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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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Lock down of Housing Commission towers in the inner city suburbs of North Melbourne. Picture: Tim Carrafa

Locked down towers ‘vertical cruise ships’

The federal Deputy Chief Medical Officer is supporting the lockdown of nine housing commission towers in Melbourne.

Remy Varga and Rachel Baxendale

LIVE: CORONAVIRUS CRISISNation

Medical workers staff a drive-through COVID-19 testing site located in a shopping centre carpark in Melbourne on June 23, 2020. - Australians were warned June 22 to avoid travelling to Melbourne, as the country's second biggest city tightened coronavirus restrictions amid fears of a second wave of the epidemic. (Photo by William WEST / AFP)

Grocery limits back as Victoria calls in ADF

Andrews government asks for help from other states and ADF as Victoria’s coronavirus crisis deepens and grocery limits return amid panic buying.

Rachel Baxendale, Max Maddison and Rebecca Urban

CORONAVIRUS CRISISNation

People line up in Berwick to get tested for coronavirus on Monday, June 22, 2020. Picture: Suzan Delibasic

Urgent rush to trace 1000 virus contacts

Authorities expect the elevated numbers of new cases to continue for some days in Victoria, as people flood testing stations across Melbourne.

Rachel Baxendale, Sarah Elks and Max Maddison

LIVE: CORONAVIRUS CRISISNation

Prime Minister Scott Morrison at a press conference, reveals a state-based cyber attack targeting Australian government and business, at Parliament House in Canberra, Friday, June 19, 2020. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Morrison wins backing for uni overhaul

Centre Alliance have raised the government’s hopes of passing its radical overhaul of uni fees, saying it’s a positive first step.

Rachel Baxnedale, Richard Ferguson and Max Maddison

CORONAVIRUS CRISISNation

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison arrives during House of Representatives Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Recession ‘we shouldn’t have had to have’

Scott Morrison issues a warning and evokes Paul Keating as recession bites and jobless rate climbs to 7.1pc.

Richard Ferguson, Adam Creighton and Max Maddison

LIVE: CORONAVIRUS CRISISNation

Australian Trade Minister Simon Birmingham delivers his speech at the National Press Club in Canberra, Wednesday, June 17, 2020. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

No overseas travel for Aussies in short term

Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham has some bad news for Australians itching to fly off for a foreign adventure.

Rosie Lewis and Max Maddison

LIVE: CORONAVIRUS CRISISNation

People hold up placards at a Black Lives Matter protest to express solidarity with US protestors in Melbourne on June 6, 2020 and demand an end to frequent Aboriginal deaths in custody in Australia. - Tens of thousands of Australians defied government calls to stay at home on June 6, spilling onto the streets for Black Lives Matter protests in major towns and cities across the country. (Photo by William WEST / AFP)

Schools shut, second protester tests positive

Victoria’s fresh outbreak sees two schools shut and another Black Lives Matter protester with virus.

Rebecca Urban and Richard Ferguson

CORONAVIRUS CRISISNation

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 12: New South Wales police stand guard around a statue of Captain Cook in Hyde Park on June 12, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. The rally was organised to protest against Aboriginal deaths in custody and in solidarity with the global Black Lives Matter movement. 437 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have died in custody across Australia since the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths In Custody. As the protest is unauthorised by authorities, NSW police have the power to arrest and prosecute attendees for breaking a current COVID-19 health order which bans mass gatherings. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)

Police guard Cook in major show of force

Hundreds of police have flooded Sydney’s CBD, surrounding a statue of Captain Cook, in a bid to scuttle a mass Black Lives Matter protest.

Richard Ferguson and Max Maddison

Gruesome discoveryNation

Human jaw bone found on beach

A jaw bone with some teeth still in place has washed up on a NSW Central Coast beach, sparking police investigation.

Agencies

Super RugbyRugby Union

Damien Fitzpatrick ready to push through the defence during NSW Waratahs v the Cheetahs Super Rugby match at the SFS in Sydney.

Waratahs Fitzpatrick retires

Waratahs hooker Damien Fitzpatrick hangs up his boots and ends his time as a prominent players advocate.

Agencies

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