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Audrey Courty
Audrey Courty is a digital journalist with the national ABC News Digital team, based in Brisbane. She was previously a multi-platform reporter with ABC Wide Bay, after joining the ABC as a news cadet in 2022.
A true "global citizen", Audrey has lived in many places across the Middle East and Asia. She speaks fluent French and Turkish, and has an elementary grasp of Bahasa Indonesia.
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These six charts show the scale of human loss in the Israel-Gaza war
By Audrey Courty with wires
Thousands more people have reportedly been killed in the Israel-Gaza war in the past month than during the conflict over the past 15 years.
Optus services 'gradually' restored as engineers warn of network vulnerabilities — as it happened
Optus says it "may take a few hours for all services to recover", with the telco yet to identify the root issue behind the huge outage.
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Eric Trump says he wasn't aware of dad's fraudulent financial statements, but emails suggest some involvement
By Audrey Courty with wires
Donald Trump had put his two sons in charge of his real estate empire while he served as US president from 2017 to 2021, but they both say they had no involvement with the documents at the centre of the fraud trial.
Kmart slapped with $1.3 million fine for sending marketing emails to customers who opted out
Australian retailer Kmart has paid a $1.3 million fine for having sent more than 200,000 marketing emails to people who had already unsubscribed.
'It was like I was fighting ghosts': What Israeli troops will face inside Hamas's labyrinth of tunnels
By Audrey Courty with wires
Fighting underground could strip the Israeli military of some of its technological advantages and give the Hamas militant group the upper hand. Here's what we know about the complications Israel will face.
Australian murdered by Hamas farewelled as Israel says it aims to end its responsibility for the Gaza Strip — as it happened
By Audrey Courty, Lara Smit, Leonie Thorne, Debra Killalea, Brianna Morris-Grant, Jessica Riga, Carrington Clarke, and Brad Ryan
Family pay tribute to Galit Carbone, the only Australian to be killed in the October 7 terrorist attack in Israel. Look back on our coverage of the Israel Gaza war.
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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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Jordan and Egypt unwilling to accept Palestinian refugees as organisations call for urgent access to deliver aid to Gaza — as it happened
By Leonie Thorne, Lara Smit, Audrey Courty, John Lyons, Liana Walker, Debra Killalea, Jon Healy, Jade Macmillan, and Riley Stuart
Look back on the latest updates as King Abdullah II of Jordan says neither Jordan nor Egypt are willing to accept any Palestinian refugees.
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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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Israel Defense Forces warn over 1 million Gazans to relocate to the south — as it happened
By Liana Walker, Michael Doyle, Inasha Iftekhar , Riley Stuart, Lara Smit, Cason Ho, Audrey Courty, John Lyons, Debra Killalea, Bridget Judd, Tessa Flemming, Tom Williams, and Stephanie Borys
Israel tells civilians living in northern Gaza to head south, warning them the military will operate "significantly" in Gaza City in the coming days.
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'Hamas should be crushed': Netanyahu wants sanctions against any nation who meets with terror group — as it happened
By Liana Walker, Riley Stuart, Lara Smit, Leonie Thorne, Inasha Iftekhar , Daniel Keane, Audrey Courty, Caitlin Rawling, Claudia Williams, Debra Killalea, Tom Williams, and Brad Ryan
Displaced civilians in Gaza say after mosques and schools were hit by Israeli air strikes, they have nowhere to find safety, while Israel recruits advocates for the country online.
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Fires in NSW reach emergency level as Victoria, Tasmanian fires downgraded — as it happened
By Jessica Riga, Audrey Courty, and Claudia Williams
Bushfire emergencies are unfolding in multiple states, with residents of Abernethy in NSW told it is "too late to leave". Fires in Victoria and Tasmania have been downgraded. Look back at our live coverage.
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Here's how the Australian Constitution would change if the Voice referendum is passed
Australia will vote on whether to make a change to its constitution next month. But what is this document? And what is the proposed change? We break it down for you here, and show you what the constitution would look like if the Voice referendum is passed.
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Government takes action to protect future Matildas matches from TV paywalls
The Matildas' future FIFA Women's World Cup matches have been added to the anti-siphoning list, making it "more likely" Australians will be able to watch them play for free, the federal government says.
Thousands of people are feared dead in Libya. Why was Storm Daniel so deadly?
By Audrey Courty with wires
The Mediterranean storm has claimed thousands of lives and left vast areas of Libya underwater. Here's what we know about why it was so powerful, and the extent of the devastation.
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One confirmed dead as Burning Man festival-goers trapped in desert after rain floods site
By Audrey Courty with wires
Authorities in Nevada are investigating a death at the site of the Burning Man festival where thousands of attendees remained stranded from flooding.
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Immigration minister scraps pandemic visa for international students
A COVID-era visa that allowed more than 20,000 international students to work an unlimited amount of hours is being phased out, the federal government has said.