The Editorial Team

Rohan SmithActing deputy editor

Rohan has worked as a journalist and news editor for the past 12 years after studying Journalism at Monash University in Melbourne and beginning his career in a radio newsroom. He mentored journalism students at Charles Sturt University’s National Radio News before moving to Sydney to work in newspapers. Rohan joined news.com.au as a journalist before becoming news editor in 2016. He moved to Melbourne in 2018 where he covers stories that matter to all Victorians.

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NSW & ACT Politics

Taylor Martin Member of the Legislative Council, Member of the Liberal Party

Liberal MP ‘sorry’ as ‘ugly’ texts exposed

A Liberal MP has apologised after “ugly” and “undignified” text messages he sent were exposed. An investigation is underway.

Animals

A killer whale tears the rudders from a boat at sea in the latest attack.

‘Surrounded’: Orcas attack in shocking clip

Dramatic new video shows the moment killer whales surround a boat before tearing off its rudders as similar attacks are documented.

VIC Courts & Law

Rebecca Payne has been hailed a hero for killing her abusive husband Noel Payne.Picture: Mark Scott

Twisted acts before mum killed husband

The twisted acts that led to a Victorian woman murdering her husband with a poisoned snack have been pored over in court. WARNING: Disturbing.

Celebrity Deaths

Jock Zonfrillo and wife Lauren .Picture: jockzonfrillo/facebook

Jock had secretly moved to new country

Late celebrity MasterChef judge Jock Zonfrillo had secretly moved to another country in the weeks before his sudden and shocking death.

At Work

‘Cruel’: Albo’s new plan enrages Aussies

Young Australians were left fuming on Monday night as details leaked about a plan to ease cost of living pressures for a select group only.

North America

Sonia Argentina Guzman, 25 was the victim of a neighbourhood shooting, killing 5 people in Cleveland, Texas. Source - Facebook

Question that sparked mass shooting

A man whose family was massacred has revealed the absurd reason his neighbour stormed the house and killed a child and four others.

Climate Change

Columbia Glacier melt, Alaska July 28, 1986 - July 2, 2014 Alaska's Columbia Glacier descends through the Chugach Mountains into Prince William Sound. When British explorers surveyed the glacier in 1794, its nose extended to the northern edge of Heather Island, near the mouth of Columbia Bay. The glacier held that position until 1980, when it began a rapid retreat. The glacier has thinned so much that the up and down motion of the tides affects its flow as much as 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) upstream, until the glacier bed rises above sea level and the ice loses contact with the ocean. Images taken by the Thematic Mapper onboard Landsat 5 and the Operational Land Imager onboard Landsat 8. Source: NASA Earth Observatory, using data from the U.S. Geological Survey.

Worrying global sign spikes ‘off the charts’

A key measure used to determine the planet’s health has reached unthinkable levels. And it’s just one among several ominous signs.

Crime

(L-r) Mr Jim Beaumont with his children Grant, Jane and Arnna. Filed Sep 1966.Supplied family album style pic of The Beaumont children, Jane, 9, Arnna, 7, and Grant, 4, who disappeared from Glenelg, SA, on 26 Jan 1966. (Copyright unknown)

Tragic end to Beaumont children mystery

The final devastating chapter in one of Australia’s most heartbreaking and enduring mysteries has come to an end.

NSW / ACT Courts & Law

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA , NewsWire Photos. MARCH 16TH 2023 Bruce Lehrmann walks out of the supreme court in Sydney . Picture: NCA NewsWire/ Flavio Brancaleone

Names in Lehrmann’s ‘blue book’ revealed

Channel 10’s lawyer Matt Collins KC quizzed Mr Lehrmann about a “blue book” police obtained photographs of after he was questioned.

updatedFashion

Ex-Greens senator’s clash with cops

Footage shows former Greens senator Lidia Thorpe clashing with police at Sydney’s Mardi Gras parade on Saturday night.

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