
Melissa Brown
Digital Producer, Radio News Producer, and Newsreader at ABC Melbourne
Digital Producer, Radio News Producer, and Newsreader at ABC News (Australia)
“Everything I had to know, I heard it on my radio” (R Taylor) Early morning news in Melbourne. Queenslander, HATES the cold! Opinions/RTs mine.
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5 days ago |
rnz.co.nz | Melissa Brown |Joseph Dunstan
By Melissa Brown and Joseph DunstanErin Patterson is continuing to give evidence in her trial over the deaths of three relatives, taking the jury through her relationship with her husband and his family, her lack of faith in the health system and her body image issues. She became emotional as she told the court the Patterson family did not deserve her saying in a group chat that she wanted "nothing to do with them". Patterson continues to give evidence.
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Melissa Brown
A police officer has been treated in hospital after being assaulted during street celebrations before last night's A-League grand final between Melbourne City and Melbourne Victory. A security guard was also assaulted during the game at AAMI Park. Police are searching for the soccer fan who assaulted the officer. A police officer has been assaulted during wild scenes ahead of Saturday night's A-League grand final clash between Melbourne City and Melbourne Victory.
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Melissa Brown
Victorian teachers are considering mass rallies targeting the premier, education minister and treasurer in response to what they say is massive underfunding of public schools. Earlier this month, Nine newspapers claimed the government had ripped $2.4 billion from school budgets by delaying its commitment to the Gonski education reforms by three years. The Age reported the savings were signed off by the premier. Jacinta Allan denied her government had withdrawn from its Gonski funding commitment.
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Joseph Dunstan |Mikaela Ortolan |Melissa Brown
Erin Patterson has been charged with three counts of murder after she served beef Wellingtons containing death cap mushrooms to her in-laws Don and Gail Patterson along with Ian and Heather Wilkinson. Ms Patterson has pleaded not guilty, saying their deaths were a tragic accident. Follow the trial in our live blog.
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Melissa Brown |Tim Callanan |Joseph Dunstan
Skip to timelineThe triple murder trial of Erin Patterson continues from the Latrobe Valley Law Courts in Morwell. She's charged with murdering three relatives by serving them a beef Wellington meal that contained poisonous death cap mushrooms. Follow the trial in our live blog. The ABC's court reporter Kristian Silva has been in Morwell since the start of the trial.
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