• 4 mins ago

First Super has written to four fund managers that it invests members' money in questioning the Domino's business model after the recent Fairfax investigation into the pizza giant.

• 32 mins ago

The UK consumer finally appears to be cracking - potentially taking Britain's economic strength with it.

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• 51 mins ago

During the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump toyed with the idea of deploying a "deportation force" to round up and deport undocumented immigrants. Then he waffled on that proposal for a few months.

• 55 mins ago

"That is 100 per cent not true. It is false. It is irresponsible to be saying this,' Sean Spicer says.

• 55 mins ago

A man has died and two people have been arrested following an altercation in Sydney's west in the early hours of Saturday morning.

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President Donald Trump's combative news conference on Thursday afternoon left some people speechless.

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Some of the world's biggest banks including Macquarie and ANZ have been identified in a South African currency probe.

The United States risks developing an entrenched culture of conflict between the president and his own bureaucracy, experts warn.

The new Hawthorn captain performed well in his first game back after battling cancer.

Tony Blair urged Britons to "rise up" and demand a second Brexit referendum in a last-ditch effort to remain in the European Union. 

The Trump administration is preparing to roll back Obame-era environmental safeguards as Scott Pruitt prepares to take head up the Environmental Protection Agency.

Unilever rejected a surprise $186 billion takeover bid from US food company Kraft Heinz on Friday.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has told allies that Washington backs UN efforts to broker a political solution to the Syrian war.

The women were possibly duped by a spy ring into attacking Kim Jong-un's half brother, according to reports.

The most controversial figure in the Victorian Liberal Party, Marcus Bastiaan, had his Sydney audience enthralled as he thundered about the need for change.

"All the arrows are pointing in a very bad direction," says Danny Price, who sits on the government's Climate Change Authority.

• COMMENT

Despite One Nation leader Pauline Hanson claiming she personally vetted the candidates for the WA election almost every day one is exposed for their baffling beliefs and inappropriate comments on social media.

National Australia Bank's most senior bankers this week swapped their city offices for a type of executive road trip.

Calissa Wallace stood anxiously outside her Carwoola home hoping the flames towering in the distance would steer clear of the property she had lived in for 15 years.

When it closes its doors next month, Jo-Jo's on Queen Street Mall will leave just a few "originals" from when the mall opened in 1982.

"I think she's an outstanding appointment for an organisation that fundamentally needs to change."

Independent member for Cairns Rob Pyne introduced two private member's bills which, if passed, would decriminalise abortion.

Almost 10 years ago a former Transport and Main Roads minister Paul Lucas announced a great new plan to investigate a western bypass for Brisbane.

The changing of the guard at Wesfamers this week was all but overshadowed by a sharp fall in earnings from its prized supermarket business Coles, big losses from its UK hardware operation and the likely sale of both coal and the Officeworks chain.

Jarryd Roughead didn't miss a beat, Jaeger O'Meara slotted in seamlessly, Ty Vickery competed well and Geelong were beaten with a kick after the siren. For a mid-February practice match, things couldn't have gone much better for Hawthorn on Friday night at the University of Tasmania Stadium.

A firefighter is injured and at least 15 homes lost in an out-of-control grass fire burning east of Queanbeyan.

The Philippines has filed three drug-related charges against a senator and staunch critic of President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, saying she allegedly received money from drug dealers inside the country's prisons.

• COMMENT

The old joke says the questions in economics exams don't change from year to year, but the answers do. Welcome to the economics of energy and climate change, which has changed a lot without many people noticing - including Malcolm Turnbull and his climate-change denying mates.

Could the next Canberra Raiders star get born at their spiritual home?

Brumbies No. 9 Tomas Cubelli hopes he can recover from a knee injury in time to play a role in the Super Rugby season.

Nicole Gillies' father took his own life when he was 50, now has reached the same age she plans to run an ultra marathon in his memory.

ACT-based scientist and entrepreneur Nick Engerer has found a way to better manage energy shortfalls: Calculating solar energy production.

Key sections of the new peacekeeping memorial on Anzac Parade have been lifted into place this week as construction on the new site continues.

A year ago, he was in a Thai rehab clinic as he battled depression and alcohol issues. Now, the 27-year-old has a new role to play in the battle with mental illness

• ANALYSIS

In the crazy cross-currents of the first weeks of the Trump administration, it is an absence that is most striking – trust is missing in action.

Government-funded vocational training student numbers have taken a nosedive in Canberra in the past five years off the back of falling apprentice numbers nationwide.

Long gone are the days when optometrist Mark Feltham's profession involved simply selling glasses at a corner shop.

Intent that Katie Brennan's season should not be finished by the injury sidelining her in round three, the Western Bulldogs' top medicos have been deployed on the female skipper's ankle.

Shannon Griffith spends as many hours commuting as she does working on an average weekday.

"That's just what this country needs: an actor in Max Factor on a tractor."

The Giants women will finally have their marquee signing on deck this weekend for the clash with Fremantle.

A firefighter is injured and several homes have been lost in an out-of-control grass fire burning east of Queanbeyan.

• EXCLUSIVE

Decisive government intervention to address Australia's growing obesity epidemic should include a new tax on sugary beverages, as 75 per cent of young people exceed recommended daily energy intake, a leading obesity expert has warned.

Odourless, tasteless, and heavy - carbon monoxide poisoning is one of the greatest hazards when working in a confined space, according to a workplace safety consultant.

In his first game back since breaking his jaw in a sickening tackle from Ryan James, Wests Tigers fullback James Tedesco has shown why he's the NRL's next million dollar man.

He sang to a crowd of thousands and jammed alongside Bruce Springsteen in Brisbane last night, but who is the teenager that got up on stage with The Boss?

Magpies insist star recruit remains on track this season despite suffering more calf problems.

There was a time during the off-season when playing Super Rugby was the furthest thing from Jack Maddocks' mind.

• UPDATED

The National Rugby League has issued Wests Tigers centre Tim Simona a notice to cancel his registration for alleged breaches of its gambling rules on NRL matches.