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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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COVID-19 PANDEMICNation

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - JANUARY 11, 2021. An empty Valley Mall, on day three of the COVID-19 lockdown in Brisbane. Greater Brisbane is under a 3-day lockdown orders which are set to end at 6pm tonight after a quarantine hotel worker tested positive to the UK strain of the COVID-19 corona virus.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Josh Woning

Partner of Qld mutant strain case has virus

The partner of the cleaner who contracted the UK variant of COVID-19 and sparked Greater Brisbane’s recent lockdown has tested positive.

Rachel Baxendale and Joseph Lam

Make lamb, not wallsMedia

Australia's beloved annual lamb ad has been released and it is hilarious. Supplied via NCA NewsWire

New lamb ad parodies border restrictions

Meat and Livestock Australia’s new lamb ad pokes fun at everything from coronavirus to Tasmanians and the PM.

Joseph Lam

WA bushfiresNation

The fire burning in Red Gully, Western Australia., , Picture: Evan Collis / DFES

Crews hope for relief from coastal blaze

Fire crews in WA are likely to enjoy a small window of relief over the weekend as cooler temperatures help ease the Red Gully blaze which has burnt thousands of hectares.

Joseph Lam

Labor leaderPolitics

Police at the scene of the crash. Source: Twitter/@danielsutton10

Albo hospitalised after car crash

Anthony Albanese undergoes X-rays after serious car crash less than 2km from his Sydney electorate office.

Joseph Lam

exclusivePolitics

Fears over social housing sell-off

Nearly $2.7bn worth of social housing in NSW has been sold off over the past nine financial years without any substantial change in the state’s waiting list for accommodation.

Joseph Lam

Australian of the YearNation

EMBARGO FOR THE DEAL 20 NOV 2020 , Kerry Chant Pic : Nikki Short THE DEAL: NSW chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant in Sydney, Thursday, 15 October, 2020. Portrait for the womens issue Picture: Nikki Short

Covering hard yards to keep people safe

Over the last 12 months Australians have grown accustomed to the calm and warm nature of Kerry Chant.

Joseph Lam

One in five to returnNation

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 31: A general view of Bourke Street during New Year's Eve celebrations on December 31, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Celebrations look different this year as COVID-19 restrictions remain in place due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)

Workers to give city a wide berth after outbreaks

COVID-19 outbreaks in Sydney and Melbourne will delay the return to the office of tens of thousands of CBD workers.

JESS MALCOLM and Stephen Lunn

‘unpredictable storms’Nation

Black Gully. Picture: Queensland Fire Emergency Service

Fatal flash-flood alert in ex-cyclone’s downpour

Flash floods have hit far north Queensland after days of rain from ex-tropical cyclone Imogen.

Joseph Lam

Mystery Victorian casesNation

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos DECEMBER 30, 2020. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian provides a COVID-19 update at St Leonards in Sydney Australia. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

Restrictions tighten as Covid spreads

The NSW government has imposed stricter restrictions on Sydney as Victoria recorded three community coronavirus transmissions.

MAX MADDISON and Angelica Snowden

LIVE: CORONAVIRUS PANDEMICNation

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos DECEMBER 30, 2020. A general view of the main street of Croydon shops which has a reported new covid-19 cluster reported today in Sydney Australia. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

Melbourne cases linked to NSW outbreak

Three new coronavirus cases, believed to be linked to the NSW outbreaks, were detected in Melbourne on Wednesday afternoon

Joseph Lam and Ellie Dudley

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