Emily Sakzewski
Emily Sakzewski is a journalist and producer with ABC News Digital. You can reach her on Twitter at @Emilysakzewski.
Binge eating black hole devours star twice the size of the Sun
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Scientists discover a supermassive black hole that has taken a record-breaking decade to devour a star twice the size of the Sun — and it is still chewing away.
Topics: science-and-technology, astronomy-space, space-exploration, the-universe, blackholes, stars, australia
Family of Australian missing in Guatemala after tubing accident plead for help
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The family of Brisbane man Michael Eather, who went missing more than 10 days ago after a tubing accident in Guatemala, are losing hope that he will be found alive.
Topics: missing-person, community-and-society, accidents, government-and-politics, brisbane-4000, guatemala
Evolution not the driving force behind increased C-sections, midwife says
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A midwifery expert says evolution is not the primary reason for an increase in C-sections, after a study linked the procedure to the growing size of the human brain.
Topics: pregnancy-and-childbirth, reproduction-and-contraception, health, womens-health, women, evolution, science-and-technology, australia, united-states
Meet the man walking across Australia to protest Indigenous community closures
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Clinton Pryor is attempting to do something no other person has done before — walk across the Australian continent in protest against the forced closures of Indigenous communities.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, indigenous-culture, indigenous-protocols, government-and-politics, indigenous-policy, australia, perth-6000, canberra-2600
'Why not us? Why those people?': Dealing with trauma after Berlin market attack
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Two days after witnessing a truck drive into a crowd of innocent people in a Berlin Christmas market, Australian woman Trisha O'Neill is trying to wrap her head around what happened.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, disasters-and-accidents, accidents, health, mental-health, germany
'Blood and bodies everywhere': Australian describes carnage at Berlin market
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An Australian woman who was metres from where a truck ploughed into a crowded Christmas market in Berlin describes the devastation, saying there was "blood and bodies everywhere".
Topics: terrorism, disasters-and-accidents, accidents, law-crime-and-justice, germany
Stories of unpaid super highlight importance of regular checks
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Simply because an amount of superannuation is displayed on your pay slip each week does not mean your employer is actually depositing it — and when it comes to chasing down unpaid super, time is of the essence.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, superannuation, government-and-politics, community-and-society, work, australia
Jill Stein raises millions for recounts in key battleground states
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A campaign to crowdfund a US election recount in three battleground states has gone beyond its target and reached $US3.5 million.
Topics: elections, us-elections, event, united-states
Provocative Melbourne street artist censors 'near-naked' Clinton
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Melbourne street artist Lushsux responds to a council ban on his "offensive", "near-naked" Hillary Clinton mural by covering her in a niqab.
Topics: street-art, social-media, melbourne-3000
Hanson given 'open platform to advocate for her hateful views'
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The founder of the Fact Check One Nation website criticises Q&A for allowing Pauline Hanson's "absurd commentary" on live television.
Topics: one-nation, pauline-hanson, islam, religion-and-beliefs, government-and-politics, laws, australia
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