Ellie Dudley

Ellie DudleyLegal Affairs Correspondent

Ellie Dudley is the legal affairs correspondent at The Australian covering courts, crime, and changes to the legal industry. She was previously a reporter on the NSW desk and, before that, one of the newspaper’s cadets.

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SUNDERLAND, ENGLAND - JANUARY 26: Dale Snowden from Sunderland receives the AstraZeneca/Oxford University Covid-19 vaccine at the NHS Nightingale North East hospital on January 26, 2021 in Sunderland, England. The 460-bed hospital was created in the spring, as England's health system grappled with the first wave of covid-19 infections. It was placed on standby but never admitted patients. Based at the Washington International Advanced Manufacturing Park (IAMP) development the building was to be used as part of the region's advanced manufacturing sector until it was repurposed for use as a temporary hospital. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Australia economy to grow faster than forecast: IMF

The Australian economy is now projected to grow 3.5 per cent this year – 0.5 per cent higher than forecast in October.

Ellie Dudley

Australia Day HonoursVisual Arts

Sydney artist Peter Kingston pictured in his Lavender Bay home where he is preparing his latest exhibition called 'first light'. Picture: Toby Zerna

‘It makes me sick’: artist returns award

Peter Kingston has sent back his Member of the Order of Australia award to protest Margaret Court’s own honour.

Ellie Dudley

CoronavirusNation

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - JANUARY 26: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern looks on during a press conference at Parliament on January 26, 2021 in Wellington, New Zealand. Ardern said that the Government could approve a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as Wednesday, February 3. New Zealand's first shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is due to arrive by the end of March with a priority focus on border workers. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images)

Trans-Tasman bubble in trouble: Ardern

NZ PM says three-day halt to quarantine-free travel is ‘disappointing’, and a threat to the travel arrangement.

Adeshola Ore and Ellie Dudley

PoliticsNowNation

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JANUARY 25, 2021: Tasmania Australian of the Year: Grace Tame, advocate for survivors of sexual assault and #LetHerSpeak campaigner at Parliament House, Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Abuse survivor is Australian of the Year

Grace Tame, the Let Her Speak advocate who campaigned for survivors of sexual abuse has been announced as Australian of the Year for 2021.

Ellie Dudley, Richard Ferguson and Nicholas Jensen

COVID-19 PANDEMICNation

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 08: Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan speaks during a press conference on Covid-19 following the National Cabinet meeting on January 8, 2021 in Perth, Australia. Australia's national cabinet met today to discuss concerns about the UK variant of the Covid-19 strain as Brisbane enters a three-day lockdown after a cleaner working at a quarantine hotel tested positive for strain. (Photo by Matt Jelonek/Getty Images)

WA could lift Victoria border restrictions early

WA Premier won’t rule out ditching fourteen-day mandatory quarantine early, saying Victorians ‘are doing well’; NZ has first local case in months.

Ellie Dudley and Adeshola Ore

COVID-19 PANDEMICNation

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 18: Australian Open signage is seen at Melbourne Park on January 18, 2021 in Melbourne, Australia. Melbourne Park will host WTA and ATP events along with the ATP in the lead up to the 2021 Australian Open. Melbourne Park is currently under strict lockdown due to players quarantine conditions travelling from overseas into Australia. (Photo by Mike Owen/Getty Images)

Three UK virus cases linked to Australian Open

A super-infectious mutant strain of COVID-19 has been reported in three people linked to the Australian Open.

Ellie Dudley

Australians of the yearPolitics

(L to R) NSW Health epidemiologists Tove Fitzgerald, Jennie Musto, Timmy Lockwood, Jennifer Case and Carolyn Murray at NSW Ministry of Health offices in Sydney, Wednesday, 20 January, 2021. Picture: Nikki Short

Hitting phones to save our lives

Virus detectives are the unsung heroes of the past 12 months — thousands of lab technicians, contact tracers and epidemiologists racing against the clock.

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SHOPPINGNation

Porsche customer Niti Bajaj with daughter Sana at the Willoughby dealership in Sydney, Tuesday, 19 January, 2021. Picture: Nikki Short

Homebound Aussies splurge on luxury

With Australians locked in by the borders of the country, more and more are turning to luxury goods to soothe their overseas travel woes.

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Quentin Bryce mourns death of husband Michael

Michael Bryce, husband of Australia’s former governor-general and an internationally respected designer, has died aged 82.

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LIVE: COVID-19 PANDEMICNation

Covid-19 Quarantined return travellers, some who were in the Hotel Grand Chancellor are now allowed to leave the Westin Hotel in the Brisbane CBD, Brisbane Saturday 16th January 2021 Picture David Clark

Transferred travellers are released

Quarantined travellers in Brisbane have been released after being moved because of the Chancellor hotel virus cluster, and now 47 tennis players arriving for the Australian Open have been isolated.

Ellie Dudley and Courtney Walsh

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