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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State of disorderThe Nation

The owner of a Footscray Airbnb that was trashed.

House-trashers’ right to stay

As up to 150 African youths trashed a Melbourne rental property, police would not intervene unless the owner could prove damage.

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My WayWealth

*MY WAY*03/05/2018: Customer Owned Banking Association chief executive, Mike Lawrence, in Sydney on Thursday. Hollie Adams/The Australian

Credit unions spot opportunity

Mike Lawrence is the CEO of the Customer Owned Banking Association, which is ready to exploit the troubles of banks in the royal commission

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AFL

HOLD FOR SUNDAY HERALD SUN ONLY----Former Collingwood AFL player Dane Swan has retired and written a book. Picture: Alex Coppel.

‘Don’t let yourself be filmed’

As police investigate a widely-circulated illicit video of former Magpie Dane Swan, AFL boss Gillon McLachlan has some simple advice for players.

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Former Liberal frontbencher Sophie Mirabella (left) arrives at Wangaratta Magistrates Court, Wangaratta, Victoria, Friday, April 27, 2018. Sophie Mirabella is suing regional newspaper editor and former ABC broadcaster Libby Price for defamation over an article that claimed she pushed her political opponent Cathy McGowan out of a photo opportunity. (AAP Image/ Simon Dallinger) NO ARCHIVING

Mirabella seeks $400k from paper

Former federal MP Sophie Mirabella is seeking nearly $400,000 in damages after a jury found she had been defamed.

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AFL

Max Gawn of the Demons and Matthew Leuenberger of the Bombers contest for the ball during the Round 6 AFL match between the Essendon Bombers and Melbourne Demons at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Sunday, April 29, 2018. (AAP Image/Joe Castro) NO ARCHIVING EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Police probe AFL sex tape

A widely circulated sex tape starring an former AFL star is being investigated by Victoria Police.

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STREWTHStrewth

Malcolm Turnbull with Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina (Source: Turnbull's Instagram)

Termites alive in Liberal Party

Nuclear weapons can’t kill cockroaches and it seems the Liberal Right can’t kill termites.

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Industrial Relations

Kate Carnell, Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Coalition to look at sack laws

The proposals would slash compensation paid to sacked workers and make it easier for businesses to dismiss employees.

Ewin Hannan and Richard Ferguson

ANZAC DAYThe Nation

Veterans take part in the Anzac Day march in Sydney, Wednesday, April 25, 2018. Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance to commemorate the service and sacrifice of Australian service men and women. (AAP Image/Paul Braven) NO ARCHIVING

Ranks thinner, banners higher

Tens of thousands of Australians attend Anzac Day dawn services across the nation, almost 100 years on from the end of WWI.

Brad Norington, Richard Ferguson and Rachel Baxendale

STREWTHStrewth

Enterrtainment : Musician & DTM Columnist Dick Hughes tickles the ivories 23 June 1994

Rabbit v radio

A rabbit has attempted to sabotage Anzac Day commemorations in France.

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STREWTHStrewth

Maribyrnong Leader are preparing to launch a social media campaign called ÒMy Maribyrnong.Ó It will involve people taking selfies at their favourite location in the City of Maribyrnong and posting them to our Facebook and Twitter accounts. There will be prizes and editorial coverage for the best photos. To kick off the month long campaign we are featuring Gellibrand MP Tim Watts at a favorite place of his along the Maribyrnong in Footscray. Picture: Sarah Matray

Watts on the beat

Labor MP Tim Watts has put on his press cap for the royal commission proceedings.

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