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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My WayWealth

$25/01/2018: MY WAY- Arthur Naoumidis, Domacon chief executive, best known for his idea of "fractional investing" - investing in tiny parts of one property instead of owning the whole house. Stuart McEvoy for The Australian.$

Getting a foot in property

DomaCom CEO Arthur Naoumidis hopes to create a new market for home investors, but is struggling on the sharemarket.

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Australia Day Honours 2018

24/01/2018: Dr Mukesh Haikerwal is receiving an AC (highest honour) in the Australia Day honours. Stuart McEvoy for The Australian.

Doctor’s brush with death

Mukesh Haikerwal is lucky to have made it to Australia Day 2018, a decade after falling victim to a violent bashing.

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National Affairs

25/01/2018: A vandalised statue of Captain Cook in St Kilda, covered in pink paint. Stuart McEvoy for The Australian.

Abandoning January 26 ‘unwise’

Historian Geoffrey Blainey says the nation would be ‘unwise’ if it abandoned January 26 as its ‘one special day’.

Ean Higgins and Richard Ferguson

The Nation

CFA teenager ‘attacked repeatedly’

A girl attacked with fire sprinklers was also duct-taped to the front of a fire truck and hit with a thong.

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Industrial Relations

Coles supermarket signage in Sydney, Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING

Penalty-rate victory for workers

Coles night shift and weekend workers are about to get significant increases in penalty rates.

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The Nation

Neil Erikson, a far right public figure is seen during a demonstration outside Milo Yiannopoulos's sold out show at the Melbourne Pavilion in Melbourne on Monday, December 4, 2017. (AAP Image/James Ross) NO ARCHIVING

Far-right ‘welcome’ new Aussies

Far-right group Patriot Blue say they would like to ‘welcome’ new Australians at a Moreland City Council ceremony.

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STREWTHStrewth

STREWTH - Line of underwear from The Australian Monarchist League

Crown jewels

The Australian Monarchist League has launched an online shop, including a G-string to cover your own crown jewels.

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STREWTHStrewth

STREWTH - Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Source: Twitter"Today, I met with @narendramodi. Prime Minister of India. Leader of the world's largest democracy. There are more Indians in Victoria than anywhere else in Australia. I know he is so proud of the Indian community in Victoria and everything they contribute to our state. #springst"

PM’s health secret

Unlike Donald Trump, Malcolm Turnbull is remaining tight-lipped on his own health.

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STREWTHStrewth

Simon Birmingham at a press conference with Malcolm Turnbull and Eric Abetz in Launceston, Tasmania, on Tuesday. Source: Supplied

Beards away

Simon Birmingham’s stubble vanished faster than a Catholic primary school’s Gonski funding.

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STREWTHStrewth

STREWTH "Labor rising star Nick Dyrenfurth checks in with Melbourne Ports MP Michael Danby at a screening of The Darkest Hour" - sourced from Dryenfurth's Facebook page.

Classic portrayal

Michael Danby faces the electoral abyss and he’s turned to a great man of history for inspiration.

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