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Tricia Rivera is a reporter at the Melbourne bureau of The Australian. She joined the paper after completing News Corp Australia’s national cadet program with stints in the national broadsheet’s Sydney and Brisbane newsrooms.

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16/03/2023 Nidhi Shah with her son Kiran (2) at their home in Point Cook. Kiaan was put through a trial where he consumed nut paste over a period of time and he is now no longer allergic. Aaron Francis / The Australian

Mums go nuts for Murdoch allergy cure

Researchers are working to rewrite Australia’s reputation as allergy capital of the world, with their work helping children kick hypersensitivities

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15th October 2021.Journalist Hedley Thomas at his home in Brisbane working on his next podcast.photo: Glenn Hunt / The Australian

The Australian’s journos up for coveted media awards

The Australian’s groundbreaking journalism has been recognised at the Quill Awards, with some of the masthead’s best journalists nominated.

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Andrew Wilkie speaking in the Federation Chamber in PArliament house canberra. Supplied

Charity watchdog in Hillsong investigation

Australia’s charity watchdog is investigating allegations against Hillsong made by independent MP Andrew Wilkie of fraud and criminality by the church.

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Senator Lidia Thorpe announces she is resigning from the Greens and moving to the cross bench at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, February 6, 2023. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Thorpe accuses Libs, Labor of sex assault

Independent senator Lidia Thorpe has accused members of the Liberal and Labor Party of sexual assault and her own former party of bullying.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 22: Liam Picken of the Bulldogs handballs during a Western Bulldogs AFL training session at Whitten Oval on May 22, 2018 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

Retired star sues doctors, club, AFL

Bulldogs great Liam Picken is suing the AFL, his former club and former doctors for failing to protect him from brain injury and has attributed its consequences to his 2019 retirement.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JANUARY 20, 2023: Editorial generic stock image of an iPhone with the popular apps: Instagram, Messenger and Facebook prominent on its home screen. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Nicholas Eagar

Liquor company ads pour onto social media

Australians are being pummelled by 40,000 alcohol advertisements on Facebook and Instagram every year, with many luring people to buy liquor products on the apps.

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conferencePolitics

the Launch of the Victorian Federal Campaign at the Show Grounds, Melbourne. Tony Abbott is welcomed on stage by former PM John Howard

Howard, Abbott at global summit

The two former prime ministers are set to join a powerhouse coalition of conservative leaders from all over the world at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship’s first conference.

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DAILY TELEGRAPH MARCH 7, 2023. Dev Menon (middle) leaving Darlinghurst Courthouse. Picture: Jonathan Ng

Guilty verdicts in $105m Plutus Payroll tax case

Three men at the centre of a major tax fraud trial have been found guilty of siphoning $105m in taxes for the purpose of funding an affluent lifestyle.

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affordabilityProperty

Availability of rentals under $400 ‘has halved’

The share of properties listed at under $400 has halved to its lowest level since 2018, with real estate experts forecasting the harsh conditions will remain for at least 12 months.

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Indigenous affairsIndigenous

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 2: Senator Pat Dodson at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Dodson tells ALP ‘act now on custody deaths’

Anthony Albanese’s reconcilation envoy Pat Dodson has urged his government to act on the ‘national disgrace’ of indigenous deaths in custody.

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