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Debra loves being the first to know information which makes it easy for her to respond to breaking news quickly for news.com.au. Debra has 17 years’ experience in the national and international press and online media, with almost half of that spent working overseas. Debra spent six years in the UK working for the Mirror Group, including the Mail Online.

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Restaurants & Bars

The blackboard outside Handsome Her has caused quite a stir.

Cafe sparks storm with man tax

A MELBOURNE cafe has caused a storm after charging men a tax and seating women first, insisting it has support for its idea.

Space

NASA is looking for an alien hunter

NASA is on the hunt for a planetary protection officer. The job: Defending Earth from alien contamination. The pay: Huge.

Leaders

In this photo taken Jan. 28, 2017, President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Transcripts of President Donald Trumpâ€™s conversations with the leaders of Mexico and Australia in January offer new details on how the president parried with the leaders over the politics of the border wall and refugee policy, with random asides on subjects including drug abuse in New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

PM responds to leaked transcript

MALCOLM Turnbull has hit back hours after the entire first conversation between he and President Trump was leaked.

Leaders

FILE - In this July 24, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump waves to the crowd after speaking at the 2017 National Scout Jamboree in Glen Jean, W.Va. The Boy Scouts are denying a claim by President Donald Trump that the head of the youth organization called the president to praise his politically aggressive speech to the Scoutsâ€™ national jamboree. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Donald Trump’s favourite lie

DONALD Trump has plenty to brag about. He’s rich, a TV star, and the most powerful person on Earth. That’s why his latest controversy is so baffling.

News Life

Female recruits sue over ‘invasive exam’

A LAWSUIT accuses a police force of demanding female recruits submit to invasive, medically unnecessary pelvic exams before being hired.

Asia

FILE - In this April 15, 2017, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves during a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Koreaâ€™s nuclear and missile programs have without doubt come at a severe cost. Even so, the North has managed to march ever closer to having an arsenal capable of attacking targets in the region and _ as demonstrated by its July 4 ICBM test launch _ the United Statesâ€™ mainland. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Kim a ‘son of a b****’ with a ‘chubby face’

THE Punisher is at it again. This time he not only attacked North Korea’s weapons program, but also brutally sledged Kim Jong-un’s appearance.

Banking

FILE - In this March 5, 2012 file photo, consumer credit cards are posed in North Andover, Mass. Payment history is a key factor for the two major credit-scoring companies in the United States. Payments more than 30 days late are reported to the credit bureaus and, like other negative marks, can stay on your credit report for seven years. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Online credit card fraud soars

ONLINE credit card fraud has soared with dodgy transactions soaring to $417.6 million in 2016, doubling in the space of six years.

Health Problems

18/10/2016 Voluntary euthanasia advocate Andrew Denton and disability spokesman Phillip Beddall will speak on the steps of parliament house on amendments to the South Australian private members bill (to be debated tomorrow) which excludes disability, mental health and non-terminal illnesses as reasons to request to volunteer for an assisted death.Kelly Barnes/The Australian

Andrew Denton’s heart disease diagnosis

ANDREW Denton has been forced to pull out of a campaign to legalise euthanasia after being diagnosed with advanced heart disease.

Innovation

Camp Humphreys has moved from Seoul to Pyeongtaek.

America’s fearsome $13b message

IT’S been created for one purpose — war. The United States just gave North Korea 13 billion reasons to worry.

Asia

FILE- In this July 4, 2017, file photo distributed by the North Korean government shows what was said to be the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile, ICBM, in North Korea's northwest. North Korea has been condemned and sanctioned for its nuclear ambitions, yet has still received food, fuel and other aid from its neighbors and adversaries for decades. How does the small, isolated country keep getting what it wants and needs to prevent its collapse? (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Chilling warning: ‘There will be war’

DONALD Trump would rather go to war to destroy North Korea than allow it to develop a long-range nuclear-armed missile.

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