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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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National Affairs

Prime Minister Scott Morrison addresses the Melbourne Institute Economic and Social Outlook Conference in Melbourne, Thursday, October 11, 2018. (AAP Image/David Crosling) NO ARCHIVING

China’s verdict on Morrison

Outlook Conference: China sees the Morrison government as a “placeholder administration”, says Lowy Institute’s Richard McGregor.

Richard Ferguson

Business

11/10/2018: Labor Leader Bill Shorten arrives at the evening session of the Economic & Social Future Outlook Conference in Melbourne. Stuart McEvoy/The Australian.

‘This is not about envy’

Outlook Conference 2018: Bill Shorten denies he is waging class warfare, reaffirming his commitments to higher taxes for the rich.

Rick Morton and Richard Ferguson

State of disorderThe Nation

Images from Alan Luy's facebook page of youths near Banjo Paterson Park in Lynbrook

Youths terrorise commuters

Up to 100 youths of African appearance reportedly terrified train commuters in Melbourne’s southeast overnight.

Richard Ferguson

The Nation

Supplied photo of Eurydice Dixon, 19, who was killed in Princes Park in Carlton North.

Alleged Dixon killer in court

James Todd is accused of killing Melbourne comedian Eurydice Dixon. Today he appeared in court for the first time since he was remanded.

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INQUIRERInquirer

WARNING NO NEWS.COM.AU, AUSTRALIAN, SKY NEWS and PERTH NOW WARNING CONTACT HERALD SUN PIC DESK 92921895 BEFORE USE WARNING NOT FOR ONLINE WITHOUT CLEARANCE WARNING Bhutan 2018. 14 month old conjoined twins Nima and Dawa are to be flown to Australia to have life saving surgery, thanks to The Children First Foundation, and the Royal Children's Hospital. Twins Nima and Dawa in the hospital ward they've spent most of their lives in, the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital in Thimphu, Bhutan. Picture: Alex Coppel

LIFETIME BOND IN SEPARATION

Conjoined twins Nima and Dawa Pelden’s family hopes they will be among the 350 twins saved in Australia.

Richard Ferguson

ExclusiveClimate

01/10/2018 Evansford farmer Donald Thomas infront of wind turbines near their property. They have struggled living next to the Waubra Wind Warm due to the noise. It's affected his sleep and his business. Picture : David Geraghty / The Australian.

Foreigners scoop RET windfalls

Foreign entities will clean up under Victoria’s renewable energy target and reverse auction program.

SAMANTHA HUTCHINSON and Richard Ferguson

STREWTHStrewth

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is seen in the crowd during the Qualifying Final between the Sydney Roosters and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in Week 1 of the NRL Finals Series at Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Saturday, September 8, 2018. (AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

League of PM’s own

Scott Morrison turned down an invitation to walk on to the field at the NRL Grand Final and congratulate the Sydney Roosters.

Richard Ferguson

News

Martha Ojulo poses for a photograph at the Federation of Community Legal Centre, Melbourne, Tuesday, September 25, 2018. Martha Ojulo son Liep Gone was murdered in a racially motivated attack in 2007 and is now speaking out. (AAP Image/James Ross) NO ARCHIVING

‘I’m not a gang, not a criminal’

Family of a South Sudanese teenager bashed to death 11 years ago call for politicians to change language over African youth crime.

Richard Ferguson

The Nation

Accused Flinders Street rampage driver Saeed Noori leaves Melbourne West Police Station after being released from hospital. Picture: Mark Stewart

I feared a bomb, says Flinders Street hero

An off-duty police officer who rushed to stop the alleged Flinders Street car attacker believed he had a bomb or a gun, a court heard.

Richard Ferguson

The Nation

Allahu Akbar: car attack accused

Man accused of mowing down pedestrians in a fatal rampage in Melbourne had images of foreign mass car attacks on his computer, court hears.

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