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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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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews speaks to media during a press conference on rental reforms at the rented property of tenant Elizabeth Watt in Melbourne, Sunday, August 5, 2018. The Victorian Labor government will introduce rental reforms into parliament this week, 10 months after first flagging them ahead of the Northcote by-election. (AAP Image/Ellen Smith) NO ARCHIVING

Andrews is increasingly resilient

Under constant media and Opposition attack, it is truly amazing that Victorian Labor retains its lead in the polls.

Graham Richardson

The Nation

Stock image of Frankston Police Station, Frankston, Melbourne. Tuesday September 26th 2017. Photo: Daniel Pockett

Bomb fears at shopping centre

A shopping centre car park has been shut down in Melbourne, with the bomb squad called out over concerns about a bus.

Wall Street Journal

FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2004, file photo, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.'s headquarters stands in Hunt Valley, Md. Broadcasting company Sinclair says itâ€™s in talks with Tribune Media Co. on how to overcome regulatory hurdles to its $3.9 billion deal to buy 42 of Tribuneâ€™s TV stations. Sinclair CEO Chris Ripley said Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, that the companies are working to find approaches that are best for the company, employees and shareholders. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark, File)

Sinclair-Tribune deal terminated

Tribune Media Co. has sued Sinclair Broadcast Group over the failure of their $3.9 billion deal being approved by regulators.

Joe Flint

Companies

21/3/18 Shoppers at the Melbourne Myer store. Aaron Francis/The Australian

Myer’s ‘schizophrenic attitude’

Myer’s board was “lulled into a false sense of security” over its ability to meet consensus forecasts, a court has been told.

Eli Greenblat

The World

This photo posted Wednesday, Aug 8, 2018 on the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency, shows Syrian President Bashar Assad sitting next to his wife Asma Assad with an IV in her left arm in what appears to be a hospital room, in Syria. Syria's presidency said that the first lady has begun treatment for breast cancer. The statement said the

Syria’s first lady has cancer

In an unusual public announcement for the Arab world, Syria’s presidency says Asma Assad has breast cancer.

The World

This handout photo taken on July 26, 2018 and released by India's Press Information Bureau (PIB) shows Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shaking hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) at the 10th BRICS summit in Johannesburg. / AFP PHOTO / PIB / Handout / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

China, US escalate trade dispute

China is slapping additional import tariffs of 25 per cent on $22 billion worth of US goods, hours after the US did the same.

Policy

Former prime minister Tony Abbott at the Woodford cattle sales yards in Woodford, 72 km (45 miles) North west of Brisbane, Monday, July 23, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

NEG priorities ‘upside down’

Tony Abbott has questioned the objectives of the NEG and refused to rule out crossing the floor over the vote.

Elias Visontay

EXCLUSIVEImmigration

Coalition Senator Dean Smith speaks during the same-sex marriage debate in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Wednesday, November 29, 2017. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

‘Listen to voters on population’

Liberal senator Dean Smith is ramping up pressure on the government to support a year-long Senate inquiry into population.

Greg Brown

The World

TOPSHOT - A woman carries pillows through the rubble of damaged houses in Menggala, north Lombok on August 8, 2018, three days after the area was struck by an earthquake. More than 70,000 people left homeless by a deadly earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok are sleeping in makeshift shelters and lack food, medicine and clean water, officials said on August 8. / AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY

Lombok death toll rises

Indonesia’s disaster agency says the death toll from the earthquake that shook Lombok has risen to 131.

Football

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - AUGUST 26: Sprinter Usain Bolt poses at halftime during the Premier League match between Manchester United and Leicester City at Old Trafford on August 26, 2017 in Manchester, England. (Photo by John Peters/Man Utd via Getty Images)

Bolt to train with Mariners

The world’s fastest man will train with the Central Coast Mariners in a bid to earn a professional contract.

Ray Gatt

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