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She was a rising star in financial services, but Shivani Gopal was faced with an awful dilemma: keep working with a client who had licked her face, or avoid him and sacrifice her business? 

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Local stocks open lower amid a few earnings disappointments and as investors turn cautious ahead of a key speech by US central bank chief Janet Yellen.

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Greens leader Richard Di Natale has defended his decision to dump Sarah Hanson-Young from her immigration portfolio, but promised the party's strong pro-refugee stance would not change.

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Queensland Liberal National Party could make preference deals with Pauline Hanson's One Nation party at the next state election.

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Two shots have been fired at a car from another moving vehicle on the Pacific Motorway on the Gold Coast.

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NBN Co expects to be earning $5 billion annually within four years, with average monthly revenue from each user at $52.

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The Perth mother under fire for painting her son's face brown to emulate his AFL hero Nic Naitanui at a school dress-up day says she has been called "every single name under the sun" since bragging about her son's costume online on Thursday.

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In Western democracies, there is a cultural decline that the Left doesn't have the language to comment on.

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A furious WA Premier Colin Barnett has fought back against the wealthy Perth businessmen he says are trying to force him out by asking the public sector watchdog to investigate if the private poll they funded broke any laws.

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Casino operator The Star Entertainment Group said its full-year net profit rose 14.9 per cent to $194 million.

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Deputy Premier Troy Grant called a meeting of stakeholders in the lockout law debate on Tuesday, a week before the anticipated delivery to government of former high court judge Ian Callinan's review of the contentious anti-violence regime.

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Coca-Cola Amatil's profits are up after higher sales of bottled water offset weak demand for fizzy drinks.

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The plot is about as crazy as a plot can get, with much to say about love and marriage and gender and class in an 18th-century setting.

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On Saturday, the main western thoroughfare out of the City will become a sea of prospective students.

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Australia Post has recovered from its huge financial losses in 2015 to post a $36 million after-tax profit thanks to increased parcel deliveries and a shake-up of its letter delivery business.

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A teenage girl is in a critical condition after being hit by a car in Melbourne's east Friday morning. 

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In his upcoming Quarterly Essay, Don Watson goes on a US road trip and reflects on the November presidential election and the state of the union.

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One of the questions that gets debated in pubs and lounge rooms by footy nuffies is if you could have one player from another team and slot them into your club, who would it be?

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Apple rushes out an iPhone software upgrade after three apparent flaws may have allowed eavesdropping on conversations.

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Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce has hit out at the directors of milk giant Murray Goulburn, declaring their 50 per cent pay rise "doesn't pass the sniff test".

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Three police officers have been attacked while trying to corner a suspected car thief in a dead-end street in Melbourne's north.

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Detectives are looking for a man in his 60s over a sexual assault at a shopping centre in Melbourne's south-east last month. 

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Essendon's run of player signings has continued with stand-in skipper Brendon Goddard the latest Bomber to agree to a new deal.

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Firefighters who were called to a house on Sydney's northern beaches overnight were allegedly confronted by the homeowner who threatened them with an axe as they attempted to save his burning property, police say.

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AFL player Nic Naitanui has responded to the Book Week blackface controversy, saying it's a shame people are unaware of its historical significance. 

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Former Australian wing Clyde Rathbone has challenged the Wallabies to admit they can't beat the All Blacks under normal circumstances.

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Czech police detained an unidentified local man who attempted to breach the motorcade of German Chancellor Angela Merkel earlier Thursday, a police spokesman said.

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Pavlina Pizova​ was stranded for a month in a remote New Zealand hut after her partner fell to his death.

A mother who painted her son's skin black for a school Book Week parade has caused outrage on social media for a moment she described as a "parenting win".

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Local sharemarket set for another flat open as global markets had a quiet night, with investors waiting on Janet Yellen's speech at Jackson Hole on Saturday morning (AEST), while earnings season rolls on, with Coca-Cola, Mayne Pharma and Star Entertainment among those reporting.

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The jolt, which struck fear and panic in survivors, detached the church's facade, leaving it leaning dangerously over the main street.

Lauren Darlington looked every bit the sweet 16-year-old with a mouth full of braces when her mum forged her birth certificate so she could work as a prostitute. Seven years later she is real, raw about her demons, blogging to touch others.

Police allege the man confronted the fire-fighters as they tried to save the house.

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The Western Force and Melbourne Rebels would be in the firing line if a proposal for a new format in 2018 is adopted by SANZAAR.

"His disregard for the values that make our country great is profoundly dangerous," says Democratic presidential candidate.

Oil increased after a report that Iran will participate in an informal meeting of OPEC members.

Photographs of armed police ordering a Muslim woman on a beach in the Mediterranean city of Nice to partially disrobe went viral on social media this week, upsetting many French Muslims and causing global consternation.

The AFL is working on a model with ANZ Stadium that would see a potential blockbuster Sydney derby final played at the venue while also allowing finals football to return to the SCG for the first time in 11 years.

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A US Navy ship has fired three warning shots after an Iranian fast-attack craft approached and circled two US Navy vessels and a Kuwaiti vessel in the northern Gulf.

Girls enrolled in the Virtual Infant Parenting Program were twice as likely to give birth in their teens than girls who who had no intervention.

Uber's head of finance told shareholders losses accelerated in the latest quarter.

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