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Olivia Ireland

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Recent:
  • The Sydney Morning Herald
Past:
  • Illawarra Mercury
  • FarmOnline
  • Newcastle Herald
  • The Examiner
  • The Advocate

Recent articles by Olivia:

Seven shots fired into South Coogee unit, two men charged

The men charged over the May 27 public place shooting are members of the Hells Angels outlaw motorcycle gang. → Read More

‘It’s all just ended’: Surry Hills blaze scorches family’s $38 million hotel dream

Those dreams were reduced to a smouldering pile of rubble by Friday, as firefighters extinguished the final flames and police investigating the blaze as suspected arson questioned two teenagers. → Read More

What happens when you’re Tasered? George Hateley tried it 13 times

Former special operations tactical officer George Hateley explains what happens when a person is Tasered. → Read More

Police launch critical incident investigation after death of man, 75, in Coffs Harbour

Peter Buckingham was last seen on Tuesday before his body was discovered the following day. → Read More

Telstra customers experience outage, unable to make or receive calls

A Telstra spokesperson apologised for the outage and said the company was working urgently to fix the issue. → Read More

Search launched in Sydney’s south after suspicious disappearance of man

Zoran Popovski, 54, was captured on CCTV travelling on a train from Hurstville to Kogarah three weeks ago. He has not been seen since. → Read More

DFAT's passport office is set to raise $1 billion from excess applications

Only 20 per cent of passport applications were processed on time from July to November this year. → Read More

NSW floods led to a pool full of frogs

Olivia is a reporter for the Canberra Times. She has covered federal politics and public sector, court and crime, local news, arts, education and business. Olivia started as an intern in August 2021 and began her career with the Times after completing her studies in November 2021. → Read More

Treasurer Jim Chalmers expected to announce a climate consultation paper for businesses

The Treasurer said he is "genuinely interested" in hearing from businesses. → Read More

Video of snake hitching ride on Australian road trippers' car

Watch this unexpected hitchhiker hold on for dear life. Only in Australia... → Read More

Gungahlin community mourns after ACT police locate body of Pranav Vivekanandan in Yerrabi Pond

ACT police confirmed the bodies located in the pond were a mother and two sons. → Read More

Informer: Albanese hits the Pacific and it set to meet the PM of the Solomon Islands

Olivia is a reporter for the Canberra Times. She has covered local news, arts, education and business and is beginning her rotation with Federal Politics. Olivia started as an intern in August 2021 and began her career with the Times after completing her studies in November 2021. → Read More

Informer: Albanese hits the Pacific and it set to meet the PM of the Solomon Islands

Olivia is a reporter for the Canberra Times. She has covered local news, arts, education and business and is beginning her rotation with Federal Politics. Olivia started as an intern in August 2021 and began her career with the Times after completing her studies in November 2021. → Read More

Informer: Albanese hits the Pacific and it set to meet the PM of the Solomon Islands

Olivia is a reporter for the Canberra Times. She has covered local news, arts, education and business and is beginning her rotation with Federal Politics. Olivia started as an intern in August 2021 and began her career with the Times after completing her studies in November 2021. → Read More

Informer: Albanese hits the Pacific and it set to meet the PM of the Solomon Islands

Olivia is a reporter for the Canberra Times. She has covered local news, arts, education and business and is beginning her rotation with Federal Politics. Olivia started as an intern in August 2021 and began her career with the Times after completing her studies in November 2021. → Read More

Senator Rex Patrick slams the gas industry as a 'cartel' contributing to the energy crisis

The South Australian senator has put the blame on the gas industry for Australia's domestic energy crisis. → Read More

Canberra man mistakes marked police car for mate's, tries to street race it

A driver has admitted he was attempting to race a police vehicle on Sunday. → Read More

Regional polling places originally at risk of being closed set to be filled for election day, AEC confirms

The Electoral Commissioner has confirmed all polling places will be open for election day. → Read More

Regional polling places originally at risk of being closed set to be filled for election day, AEC confirms

The Electoral Commissioner has confirmed all polling places will be open for election day. → Read More

Regional polling places originally at risk of being closed set to be filled for election day, AEC confirms

The Electoral Commissioner has confirmed all polling places will be open for election day. → Read More