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Turnbull urges US to act on trade during 'lame duck' sessions

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull

Malcolm Turnbull has turned up the heat on increasingly protectionist US legislators, pleading with them to ratify the Obama-led Trans-Pacific Partnership trade liberalisation agreement and to do it now - ie before the looming presidential change-over.

Joyce says he doesn't want Christensen to leave Coalition

Given the government's one-seat majority in the lower house, LNP MP George Christensen's influence has risen since the ...

Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce has described George Christensen as a "very strong player" in the Nationals and says it is important the rebel backbencher not abandon the party and follow in the footsteps of Bob Katter.

One in three misunderstand UV

Sun protection is required most of the year in Queensland.

A third of people living in the skin cancer capital of the world misunderstand how it's caused, the Cancer Council says.

Guessing game over NY bombing as police dismiss gay activist's claims

A New York City Police Department officer places barricades near the site of Saturday night's explosion in Chelsea.

It's still a guessing game in the wake of serial attacks in the US on the weekend, with an online statement saying "a soldier of the Islamic State" was the man who went on a stabbing spree in a Midwest mall, and an anonymous Tumblr post claiming responsibility on behalf a gay activist being dismissed by investigators as 'not relevant to the case'.

NDIS: Half signed getting disability support for first time

Teisha Rose has multiple sclerosis, but has been able to work with support from the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Glance once at Teisha Rose; you'll see a dark-haired woman walking alongside the glossy, silvered expanse of the bay, a little terrier on a lead. Look twice, and you might notice the slim black cane she uses for support on longer walks, or when she's having a tough day.

Chris Judd: It's time to deny the top four clubs access to free agents

Switched: Sydney Swan Lance Franklin moved from Hawthorn to Sydney as a free agent in 2013.

The thing that AFL fans love about the game is risk and the unknown outcome accompanying it: the risk players take when they commit to a physical contest, when they launch three deep in a pack to stand on someone's shoulders in a marking contest, when they have a shot from the boundary. All are weekly features on highlights reels. 

8@eight: ASX set for flat open

A flood of earnings are out this morning, as well as jobs data.

The local sharemarket looks set to open unchanged, with traders unlikely to take outrageous bets ahead of central bank meetings in Washington and Tokyo this week.