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After five years of living in Australia, all of Lisbett Lillo's carefully-laid plans appeared to be falling into place.
Emily McPherson is a multi-award winning and nominated journalist.
In 2017, she was named the Mumbrella Journalist of the Year and also won the Kennedy Award for Outstanding Online News Breaking.
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After five years of living in Australia, all of Lisbett Lillo's carefully-laid plans appeared to be falling into place.
It was a night that started out like any other for the then-19-year-old, but one that would end in horror, trauma and loss.
Sydneysider Alex Wang had been working in IT support for the same small company for eight years when he suddenly found himself out of a job.
Wendy Monk was sorting through a pile of her late mother's belongings when an old newspaper clipping caught her eye.
Owners of the Lansdowne Hotel have put the iconic Sydney live music venue up for sale.
More Australians are living to 100, but the number of people reaching 110 years old remains stubbornly low, according to a new report.
New data reveals the most popular public payphones in Australia, with their location providing a hint to why.
Former Australian prime minister Paul Keating has blasted the head of Nato, calling him a "supreme fool" for looking to deepen the alliance's ties with Asia in a bid to contain China.
When someone first told conservationist Jess Abrahams they were worried about the koala becoming an endangered species twenty years ago, he admits he found the idea absurd.
A Melbourne mother-of-two has told how a tiny cut on her forearm almost killed her after it suddenly got infected and a flesh-eating disease took hold.
Luiza Russo says she could have made a down payment on a house with all the money she had spent on visa applications.
The family of 11-year-old Mahalia Zammit knew nothing of functional neurological disorder (FND) when she suddenly developed strange and devastating symptoms last November.
Stunning new research has showed Australians are barely affording to cover their basic expenses.
Twitter is facing fines of up to $700,000 a day following a surge in hate speech complaints since Elon Musk's take over.
Proposed laws which strip away "unnecessary barriers" for women seeking abortions will be introduced to parliament in Western Australia today.
Today marks Niamh Maye's 40th birthday - but there will be no candles or cake.
Customers say they have been left in shock after being told that they'll be hit with a massive hike to their electricity rates next month - with some facing increases of up to 83 per cent.
Piloted by a video game controller, a TV reporter says the vessel "got lost for a few hours" when he was on it last year.
The Singleton Roosters football club has expressed its grief and heartbreak in the wake of the Hunter Valley wedding bus crash, which took the lives of several members and injured others.
Australia's major banks have downgraded their forecasts for economic growth as cash strapped consumers tighten their belts in response to continued interest rate rises.
The heartbroken parents and sister of engineer Angus Craig, who died in last week's Hunter Valley wedding bus crash, have paid a moving tribute to him.
An 11-year-old British girl has been reportedly shot dead in the backyard of her family's home in western France.
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has defended the government's large payment to Brittany Higgins, saying it was made 'to the letter of the law'.
When she is awake, Sydney teenager Chelsea Speirs is unable to talk, walk or even move her arms and legs. But this all changes dramatically when she's asleep.
Police have released CCTV footage in the hopes of tracking down a gunman who allegedly shot several bullets at a car with a baby inside in Sydney's southwest last year.
Brisbane mechanic Michael Reynolds was due for a hard-earned holiday, so when he saw a second-hand caravan selling for just $5900 he jumped at the chance to buy it.
Danielle Slater didn't think much of it when she first felt strange pains in her calves - but it was the first sign of a years-long health battle that left her 'screaming in pain'.
From dissolving the dead to turning our remains into mulch, how we bury our dead is changing.
Sun damage isn't always visible to the naked eye and skin cancers may be lurking in skin with no freckles or blemishes, a new study by the University of Queensland has found.
Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has stepped in to allow a family facing deportation to stay in the country.
Thousands of people have signed a petition calling for a much-loved bird from Broome to be returned home after it accidentally stowed away on a cruise ship and ended up 1300km away in Bali.
When the massive Johnson & Johnson class action launched, mum-of-three Rebecca Oates felt nothing but relief. A decade on, she and others are still waiting on their payouts.
Nadia Mattiazzo remembers going to her regular cafe and not being able to buy her cup of coffee - it was the start of something massive.
The Federal Government has promised to provide an extra $50 million in funding towards research into long COVID.
Drivers in New South Wales have been warned to slow down in school zones today even though there will be almost no pupils in class.
Detectives are combing through CCTV footage in the hopes of identifying a mother who abandoned a newborn baby at a home in Sydney's west.
Crew members detected fumes on the flight deck shortly after take off.
A motorbike rider has been killed at a drag racing and burnout event in central Victoria.
Bullets have sprayed the front of an east Melbourne home in an early morning drive-by shooting, with residents inside saying they have no idea why they were targeted.
International authorities have seized 45kg of methamphetamine headed for Melbourne after a global investigation by the Australian Federal Police (AFP).
Millions of Australians will be hit with a "student debt avalanche", a senator has warned, after a parliamentary inquiry report rejected a proposed law to freeze $74 billion in HECS and HELP loans.
A lot of Australian drivers might not be aware of the road rules when stopping to drop off children at school in a "no parking" zone - this wasn't the case for Jickey Mathew.
The "new car smell" that car salespeople love to wax lyrical about may actually be harmful for your health, a new study has shown.
The federal government will end its problematic use of external debt collectors to chase money owed to social welfare departments.
Australia's two biggest supermarkets have today launched competing strategies to win over customers feeling the pinch during the cost of living crisis.
A Sydney man who went to court to challenge a parking fine he received for breaking a little-known road rule has had a win, with the magistrate dismissing the charge.
Murder charges were laid against the 19-year-old and 46-year-old today, with the latter also facing an offence for concealing human remains.
Ten Australians have been arrested and charged as part of an international police sting on a website selling stolen account logins.
A grieving New South Wales family say they have been left distraught after a cemetery mix-up led to a father's grave being dug in the wrong location.
It has been almost two decades since Newcastle woman Roslyn Reay was found stabbed to death in her home.