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Brighette RyanWeekend Digital Editor

Brighette Ryan is The Australian’s digital night editor. She was previously Social Media Editor, leading the paper’s social media strategy across platforms including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Brighette has also worked as a producer for 2SM and as a social media producer for the Nine Network.

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COMMENTWall Street Journal

President Donald Trump pauses as he speaks to media after a campaign rally before boarding Air Force One at Elko Regional Airport, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018, in Elko, Nev., en route to Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Real reason the Left hate Trump

He’s the average American in exaggerated form — blunt, simple, willing to fight, mistrustful of intellectuals.

David Gelernter

Turf

21st October 2018.L-R, Horse Trainer Cameron Partington and Horse owner Les Ross at Ross's stables in Hendra ahead of a possible strike during the Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup days because of the Qld government's wagering tax.Photo: Glenn Hunt / The Australian

Trainer strike could cancel races

Crisis talks are underway after horse trainers followed through on threats to strike on Cox Plate day over a new Queensland wagering tax.

Mark Schliebs

The Nation

Images from Arsalan Khawaja facebook page. Image posted 23rd of January 2018Usman Khawaja's brother Arsalan has been implicated in the Mohamed Kamer Nilar Nizamdeen Terror case.Arsalan and Usmanhttps://www.facebook.com/khawaja.arsalan.14?__tn__=%2Cd*F*F-R&eid=ARA78ylkMFXsLDbFOUhyvvSkDCm39vE3Xu4kD3tgWIBzDDFlIqoYyLScyoE6QB6slJIuwEX2FBMNR9I6&tn-str=*F

Usman’s brother in terror probe

Usman Khawaja’s older brother has been drawn into a terror investigation after being questioned last week over a notebook.

Emily Ritchie

exclusiveNational Affairs

Cory’s strife over Lambassador

Cory Bernardi is embroiled in a legal stoush with Australia’s multibillion-dollar livestock industry after recruiting Sam Kekovich as a party ambassador.

Michael Owen

Legal Affairs

Bullying by judges ‘not tolerated’

The discovery of widespread bullying of barristers by Victoria’s judges has prompted the Chief Justice to issue a stern warning.

Chris Merritt

Football

Eight-time Olympic sprinting gold medalist Usain Bolt leaves following a training session with the Central Coast Mariners in Lisarow, NSW, Wednesday, October 17, 2018. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING

Usain isn’t bolting… yet

The Jamaican superstar has told the Mariners he wants to stay in Australia and fight legitimately for a contract.

Ray Gatt

Business

Agriculture’s road map to $100bn

Australia’s agricultural sector has been warned it will have to change radically if it’s to become a $100 billion industry by 2030.

Sue Neales

Industrial Relations

08/12/2017: MUA members arrive as Union members join together with the MUA to protest outside Victoria International Container Terminal in Melbourne. Stuart McEvoy for The Australian.

MUA admits contempt of court

The Maritime Union of Australia has admitted to breaching Supreme Court orders that created an exclusion zone around Melbourne’s Webb Dock.

Tessa Akerman

The Nation

Instagram picture of Laa Chol (Finn Daniels). Source: Instragram

Chol ‘held while stabbed’

A 16-year-old boy punched and kicked Laa Chol and held her as she was fatally stabbed at a Melbourne party, a court has been told.

RED SHIRT RORTSNational Affairs

Premier Daniel Andrews at Geelong station for rail announcement. Picture: Alison Wynd

Premier urged to front police

The Victorian Coalition has urged Daniel Andrews to front Victoria Police for questioning over the misuse of MP staff allowances.

Samantha Hutchinson

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