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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10/05/2018: ABC News director Gaven Morris speaking at the Melbourne Press Club . Stuart McEvoy for The Australian.

ABC ‘can’t explain’ $43m gaffe

ABC director of news Gaven Morris is at a loss to explain why he wrongly claimed the government was cutting $43m from newsgathering services.

Richard Ferguson

The Nation

Victorian police have arrested a teenager over the attack on an autistic boy.

Teen held over autistic boy attack

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested over the attack on an autistic boy outside a Melbourne high school.

Richard Ferguson

Industrial Relations

Union workers protest for better pay and more secure jobs in Melbourne, Wednesday, May 9, 2018. Thousands of workers have blocked off part of Melbourne's CBD, saying Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull can keep the federal coalition's slated tax cuts for low- and middle-income workers. The rally on Wednesday is part of a nationwide campaign demanding better work conditions and pay. (AAP Image/Joe Castro) NO ARCHIVING

Unionists disrupt port, CBD

Employers slam disruption caused by up to 100,000 workers joining biggest Melbourne union protest since WorkChoices.

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Former PM Kevin Rudd attending a breakfast to mark the 10th Anniversary of the National Apology to AustraliaÕs Indigenous Peoples at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Rudd subpoenaed over batts

A subpoena for the former PM Kevin Rudd has been issued in relation to his government’s home insulation scheme.

Richard Ferguson

Federal Budget

01/05/2018- FEDBUDGET2018 - Picture This Ballooning general manager Ben Phillips at the launch of their balloon at Westerfolds Park in Melbourne.Picture David Geraghty / The Australian.

$20K asset write-off can help

Ben Phillips, 32, flies hot air balloons across Melbourne for a living but red tape keeps bringing him back to Earth.

Richard Ferguson

Federal Budget

Roxane and Matthew Turnbull with their daughter Lucy Turnbull at home in Baulkham Hills talk about how the 2018 budget will affect them as a family. Picture: Adam Taylor/Mediamate

No cuts for business: Shorten, Turnbull

Turnbull and Shorten have united against tax cuts for big businesses.

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Bourke St Memorial Service at the Exhibition Buildings. Assistant Commissioner, Stephen Leane. Picture: Jay Town

‘Our hands tied over parties’

Police in Victoria are rethinking their approach to out-of-control house parties after a spate of wild gatherings.

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Tax

- FEDBUDGET2018 - 23/4/18 Matthew Scafidi with his wife Tanya and their daughter Cara (8) and dogs Bosley and Gemma are a high-income family in Melbourne's east. Matt is a real estate agent earning over $300,000 a year. Aaron Francis/The Australian

No reward for all the hard work

Real estate agent Matthew Scafidi, 47, has built a small real estate empire but he feels he hardly sees any of the well-earned cash.

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State of disorderNews

Stephen Leane assistant commisioner f victoria police speaks about the 2 police officers are in hospital and 1 man has been shot dead Tullamarine. Picture: Nicole Garmston

Police inaction ‘not good look’

Victoria Assistant Commissioner concedes police must change approach to out-of-control parties after Footscray home trashed.

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State Politics

7/5/18 Owner, Kelly (no surname) out front of her house at 23 Ryan Street in Footscray after an out-of-control house party. Aaron Francis/The Australian

Police under fire over party

Victorian police officers took nearly six hours to break up an out-of-control youth party.

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