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Emily Kaine

Emily Kaine

Emily Kaine is a national news blogger at The Sydney Morning Herald.

A mass led by Bishop Anthony Randazzo at the St Patrick’s Catholic Church East Gosford.

Pope picks Australian bishop for powerful Vatican position

Anthony Randazzo will be the first Australian to lead a Vatican office since the late cardinal George Pell.

  • Emily Kaine and Julie Power

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Benjamin David Collinge, is transported from Burwood Local Court. The teacher has been charged

Private school teacher allegedly ‘pressured’ vulnerable girl, 14, for abuse material

Police allege the former Newington College secondary teacher posed as a 17-year-old to offer the teenager cash in exchange for sexually explicit material.

  • Emily Kaine, Riley Walter and Amber Schultz
Flowers at the site of where two teenage boys were killed when the motorbike they were riding collided with a commuter bus.

Community mourns teen ‘daredevil’ and mate killed in horror motorbike crash

William Drake, 15, and his 14-year-old passenger Adrian Lai died after colliding with a bus in Sydney’s west. The intersection has long been a source of concern for residents.

  • Mostafa Rachwani, Emily Kaine and Lynette Eyb
Some petrol stations in Sydney have run out of fuel.

Sydneysiders face weekend of travel uncertainty as petrol bowsers dry up, metro closes

As major events bring sports fans to the city, the ongoing fuel crisis and a total shutdown of the metro network present challenges to Sydneysiders on the move this weekend.

  • Jessica McSweeney and Emily Kaine
The school was put into lockdown and police were called, which led to the arrest of a student.

Teen charged after allegedly firing air gun at Rose Bay school

The 15-year-old boy spent the night in police custody after he allegedly fired an air gun at another student at Rose Bay Secondary College.

  • Emily Kaine
War in the Middle East.

US-Iran war as it happened: Israel advances into Lebanon; Baghdad’s green zone hit; UAE temporarily closes its airspace

Welcome to our rolling coverage of the war in the Middle East, which continues to rage across multiple fronts, fuelling fears of a global energy crisis.

  • Emily Kaine and Isabel McMillan
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US continues its bombing campaign across Iran.

US-Iran war as it happened: Iran denies asking Trump for ceasefire negotiations; Four more Iranian women footballers withdraw their asylum bid to stay in Australia

The war in the Middle East continues to escalate, disrupting oil exports and sending fuel prices rising across the world. Follow our rolling coverage.

  • Emily Kaine, Ellen Connolly and Rachael Ward
A building in Bachoura District in central Beirut is hit by an Israeli air strike.

US-Iran war as it happened: Australia releases diesel, petrol amid fuel shortages; Trump calls Iran’s leaders ‘deranged scumbags’, warns them more to come

Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei has released his first statement. Read the live blog for our continuing coverage of the conflict in the Middle East.

  • Emily Kaine, Sarah McPhee, Josefine Ganko and Alexander Darling
Our team is on the ground in Beirut.

US-Iran war live updates: IEA to release 400 million barrels of oil; Israel launches new strikes on Lebanon as humanitarian concerns grow; Iran using cluster munitions on Israel

Follow our live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East and related developments in Australia.

  • Emily Kaine, Sarah McPhee, Lynette Eyb, Brittany Busch and Alexander Darling
Iranian women’s soccer team at Sydney Airport

US-Iran war as it happened: One Iranian soccer player reverses asylum decision and will return to Iran; Ships targeted in Strait of Hormuz; ACCC investigates petrol price gouging

Read our continuing live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East, and related developments in Australia.

  • Emily Kaine, Sarah McPhee and Angus Delaney