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Georgie Hewson
Georgie Hewson is a journalist with the national ABC News Digital Team, based in Brisbane. She began her career at the ABC in the Southern Queensland team as a video journalist after a stint in commercial TV news. Follow her on Twitter @GeorgieHewson81.
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live:Wong confirms 67 Australians and family members crossed from Gaza into Egypt overnight
By Georgie Hewson, Julian Fell, Tessa Flemming, and Jessica Riga
Foreign Minister Penny Wong says 67 Australians, permanent residents and their families crossed through the Rafah border crossing overnight. Follow live.
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Senior political leader of Hamas says 'truce agreement' near — as it happened
By Georgie Hewson and Tessa Flemming
A senior Hamas leader says the group is "close to reaching a truce agreement" with Israel as it delivers its response to Qatari mediators.
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IDF says it has struck the house of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh — as it happened
The IDF says it has struck the house of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, the head of its political bureau.
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WHO loses contact with Al-Shifa doctors as Israeli military forces raid hospital — as it happened
The Israeli military launches a "precise and targeted operation" inside Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital.
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Babies taken off incubators at Al-Shifa, as the humanitarian group describes hospital as 'nearly a cemetery' — as it happened
The UN says 36 babies have been taken off incubators at the Al-Shifa hospital following reported air strike damage to its maternity ward.
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Hospitals begin to shut down as Israel says it is closing in on Hamas in Gaza City — as it happened
Two of northern Gaza's major hospitals say they have closed doors to new patients due to bombardment and lack of supplies, with staff warning patient deaths could follow. Israel says it is homing in on Hamas and the hospitals should be evacuated.
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Netanyahu says Israel plans to have 'overall security responsibility' in Gaza after war — as it happened
By Basel Hindeleh, Georgie Hewson, and Nelli Saarinen
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel plans to have “overall security responsibility” in Gaza “for an indefinite period” after its war with Hamas.
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Israeli border police officer stabbed in East Jerusalem, Scott Morrison visits Israeli kibbutz — as it happened
A female Israeli soldier has been seriously injured in a stabbing attack in east Jerusalem. Here's how the day's events unfolded.
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Phone tracking app leads to dramatic arrest of suspected Australian drug smuggler in Türkiye
Hakan Ayik has been on NSW's most-wanted list for more than a decade, suspected of the alleged "supply of large commercial quantities of drugs" and links to the Comancheros bikie gang.
'The world will miss you': Touching tributes to Matthew Perry following actor's death
By Georgie Hewson and wires
Family, fellow actors and Friends creators have spoken publicly of their heartbreak over the 54-year-old's passing.
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What Gaza urgently needs to care for civilians amid the ongoing war with Israel
By Georgie Hewson and wires
Doctors and aid workers make sacrifices as vital supplies including medicine, food, water and fuel are days away from running out.
Freed Israeli hostage speaks out about her Hamas kidnapping ordeal — as it happened
Yocheved Lifshitz, an 85-year-old grandmother taken hostage by Hamas on October 7, has told reporters in Tel Aviv she went "through hell".
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Updates: Palestinian death toll estimate passes 5,000 as Israel revises number of hostages held by Hamas — as it happened
By Basel Hindeleh, Debra Killalea, Georgie Hewson, Brianna Morris-Grant, Nelli Saarinen, and Inasha Iftekhar
The Israeli military says 222 people are being held captive in Gaza, adding that Israeli ground forces also conducted limited raids into Gaza overnight.
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Rafah crossing opens to allow trucks carrying humanitarian aid into Gaza — as it happened
Israel allows trucks carrying food, water and medicine through the southern crossing from Egypt into Gaza, ahead of a potential invasion, the Associated Press reports.
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US president meets with war cabinet in Israel as second repatriation flight touches down in Sydney — as it happened
By Lara Smit, Audrey Courty, Riley Stuart, Daniel Keane, Georgie Hewson, Sian Johnson, Debra Killalea, Tom Williams, Brad Ryan, Caitlin Rawling, and Nick Dole
US President Joe Biden says he is "saddened and outraged" by an explosion at a hospital in the Gaza Strip, as families are reunited at Sydney airport.
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Platform X fined $610,500 over gaps in child abuse prevention
by Georgie Hewson and wires
The Australian eSafety commission fines social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, $610,500 for failing to cooperate with a probe into anti-child-abuse practices.
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AEC rejects suggestions of interference at remote polls, as Indigenous leaders start 'week of silence' — as it happened
The New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council is holding "a week of silence" to mourn the outcome of the referendum, as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags are lowered to half-mast.
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Australians vote against a Voice to Parliament with every state returning a No vote — as it happened
By Jessica Riga, Casey Briggs, Maani Truu, Audrey Courty, Dannielle Maguire, Georgie Hewson, Tom Williams, and Caitlin Rawling
A No vote is recorded nationally and in all six states as the Voice to Parliament proposal is defeated in Australia's first referendum this century. Look back on all the results in our blog.
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Israeli death toll rises to more than 600 after Hamas attack — as it happened
By Caitlyn Davey, Georgie Hewson, and Emily Clark
Israeli officials in the US say the death toll from the attack by Hamas is now more than 600, with over 1,800 injured, while 100 civilians and soldiers have been kidnapped.
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Pub offers bar tab reward for information over Robin Hood tree loss
A man in his sixties has become the second person arrested in the investigation of the deliberate felling of a tree beside Hadrian's Wall in northern England.
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Five quick questions on Rupert Murdoch's retirement, and what people are saying about it
By Georgie Hewson with wires
The media mogul will take on a role as chairman emeritus, still keeping a watching eye on his empire.
Enrolment for the Voice referendum has closed. Here's what you need to know
Registration to vote in the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum has now closed.
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Here are the most eye-catching looks from Vogue World in London
Stars, royalty and fashionistas dress to impress on the red carpet at Vogue World in London.
You'll be shocked by how much supermarket prices have gone up, but can you still feed your family for $10?
Feeding your family with the leftover cash in your wallet might be a thing of the past.
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Two moments show the poise and pain of being judged in front of millions
The 19-year-old is the first teen to win the grand slam since Serena Williams in the 90s.
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