Richard Ferguson

Richard Ferguson is the National Chief of Staff for The Australian. Since joining the newspaper in 2016, he has been a property reporter, a Melbourne reporter, and regularly penned Cut and Paste and Strewth. Richard – winner of the 2018 News Award Young Journalist of the Year – has covered the 2016, 2019 and 2022 federal polls, the Covid-19 pandemic, and he was on the ground in London for Brexit and Boris Johnson’s 2019 UK election victory.

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Immigration

Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, October 15, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Nauru kids ‘won’t stay’ here

Peter Dutton says asylum seeker children brought to Australia will not stay permanently and won’t confirm if parents will come too.

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National Affairs

10/8/2018: Australias most decorated Afghanistan veteran Ben Roberts-Smith with his wife Emma, on the Sunshine Coast . Ben Roberts-Smith has been accused of violence against his wife and others, which he strongly denies, and is taking legal action. Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

VC accusers ‘show no values’

Scott Morrison says he’s disappointed at VC winner Ben Roberts-Smith’s treatment by the media and, allegedly, former colleagues.

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National Affairs

Prof. Brian Owler RTA Road Trauma Campaign. Supplied

Owler eligibility in question

Brian Owler vows to continue working as a doctor but won’t release the legal advice he claims shows he’s eligible to sit in parliament.

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Cricket

Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce leaves after Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, October 25, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Joyce slams cricket ‘pile on’

Barnaby Joyce has lashed Malcolm Turnbull for denouncing ball-tampering players, as the ex-PM attempted to win votes.

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UpdatedNational Affairs

Security guards from a building site reach out to touch passing sheep as they are driven through central Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018. Shepherds guided sheep through the Madrid streets in defence of ancient grazing and migration rights increasingly threatened by urban sprawl and modern agricultural practices. (AP Photo/Paul White)

Welfare division resurrected

An animal welfare branch shut down by Barnaby Joyce will be resurrected under sweeping changes to the live exports industry.

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National Affairs

Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, October 23, 2018. Father Chris Riley's Youth Off The Streets, which cares for vulnerable teenagers and operates special assistance schools across NSW, had its funding cut from $17,000 per student to $8000 as a result changes to the way money is distributed. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Tehan dodges gay teacher rights

Dan Tehan sidesteps the issue of gay teachers’ employment rights, despite pleas from top Anglican schools to protect their “ethos”.

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Battle for BennelongNational Affairs

Newly elected Liberal member for Bennelong, John Alexander speaks to the media during a press conference at Parry Park in Putney, Sydney, Sunday, December 17, 2017. Mr Alexander claimed victory in the December 16 Bennelong By-Election over Labor candidate Kristina Keneally. (AAP Image/Paul Braven) NO ARCHIVING

‘Mediscare Mk II won’t work’

MP John Alexander says he’s “more committed” than ever, ready to take the fight to Labor’s ‘Mr Medicare’ Dr Brian Owler.

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Immigration

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media after a visit to 'On The Go' sportswear in Canberra, Tuesday, October 30, 2018. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Treat Nauru with respect: PM

The number of asylum seeker children on Nauru has “halved” in nine weeks, Scott Morrison says, adding the island nation should be treated with respect.

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National Affairs

Crossbenchers holding a press conference with Independent candidate for Wentworth Kerryn Phelps at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym

Phelps backs push for marginals

Kerryn Phelps will today back a Conservation Foundation push to target three marginal seats at the next federal election.

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National Affairs

New Victorian Senator Kimberley Kitching delivers her first speech in the Senate Chamber tonight.

PM has ‘no respect’ for Pacific

PM “has absolved himself” of responsibility for Australia’s role in the Pacific by sending Malcolm Turnbull to the oceans forum.

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