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Daniel Lo Surdo

Daniel Lo Surdo

Daniel Lo Surdo is a breaking news reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald. He previously helmed the national news live blog for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.

Alex Preston rides away after a suspected bull shark takes a lunge by the surf break.

A shark lunged at Alex while his back was turned. The ‘helmet’ on his ankle may have saved him

The near miss was captured on a surf cam at Dee Why weeks after a horror run of shark attacks that rocked Sydney.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo

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A supporter of the Iranian women’s soccer team is crouched in distress at the knees of police officers in Sydney International Airport.

Two more Iranians choose to remain as soccer team departs Australia

Protesters cried and clashed with police as the Iranian women’s soccer team flew out of the country and into an uncertain future.

  • Amber Schultz, Matthew Knott, Daniel Lo Surdo and Julius Dennis
Price swings for Australia’s regional oil benchmark, known as Tapis crude, take between a week to 10 days to reach Australian bowsers.

Petrol stations’ price rise excuse branded misleading

The nation’s former consumer watchdog says any petrol station using the Iran war to increase prices already should face investigation.

  • Nick Toscano and Daniel Lo Surdo
A rotating GIF of images from the return of passengers on the first commercial flight from the Middle East to Australia after US-Israel strikes on Iran.

Stranded Australians arrive home after ‘traumatic’ waiting game in Middle East war zone

The Australians on the first repatriation flight from the Middle East included a group from Sydney’s Barker College and family of TV personality David Koch.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo
Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong during a press conference.

Wong dispatches crisis squads to Middle East to help stranded Australians - but no rescue planes yet

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has warned of the historic challenge of repatriating Australians from the Middle East, with the ADF standing ready to support the operation.

  • Nick Newling and Daniel Lo Surdo
The lunar eclipse poking through the clouds late on Wednesday night as viewed from Blaxland in the Blue Mountains.

A ‘breathtaking’ blood moon will rise over Australia tonight. Here’s how you can see the eclipse

The spectacular lunar eclipse will be visible across Australia on Tuesday night, and the last seen anywhere on Earth for the next three years.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo
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Amy Mok fills her car at a Strathfield service station on Monday.

Sydney motorists brace for bowser pain as Middle East conflict rages on

The strikes on Iran have set the stage for a potential surge in already high petrol prices that will threaten household budgets and deliver fresh cost-of-living woes.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo, Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
A Coles truck is stuck in a sink hole that has formed outside St Mary’s Cathedral in the Sydney CBD.

Sinkhole in Sydney CBD forces school to close

At least two trucks came to the rescue of a Coles delivery vehicle which crashed into the hole.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo
Flash flooding swept through Fairfield in Sydney’s western suburbs.

Flash flooding hits Sydney as heavy rain lashes the city

A slow-moving thunderstorm triggered almost 500 calls for assistance across the metropolitan region.

  • Angus Dalton and Daniel Lo Surdo
The man was arrested after police stormed a Daceyville address.

Eastern suburbs man arrested as new police taskforce targets Coconut Cartel

Footage posted online shows a car being firebombed and threats made to the Alameddine crime network.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo