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An inveterate gum-chewer, Sean Spicer's rules of life include: "Follow your mom's advice: It's not what you say, but how you say it. The tone and tenor of your words count."

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After a protracted legal battle that began almost as soon as he was elected, Rod Culleton's election has been ruled ineligible by the High Court.

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Donald Trump doesn't get it, apparently is incapable of getting it.

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The overwhelming statistics showing Australia's dizzying cancer rates have been released ahead of World Cancer Day.

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Budget airline Tigerair has once again cancelled its flights between Australia and Bali due to approval "issues" with Indonesian authorities, throwing the plans of hundreds of holidaymakers into disarray.

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The probability the RBA raises interest rates in November is "somewhere in the 40s and rising" according to Goldman Sachs.

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Dr Harold Bornstein says he credits the drug for helping maintain both his and Trump's hair. 'He has all his hair,' Bornstein said. 'I have all my hair.'

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Many in the technology industry have expressed outrage over the executive order, but Microsoft has chimed in with a proposed solution.

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A year ago Anthony Milford and Ben Hunt were slapped with 12 month State of Origin bans. Now Queensland great Trevor Gillmeister believes the Maroons must embrace the Brisbane pair this year to plan for life after Johnathan Thurston.

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Gold Coast star Jarryd Hayne has nominated former club Parramatta as one of the teams to beat at this weekend's NRL Auckland Nines.

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Virgin Australia posted a 37 per cent fall in second-quarter underlying earnings before taxes as tough conditions persisted in the domestic aviation market.

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Ali Vayeghan arrived at the Los Angeles airport Thursday, where he was greeted by family members.

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Clive Palmer's wife has been called to give evidence into the collapse of his Townsville refinery company, Queensland Nickel.

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Parramatta great Peter Sterling predicts NRL trial matches could be a thing of the past as the game's elite face an excruciating 10-month slog in 2017.

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A young Iranian refugee has been forcibly returned to PNG after police intercepted him en route to lodging an asylum claim in Fiji.

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Seven West Media has announced the findings of a review into chief executive Tim Worner saying it has cleared him of wrongdoing.

Advisers will come and go in the White House in coming years, but it's likely that the only permanent confidantes and counsellors to the most powerful man in the world will be his son-in-law Jared Kushner and his daughter Ivanka Trump.

The clarion call from England's training camp indicated that another fierce instalment of the Anglo-French rivalry that has generated 20 wars through history is in the offing at Twickenham tomorrow.

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has quit President Donald Trump's business advisory group after pressure from activists.

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Aussies will soon be able to smile at their smartphones to confirm payments as credit card giant MasterCard prepares to bring its biometric authentication app to Australia.

Judge urges overhaul of territory's trespass laws after woman's allegedly abusive ex-husband moved into her house after she died from cancer.

A 92-year-old man has been charged with sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl at a home on Sydney's northern beaches, police say.

Back pain, bat warnings and the search for a new police commissioner making news today.

An injured man has died after he was found in a lift well at Westfield Doncaster shopping centre.

A teenager was sexually assaulted in a park after she was led from a bar in Fitzroy, police say.

Changes should be made in the way courts deal with domestic violence offenders with mental health issues, rather than making bail harder to secure, a prominent Queensland lawyer has argued.

Rio Tinto Group has received approaches for its Queensland mines, including a potential sale.

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Well, that was quick. Ralph Lauren has announced that Stefan Larsson, the superstar CEO appointed to revive the struggling lifestyle brand little more than a year ago, would leave the company in May, citing clashes with founder and chairman Ralph Lauren on how to jump-start the business.

Millions of dollars in electronic goods and furniture are feared lost after fire tore through a Harvey Norman store in north-west Queensland.

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​Two top officials at the ECB defended its ultra-easy monetary policy after a rebound in inflation had upset bond markets.

The number of bankers and financiers pulling down $1.4 million or more soared 33 per cent across the European Union in 2015.

"We have never had a president in my memory who has bullied our friends in this way, especially heads of government."

​NRL boss Todd Greenberg has all but guaranteed the Auckland Nines is set to stay beyond the 2018 tournament, but admits it could be headed elsewhere when its contract expires next year.

You don't want to be on the wrong end of a short call by Kevin Kaiser of Hedgeye Risk Management.

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The death toll already tops 7200 as armed troops are set to be sent into thousands of barangays, or wards.

Canberra University opened its new X-ray laboratory on Thursday afternoon, adding to its ''broad suite'' of healthcare facilities.