became the second most powerful person in the country.

Technology

PIC BY INGO GERLACH/ CATERS NEWS - (PICTURED: Spot the zebra inbetween the herd of Wildebeest) - Forget Wheres Wally can you spot the zebra in this herd of wildebeest? These incredible photos show a huge herd of wildebeest stampeding through the African bush but lurking amongst the pack is a lone zebra. Despite his distinctive marking, the zebra is almost impossible to pick out amongst the crowd of wildebeest. The incredible photos of the wildebeest migration were snapped by German wildlife photographer Ingo Gerlach in Maasai Mara, Kenya. SEE CATERS COPY. Picture: Caters News Agency

Can you spot the zebra here?

YEP, it’s another one of those “spot the thing” things. This time you’re looking for some zebra. Good luck with that.

National

Former prime minister Tony Abbott during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Tony Abbott’s insight: ‘It’s a real bummer’

TONY Abbott knows a thing or two about being the cause of a political crisis. And he’s offered some words of support to a colleague under fire.

Europe

Judge Roger Thomas at Bradford Crown court slammed 12-strong gang's 'insolent and disrespectful' behaviour. Picture: SWNS/Snapper Media

‘They saw her as pathetic and worthless’

A GANG of 12 men has been jailed for a total of 140 years for the repeated rape and sexual abuse of a schoolgirl they saw as “utterly worthless”.

Middle East

A female fighter from the Kurdish People Protection Unit (YPG) poses for a picture as she walks in the Al-Nashwa neighbourhood of the northeastern Syrian province of Hasakeh on July 26, 2015. Syrian government troops and Kurdish forces advanced against Islamic State group fighters in the northeastern city of Hasakeh, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and state media said. AFP PHOTO / DELIL SOULEIMAN / AFP / DELIL SOULEIMAN

Escaped IS sex slaves fight back

THEY witnessed the slaughter of their families and were forced into sexual slavery. Now these women are fighting back.

Sports Life

Wanderer fans let off flares during the round 18 A-League match between Melbourne Victory and Western Sydney Wanderers at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016. (AAP Image/David Crosling) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

The real enemy of football in Australia

THE morons ripping flares at A-League games are doing more damage to football than any of the perceived “enemies” of the game.

Europe

PIC FROM CATERS NEWS - (PICTURED: Victim Bethany Hill) - A pretty 20-year-old found dead in a flat may have had BLEACH poured down her throat, pals claimed. Police confirmed that a young womans body was found with wounds to her neck at a house in Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warks, on Wednesday night - and that a man and a woman had been arrested in connection with her death. But friends said the victim as Bethany Hill had died having also had bleach poured down her throat. Picture: Caters News

‘Mini Britney’ killed in ‘bleach attack’

A WOMAN described by friends as a “mini Britney Spears” who was found dead in her unit may have had bleach poured down her throat.

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