Australian judge dates a court aide 45 years his junior, leading to her death (opens in new tab)

I hate that "I really wanna be a novelist. But I'm stuck writing for this newspaper!" style of journalism. Just tell us the facts and stop trying to audition!

  >Macklin loads the dogs into the back of his brand-new, $60,000 Toyota RAV4 (“lovely car, great car”), into which he’s sunk his entire recent divorce payout...

 >On a Saturday in early March, Theresa – straight blonde hair, striped top, jeans – welcomes me into her spotless unit, where the floorboards are shiny and Ashleigh is everywhere...

...and gets her superannuation death benefits because they were in a relationship, and so he has legal rights in her estate