Ben Cubby

Australia

Investigative Reporter at Sydney Morning Herald

Reporter at SMH, [email protected]. I’m just Ben, anywhere else I’d be a 10.

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Australia news LIVE: Sussan Ley beats Angus Taylor to claim Liberals leadership, PM and new Labor cabinet sworn in

2 days ago | watoday.com.au | Ben Cubby |Paul Sakkal |Olivia Ireland |Shane Wright

Australia news LIVE: Sussan Ley beats Angus Taylor to claim Liberals leadership, PM and new Labor cabinet sworn inBy Ben CubbyUpdated May 13, 2025 — 9.43amfirst published at 4.55amSaveNormal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeKey postsHide key postsPrice pledges to work with LeyJacinta Nampijinpa Price, who withdrew from the ballot for Liberal deputy leadership after Angus Taylor lost to Sussan Ley, has released a statement.
Australia news LIVE: Sussan Ley beats Angus Taylor to claim Liberals leadership, PM and new Labor cabinet sworn in

2 days ago | theage.com.au | Ben Cubby |Paul Sakkal |Olivia Ireland |Shane Wright

Key posts1 of 2 10.25amO’Brien elected deputy, Price withdraws candidacyBy Paul SakkalTed O’Brien has been elected deputy leader of the Liberal Party after winning a ballot 38 votes to 16. Jacinta Nampijinpa Price had earlier withdrawn her candidacy to be deputy Liberal Party leader after Angus Taylor lost the leadership vote to Sussan Ley.
Australia news LIVE: Liberals vote on a leader, new cabinet sworn in

2 days ago | smh.com.au | Ben Cubby |Olivia Ireland |Paul Sakkal |Shane Wright

Pinned post from By Olivia IrelandSussan Ley has been elected the first woman to lead the Liberal Party. Ley, 63, was deputy leader of the party under Peter Dutton. She was elected in a meeting of the party’s 54 members and senators in Parliament House on Tuesday, defeating Angus Taylor, who also served in Dutton’s team as shadow treasurer.
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2 days ago | smh.com.au | Ben Cubby |Rob Harris |Paul Sakkal

By Rob HarrisThe United Nations’ top aviation authority has formally found the Russian Federation responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014, marking a landmark ruling in a case brought by Australia and the Netherlands.
Australia news LIVE: Coalition MPs jostle for leadership, Victoria cuts public school funding

3 days ago | smh.com.au | Ben Cubby |Chip Le Grand |Paul Sakkal

By Chip Le GrandVictoria’s government secretly ripped $2.4 billion from state schools after delaying by three years its commitment to provide the funding required to pay for the long-promised Gonski education reforms.
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5 days ago | stuff.co.nz | Ben Cubby |Eryk Bagshaw
Grandmother charged with murder of her two grandchildren in Coonabarabran

5 days ago | smh.com.au | Ben Cubby |Sally Rawsthorne

By Ben Cubby and Sally Rawsthorne May 10, 2025 — 8.08am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A grandmother has been charged with murdering two of her grandchildren, aged 7 and 6, who were found dead in a home at Coonabarabran in the state’s west on Monday. Police were called the semi-rural property just after 2pm and discovered the boy’s bodies in separate bedrooms.
Australian tourist killed and injured in Bali snorkelling boat capsize

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Ben Cubby |Zach Hope |Amilia Rosa

By Ben Cubby, Zach Hope and Amilia RosaUpdated March 22, 2025 — 4.17pmfirst published at 7.11am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Indonesia: A snorkelling boat carrying 15 people, including a number of Australian tourists, capsized in rough seas off Indonesia’s resort island of Bali on Friday, killing a Canberra woman and injuring two other Australians, police said.
Australian tourist killed and injured in Bali snorkelling boat capsize

1 month ago | watoday.com.au | Ben Cubby |Zach Hope |Amilia Rosa

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Pat Cummins and wife Becky welcome new baby

Feb 7, 2025 | smh.com.au | Ben Cubby

By Ben Cubby February 8, 2025 — 11.47am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Australian cricket captain Pat Cummins and his wife Becky have welcomed their second child, a baby girl named Edi. “She’s here,” Becky Cummins posted on Instagram with a picture of the newborn being cuddled by her mum.