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Lawyers for the jailed ex-minister made the representations before his appeal.

"I like Steve, but you have to remember he was not involved in my campaign until very late," Trump said.

The OECD has listed Australia as among the countries recording the biggest declines in aid for the world's poorest.

Law, 44, will play the beloved professor from the Potter books decades before he became Headmaster at Hogwarts.

The hardline former president surprised Iran's clerical establishment by registering for the presidential election.

In President Donald Trump's first major interview since ordering a military strike on a Syrian airfield late last week, he provided additional insight into his reasoning - while also making a gaffe, incorrectly stating he had sent the missiles to Iraq, not Syria.

Between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, the chances of a dangerous miscalculation on the Korean peninsula are higher than ever.

A group of 11 Victorian regional cities and towns is preparing a bid to host the Commonwealth Games in 2030.

A warehouse operator has been stripped of its licence to import produce through Melbourne's docks after a Border Force sting.

Australia's air safety watchdog is investigating a serious mid-air incident involving a Qantas jet that suffered a so-called "stick shaker" warning.

Rio Tinto restated on Wednesday its decision to continue discussions regarding the future of its stake in the Grasberg mine in Indonesia.

The Gold Logie must weigh a bit, as organisers have asked the God of Thunder to present it.

What rugby needs right now is to nurture the love once more.

TPG will build its own mobile network covering Australia in a move set to shake up the telecommunications landscape.

A man of Islamist background has been detained by German investigators.

Language and culture is no barrier to these learn-to-swim lessons.

The danger of a video being viral on the internet has caught out Channel Nine after it aired a story about a racist Sydney bus passenger on the Today Show, four years after other media outlets, including fellow Nine news outfit A Current Affair.

Wars can happen suddenly in an atmosphere of mistrust, especially if a minor power, like Australia, abandons its independence for an "alliance" with an unstable superpower.

The AFLW premiership coach has heard plenty of insults, but one almost made her walk away from football.

The Swans will have to do what no AFL team has done before to make the finals, should they lose to West Coast.

Conservationists renew warnings about destruction of the onshore environment and Great Barrier Reef.

New data shows average incomes are growing much more rapidly in the wealthy inner-east and south than in less advantaged outer areas.

Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy thinks the NRL and AFL player signings systems should find some middle ground.

Giants veteran Steve Johnson is in doubt for Saturday's clash against Port Adelaide with a knee injury.