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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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Eric aids and abets

GetUp! donors have been getting shock emails from that dark lord of the Liberal Right, Eric Abetz.

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STREWTHStrewth

Wild Swan

Wayne Swan has compared himself to Marlon Brando.

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STREWTHStrewth

Spies and scones

Kevin Rudd has revealed one of the darkest secrets of the Australian deep state.

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The Nation

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks to the media following a tour of the Peter McCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne, Monday, July 16, 2018. (AAP Image/Daniel Pockett) NO ARCHIVING

There is a gang issue: PM

Malcolm Turnbull says Victorians have “real concerns about Sudanese gangs” and he knows plenty of people are afraid to go out in Melbourne.

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STREWTHStrewth

Beaconsfield mine disaster survivor Brant Webb and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten the Opening of the 44th Parliament at Parliament House in Canberra.

Fishing frenzy

Bill Shorten was, quite literally, fishing for votes in Tasmania yesterday after getting some advice from an old mate.

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22/06/2018: Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton, says Melbourne is a safe city. Stuart McEvoy for The Australian.

Police question Airbnb checks

Victoria’s top cop has hit out at Airbnb and other online short-term rental platforms over a recent string of wild parties.

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STREWTHStrewth

Shorten’s dog days

Bill Shorten appears to have a tough time getting his bulldog to support his AFL team.

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The Nation

13/07/2018 Ring Mayar, chairman of the South Sudanese Community Association in Footscray Melbourne.Picture : David Geraghty / The Australian.

‘Media to blame’ for violence

Airbnb owners and media are partly to blame for a wave of youth crime, a South Sudanese figure says.

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my wayWealth

11/7/2018: Peter Wargent, property expert and author at his office in the centre of Brisbane . Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

Some home truths from London

Pete Wargent, a former chartered accountant with Deloitte in London, runs a property advisory service from Brisbane.

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The Nation

Police continue to search a home in Surry Hills, Sydney, Friday, August 4, 2017. Two men will face court on Friday in relation to a Sydney-based terror plot to bring down a plane, which included an aborted attempt to place an improvised explosive device on a flight out of Sydney. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett)

African gang strikes in CBD

A 27-year-old man was bashed and robbed by up to 12 youths of African appearance less than 1km from Victoria’s parliament.

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