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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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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 19: Passengers are seen boarding Air New Zealand flight number 246 destined for Wellington on April 19, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. The trans-Tasman travel bubble between New Zealand and Australia begins on Monday, with people able to travel between the two countries without needing to quarantine. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

‘I’ve escaped’: Aussies risk jail for travel

Desperate Aussies are risking jail or hefty fines to be reunited with loved ones overseas by using the Trans-Tasman travel bubble as an escape route.

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PARRAMATTA ADVERTISER/AAP Generic file photos of the children's hospital in Westmead, NSW. Thursday 30th May 2019. (AAP IMAGE / Jordan Shields)

Teen in hospital after quad bike accident

A teenager has been flown to hospital after suffering “serious” injuries to her pelvis and arm in a quad bike accident at a Sydney campsite.

UpdatedHealth Problems

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 23: WA Premier Mark McGowan speaks to media at Dumas House on April 23, 2021 in Perth, Australia. WA Premier Mark McGowan has announced a snap three-day lockdown for the Perth and Peel regions of Western Australia, effective from midnight tonight. The snap lockdown comes after a Victorian man who flew to Melbourne after completing 14 days of hotel quarantine in Perth tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday. The man stayed in a room at the Mercure hotel in Perth adjacent to someone who later tested positive for coronavirus, and was in the community while infectious prior to his departure from Western Australia, with close contact of his also testing positive today. (Photo by Matt Jelonek/Getty Images)

Premier announces major border decision

Western Australia will slash the number of international arrivals allowed into the state by half as Premier Mark McGowan said the pandemic was “very real”.

Coronavirus Health

NZ panic buying hits afte covid cases

‘Lines of people’: Panic buying hits NZ

We all thought the great toilet paper panic of 2020 was behind us but shelves in Auckland supermarkets are being stripped bare.

US President Joe Biden leaves the White House to spend the weekend in Camp David, on February 12, 2021 in Washington DC. (Photo by Eric BARADAT / AFP)

Biden’s first words after Trump acquittal

Hours after the acquittal of Donald Trump, US President Joe Biden said now was the time to “defend the truth and to defeat the lies”.

Bec and Chris Judd have enjoyed a day at the cricket. Picture: Instagram

Judd returns home for Melbourne pastime

After sending social media into a spin by leaving Melbourne for Byron Bay, Bec Judd has returned home for a very Australian pastime.

CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN EXPRESS. Coles will be moving into Chullora Marketplace after Big W moves out at the end of the month. Chullora Marketplace, photographed today 4th of January 2020. (AAP/Image Matthew Vasilescu)

$1 Aldi item that goes nuts every year

It’s an item you see everyday in supermarkets around the country but at this time of year, demand for it suddenly spikes – here’s why.

Current Affairs

The Project host Peter van Onselen.

Furious guest unleashes on Project host

“You’re lucky you’ve still got a job”: Former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett didn’t hold back during this extraordinary rant on the Sunday Project.

Current Affairs

Melania Trump 60 Minutes piece

Melania’s ex-bestie unleashes on Trumps

A former best friend of Melania Trump has unleashed on the First Lady and US President Donald Trump.

Current Affairs

Lisa Wilkinson on The Sunday Project. Picture: Ten

‘Not good enough’: Lisa slams royal family

The Sunday Project’s host Lisa Wilkinson has bluntly told the Queen to intervene with her son in a scathing assessment of the royal family’s conduct.

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