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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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STATE OF DISORDERNews

The apartment block at 200 Spencer Street, Melbourne. September 9th 2018.

Police defend Airbnb response

Claims police didn’t have the resources to stop a wild party tearing apart a Melbourne apartment have been rejected by senior police.

Richard Ferguson

exclusiveNational Affairs

Liberal Member for Chisholm Julia Banks during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, May 8, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

PM pleads with Banks to stay

Scott Morrison has encouraged retiring Liberal MP Julia Banks to hold firm despite increasing pressure upon her.

John Ferguson and Richard Ferguson

National Affairs

07/09/2018: Police try to separate protesters and supporters at a Nigel Farage speech at the Sofitel hotel in Melbourne. Stuart McEvoy/ The Australian.

Scuffles break out at Farage gig

Far Right activist bundled away by police as protesters converge on former Ukip leader Nigel Farage’s Melbourne speaking event.

Richard Ferguson

National Affairs

Quitting MP ‘stays until poll’

Scott Morrison believes backbencher Julia Banks will continue to vote with the government and remain in office until polling day.

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News

23/08/2018: Habitat Court in the Suburb of Tarneit, where there was another aggravated burglary over the weekend. Stuart McEvoy/ The Australian.

Teen charged over home invasion

A teenager has been charged over an aggravated home invasion in Melbourne’s west that left a woman with facial injuries.

Richard Ferguson

State of disorderThe Nation

2/09/2018: Police go over the scene of a violent brawl in Collingwood, that left several people in hospital. Stuart McEvoy/ The Australian.

Brawl victim’s leg not removed

A man who was hit by a car in an inner-Melbourne brawl has not had his leg amputated, despite claims it had been removed.

Richard Ferguson

State of disorderState Politics

Instagram picture of Laa Chol (Finn Daniels). Source: Instragram

Police knew about violence threat

Victoria Police has admitted it was aware that a party featuring African-Australian rappers posed a serious law-and-order risk.

Richard Ferguson, SAMANTHA HUTCHINSON and REBECCA URBAN

State of disorderThe Nation

PM Scott Morrison leaves the 2GB studios after an interview with Alan Jones, hes leaving via the car park at rear .picture John Grainger

Return ‘force’ to police

PM Scott Morrison has called for a tougher approach to policing in Victoria following another brawl involving African-Australians.

Richard Ferguson

The Nation

Screengrab showing a man injured during a brawl on Collingwood Street, Collingwood, Melbourne. 7News

Cops blasted for no-arrest policy

Victoria Police is reeling from deepening criticism that its no-arrest policy is failing following another violent street riot.

Richard Ferguson and SAMANTHA HUTCHINSON

The Nation

Police investigate a car accident at the scene of a brawl in Mater Street, Collingwood in Melbourne, Sunday, September 2, 2018. (AAP Image/Julian Smith) NO ARCHIVING

‘He was trying to annihilate people’

Police defend their response to a Melbourne brawl, involving up to 70 youths of African appearance and a man who drove into pedestrians.

Richard Ferguson and SAMANTHA HUTCHINSON

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