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Joseph Lam is a technology and property reporter at The Australian. He joined the national daily in 2019 after he cut his teeth as a freelancer across publications in Australia, Hong Kong and Thailand.

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Fathers of TikTokNation

Who knew mowing the lawn would go viral?

How middle-aged Aussie dads have found fame on TikTok.

Joseph Lam

UPDATEDWorld

Frank Lowy Chairman, Saw Aung San Suu Kyi, chairperson of the National League for Democracy in Burma, and Associate Professor Sean Turnell, Macquarie University prior to a conversation at the Lowy Institute on Thursday 28 November 2013

Australian academic faces charges in Myanmar

As mass anti-coup protests erupt across the country, Australian adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi says he has been detained.

Joseph Lam

Politics

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - FEBRUARY 05: Mobile vaccination team member, nurse Meral Karatas, administers the Chinese Sinovac's Coronavac vaccine to 80 year old Meliha Terlikcioglu, during a house call on February 5, 2021 in Istanbul, Turkey. Since shipments of the Chinese Sinovac's Coronavac vaccine arrived in Turkey on December 30, 2020, medical teams have been working house to house to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to elderly and vulnerable citizens who are unable to attend a vaccination clinic or hospital or who are fearful to venture outside. Citizens over 75 years old who qualify for the vaccine are able to book an appointment online for one of the health ministryÃ¢â¬â¢s mobile vaccinations teams, who then come to their homes and administer the vaccine. Turkey's official drug and medical equipment body approved the Chinese Sinovac Coronavac vaccine for emergency use against the novel coronavirus on the 13th of January 2020. According to data from TurkeyÃ¢â¬â¢s Health Ministry the countryÃ¢â¬â¢s death toll from the coronavirus has reached 26,467 and the number of infections has topped 2.5 million since mid-March 2020. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

AstraZeneca vaccine effective against UK strain

An Oxford study finds the Covid-19 vaccine to be 75% effective against the UK variant.

Joseph Lam and Max Maddison

AFL

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY, 5, 2021: Former NRL star Sam Burgess arrives at Moss Vale court, NSW. The judgment is due today in the AVO hearing between Sam Burgess and his father in law Mitch Hooke over a confrontation at Hooke's southern highlands property. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Bianca De Marchi

NRL star Burgess ‘terrifying’ in face-off with father-in-law

Sam Burgess was found guilty on Friday of intimidating his father-in-law Mitch Hooke during a heated argument in the NSW Southern Highlands.

NICOLA BERKOVIC and Joseph Lam

Nation

School friends (L-R) Mika Shapley (13) and Amelie Lehmann (12) hang out prior to a productivity commission report which highlights feelings of belonging at school have declined over the last 12 years however students are still over all positive. Jane Dempster/The Australian.

Lessons from schools snapshot

Government spending on private schools has increased 3.3 per cent on average over the past decade compared to just 1.4 per cent for public schools, a new report finds.

Stephen Lunn and Joseph Lam

‘Factual contest’Nation

*** BESTPIX *** WHAKATANE, NEW ZEALAND - DECEMBER 08: White Island is pictured on December 08, 2020 off the coast of Whakatane, New Zealand. 22 people died following the Whakaari White Island volcano eruption on 9 December 2019. The volcano erupted while 47 people were on the island Ã¢â¬â including several tour groups and their guides. The 22 victims were from Australia, New Zealand, Germany, China, Britain and Malaysia. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)

Volcano victims not our fault: cruiseline

Royal Carribean Cruises is insisting that any legal action taken against the company over the White Island volcano disaster needs to be heard in an Australian court.

Joseph Lam

heatwaveNation

Kids cool off at Dolan's Beach on the Murrumbidgee river at Darlington Point, NSW on Sunday afternoon, January 24, 2021., , Picture: Ginette Guidolin

Helter-swelter to escape the big heat

As a heatwave struck NSW and surrounding regions on its central and southern borders, many people opted to cool down at beaches and nearby watering holes.

Joseph Lam

COVID-19 PANDEMICNation