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Rebecca FranksSub-Editor

Rebecca is a copy editor with more than two decades of experience in journalism, mostly covering news, court, crime, politics and health. She began her career at the UK’s Express & Star before moving to Sydney in 2002 where she joined NewsCorp Australia as a senior reporter for NewsLocal newspapers including the Manly Daily. She is an award-winning journalist and former court reporter who spent two years in the NSW Parliament press gallery covering state politics. She joined news.com.au in 2017.

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Lisa Wilkinson’s tense TV Barnaby grilling

Lisa Wilkinson’s tense TV Barnaby grilling

Lisa Wilkinson has grilled a government insider surrounding Barnaby Joyce’s infamous texts about Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

Australian Economy

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‘Nobody knows’: New blow in shortage crisis

Australia’s supply of urea – an additive used in diesel engines – could run out in weeks, meaning the trucking industry could grind to a halt.

NSW & ACT Crime

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Husband’s awkward Melissa Caddick blunder

Melissa Caddick’s husband has hit out, making extraordinary claims about his wife’s disappearance and denying he murdered her.

Current Affairs

‘Miracle man’ fell 18 floors but survived 9/11

‘Miracle man’ fell 18 floors but survived 9/11

Twenty years ago, the world was shook by the 9/11 New York terror attacks. This man fell 18 floors and miraculously survived.

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Covid TikTok guy’s latest ‘prediction’

He has successfully predicted NSW’s covid numbers for the fifth day in a row, but does it all add up? Theories emerge after a TV interview.

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‘Troll’: TV host blasts Katie Hopkins

‘Troll’: TV host blasts Katie Hopkins

Katie Hopkins has been described as a “troll” who has been saying “heinous things” for years, hours after being dumped from Big Brother.

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Lisa Wilkinson on The Sunday Project.

‘Failed us’: Expert’s live TV covid vent

NSW has been slammed by a health expert who said the system “failed us” after the latest cluster was linked to an infected limousine driver.

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Aerospace Corporation rocket prediction. Picture: Twitter.

Chinese rocket crashes back to earth

China’s out-of-control space junk has finally plummeted to Earth, reportedly burning up over the ocean, with many certain they saw the debris fall.

Australian Coronavirus

This undated handout image obtained August 11, 2020, courtesy of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases(NIH/NIAID), shows a transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient,captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. - Although none of the coronavirus vaccines under development has proved its efficacy yet in clinical trials, at least 5.7 billion doses have been pre-ordered around the world. First shipments of a COVID-19 vaccine created by Western laboratories have often been snapped up by the United States.Five vaccines -- three Western and two Chinese -- are in Phase 3 efficacy trials involving thousands of people.In a surprise announcement, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed on August 11, 2020 that a vaccine dubbed "Sputnik V" -- after the Soviet satellite -- conferred "sustainable immunity" against the novel coronavirus. (Photo by Handout / National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO /NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES/HANDOUT " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Bleak prediction for Oz virus cases

A leading expert has warned that Australia isn’t out of the woods yet and that the “virus will win” as we socialise more.

Health Problems

Aussie gran suffers horrific bruising after receiving the COVID jab

Woman’s horrific reaction after COVID jab

Health authorities are investigating after an 80-year-old gran from WA was hospitalised with a bizarre condition after having the first AstraZeneca jab.

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