Joseph Lam

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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Lieutenant Matthew Thomson brings HMAS Sydney’s Parade Guard guard to attention for inspection during the ship’s commissioning ceremony. *** Local Caption *** The Royal Australian Navy has welcomed its newest Air Warfare Destroyer into the fleet with the first ever commissioning of an Australian warship at sea, off the coast of New South Wales. The ceremony marked the moment the 147-metre long Air Warfare Destroyer HMAS Sydney (V) became one of Her Majesty’s Australian Ships. Sydney is the last of three Hobart Class vessels built for Navy at Osborne in South Australia and is based on the Navantia F100 frigate design. She is equipped with advanced combat systems, providing the ship with layered offensive and defensive capabilities to counter conventional and asymmetric threats. Sydney will now undergo her test and evaluation period where she will integrate into the fleet and Navy personnel will develop their proficiencies with her cutting-edge Aegis combat system. Sydney and her sister ships, Hobart and Brisbane, are based at Garden Island in Sydney.

PM welcomes HMAS Sydney

Scott Morrison has welcomed the arrival of Australia’s newest warship the HMAS Sydney, the first ship commissioned at sea since WWII.

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CoronavirusNation

Team Australia rallies behind local products

Australians are banding together on social media to support locally made products — in groups attracting more than a million members.

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breaking newsWorld

A picture of the Lion Air flight after the crash. Picture: Twitter

Manila plane crash kills eight

A Lion Air flight carrying eight passengers including foreign nationals bound for Japan has crashed after take off in the Philippines.

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loo-roll rushNation

21-year-old fourth-year apprentice plumber (journeyman) Tom Jacobsen and 23-year-old tradesmen Jack Brooks dig up pipes to fix a water leak in Cammeray, Sydney. Picture: Joseph Lam

Loo paper panic leaves tradies knee-deep

The panic buying of toilet paper has seen a new problem surface — and plumbers aren’t happy.

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Gin CommissionFood & Drink

Archie Rose distillery is providing three spirits for the Radisson Blu Hotel's latest offering - a Distillers' High Tea. Picture: Nikki To

Most advanced ship receives tailored sip

A sip of a different sort, known to devastate even the most stoic of enemies, will commission alongside Australia’s newest warship.

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new deliveryDefence

‘Our most advanced warship to date’

Australian Navy gets keys to the NUSHIP, completing a $9bn Air Warfare Destroyer program.

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