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Rhiannon Down is a political reporter in The Australian’s Canberra bureau. She began her career at the paper in the Sydney bureau, where she covered mostly courts and crime, after joining the newspaper as a cadet.

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A car is stuck in flood waters on York St South Melbourne. Friday, January, 29. Picture: David Crosling

Pleas for help as state hit by floods

Emergency services received more than 500 calls for help as a huge storm dumped a month’s worth of rain on Victoria in less than 12 hours.

REMY VARGA and Rhiannon Down

AUSTRALIA DAYPolitics

New citizen Daniel Mensah Adobaw with wife Nadia Samperi on Australia Day at Government House, Sydney Tuesday, 26 January, 2021. Picture: Nikki Short

Legions of new citizens pledge their loyalty

Thousands of new citizens pledged their loyalty to Australia in ceremonies around the country on Australia Day.

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AUSTRALIA DAYNation

Australia Day Chef.Andy Clappis (L) opened his Italian restaurant in near Willunga 15 years ago and shares his love of Italian food and culture with all his diners. His dad Enzo (R) immigrated to Australia in the 50s and taught him a love of the food business. Both of them were features in the Australia Day Council's ad for Australia Day. They love making bread together.Friday 22 January 2021 Pic Roy VanDerVegt

Love of food and family an ideal recipe

Andy Clappis’s dad Enzo brought his love of food with him when he immigrated to Australia from Italy as a teenager. Now both father and son are successful restaurateurs.

Rhiannon Down

AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEARNation

Buy from the Bush founder Grace Brennan is backing the New South Wales government's campaign, BuyRegional, which encourages people to purchase Christmas presents from drought-stricken communities. Picture: Dylan Robinson

Australian of the Year: last chance to choose nominees

Rural communities hit by drought, bush fires and COVID-19, have had one saving grace in mum of four Grace Brennan.

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HEAT WAVENation

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 28: A general view as people gather at Bondi beach on November 28, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast heatwave conditions in NSW this weekend, with temperatures expected to exceed 40 degrees across the state. (Photo by Brook Mitchell/Getty Images)

Heatwave to scorch the eastern seaboard

Fire authorities are on high alert as much of Australia’s eastern seaboard braces for a heatwave with temperatures forecast to soar higher than 40C over the Australia Day long weekend.

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Science

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 19: A prepared syringe with the Biontech-Pfizer vaccine is brought into a vaccination booth on January 19, 2021 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The State of Hesse is operating one of its vaccination centers, where thousands of people would otherwise come together at concerts and trade fairs. On the first day of regular operation, around 500 people are to be vaccinated against Covid-19. (Photo by Boris Roessler - Pool /Getty Images)

Quick and safe vax method

Australian scientists have created a new method for synthesising vaccines that will enable the quicker and safer production of vital immunisations.

Rhiannon Down

TRAVELNation

‘Vax passports’ will be a prerequisite to travel

Travel industry bodies say app-based COVID ‘vaccination passports’ will be a mandatory requirement when international tourism resumes.

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COVID RESPONSENation

Embargoed for The Daily Telegraphy Bradfield Scholarship, speak to picture desk before usePremier Gladys Berejiklian pictured at the Macquarie Lighthouse in Vaucluse for the Bradfield Scholarship. Picture: Jonathan Ng

Tackling adversities on her own terms

The NSW Premier forged her own path in a year that never played by the rules.

Rhiannon Down

COVID-19 PANDEMICNation

(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 9, 2020 People walk by the Pfizer world headquarters in New York. - Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla sold $5.6 million of his stock in the US pharmaceutical company on the same day it announced promising results for its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, filings showed November 11. The company, however, has reportedly said the sale was part of a pre-arranged periodic divestment plan when the stock reaches a certain price. (Photo by Kena Betancur / AFP)

Pfizer boosts its output by 2bn doses

Pfizer says its has produced more of its Covid vaccine than can be used ‘right now’ and plans to dramatically increase production of the vaccine over the course of the year.

Natasha Robinson, Rhiannon Down and Joseph Lam

CRIMEPolitics

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA , NSW Police Force general generic stock GV breaking news police tape image at the Headquarters in Surry Hills, Sydney Australia. Picture: NCA Newswire / Gaye Gerard

Man charged on MP threats

A man has been charged after he allegedly used social media to threaten Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg.

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