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David Ross is a Sydney-based journalist at The Australian. He previously worked at the European Parliament and as a freelance journalist, writing for many publications including Myanmar Business Today where he was an Australian correspondent. He has a Masters in Journalism from The University of Melbourne.

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‘blindsided’Nation

Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (left) and paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Pictures: File

Epstein donated $650k to Rudd’s institute

Kevin Rudd’s New York think tank has been embroiled in scandal after it emerged the paedophile donated to the organisation from 2011-2019.

David Ross

RecoveryEconomics

Chefs prepare meals for testing during a staff orientation day as Tiamo Bistro readies for opening in Melbourne on October 27, 2020, as the state government lifts some restrictions on retail and restaurants after the city battled a second wave of the Covid-19 coronavirus. (Photo by William WEST / AFP)

Liberated Melbourne races to open

Small businesses are champing to reopen along Melbourne’s shopping strips but bringing the city fully back to life could take some time.

David Ross and Ben Wilmot

QandAPolitics

Politicians ‘shouldn’t be surprised’ over scrutiny

Monday’s QandA scrutinised the themes of trust and ethics in a showdown over public probity.

David Ross

The DealThe Deal

Man in a business suit coat and swim shorts sitting in front of a computer, having a video job interview or working from home, EPS 8 vector illustration

Career moves: time for a change?

The COVID-19 lockdown has left some Australian CEOs with enough time on their hands to contemplate their next job.

David Ross

Financial ServicesFinancial Services

A generic photo of a Bendigo Bank in Adelaide, Monday, February 17, 2020. Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has launched a $300 million capital raising and slashed its interim dividend as rising costs weigh heavily on its first-half result. (AAP Image/Kelly Barnes) NO ARCHIVING

Bendigo broke cash rules: APRA

The prudential regulator has taken aim at Bendigo and Adelaide Bank for breaching liquidity requirements since January 2015.

Richard Gluyas and David Ross

Media

Veteran journo Paul Murphy dies

Veteran ABC journalist Paul Murphy has died aged 77, marking the end of almost 50 years in the public spotlight.

David Ross

Wealth managementWealth

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire PhotosTuesday , 20 October 2020.Sam Henderson pictured arriving at the Downing Centre. Financial planner Sam Henderson for final sentencing at Downing CentrePicture: NCA NewsWire/ Monique Harmer

One-time celebrity planner fined $10,000

Disgraced celebrity financial planner Sam Henderson has been fined $10,000 for misrepresenting his qualifications over several years.

David Ross

qandaMedia

The Host of ABC's Qanda, Hamish McDonald.

‘Our deal with social media is unfair’

Twitter, Google, and Facebook were all absent from Monday’s QandA despite being front and centre of an episode that took aim at the social media behemoths.

David Ross

sleep Covid hitNation

16/10/2020. Merima Mahmic, night-shift manager at Australia Post Alexandria depot in Sydney pictured with new sorting machines that have recently been installed to handle the booming surge of parcels flooding into Australia. Britta Campion / The Australian

Big lessons to be learnt from online shopping bonanza

An explosion in online shopping has been the sleeper COVID hit, with parcel volumes coursing through Australia Post up 61.8 per cent on the same time last year.

David Ross

Media

6th August 2020.Peter Murphy is a retired judge that is collaborating with journalist Hedley Thomas applying his legal mind to some of aspects and deficiencies in the investigation and inquest into Janine VaughanÃs disappearance in 2001.Photo: Glenn Hunt / The Australian

Top journos finalists in awards

Ten of The Australian’s journalists have been named as finalists for the prestigious Walkley Awards and 12 have been nominated for the News Awards.

David Ross

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