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​Veteran fundie Geoff Wilson has warned shares in Hunter Hall Global Value are primed to fall now that the fund has lost its mantle as an ethical fund.

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Melburnians looking longingly at the warm weather forecast for this weekend had better hope for no deluges of rain until then, or swimming will be off limits at the city's beaches.

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An elderly Beechworth woman has been flown to Melbourne after falling almost four metres from a Mount Buffalo walking track.

A father killed during a New Year's Eve fireworks accident has been remembered by family members as a "legend". 

United States President Barack Obama will deliver a farewell address to reflect on his time in office and say thank you to his supporters.

White spot disease has been found in prawns in another aquaculture farm on the Logan river on Friday.

If solar panels topped Suncorp Stadium, the Queensland Performing Arts Centre and Roma Street Station, they could generate electricity for 1200 homes and save 5414 tonnes of carbon emission a year.

Turkish police have detained eight people in connection with the Istanbul nightclub attack that killed 39 people, the state-run news agency says.

At least 16 people were killed by a car bomb in a busy square in Baghdad's sprawling Sadr City district.

Donald J Trump, President-elect of the United States of America, follows 42 people on Twitter.

The Princess Royal has moved to allay fears about the Queen's health by insisting she was feeling "better" despite missing church at Sandringham for the second successive Sunday.

European wasps, red foxes and certain species of exotic fish are now banned in the ACT.

A tourism expert says Canberra is at risk of becoming known as politician-riddled and soulless once again after the loss, downsizing or cancellation of various events and venues.

Taxpayers billed $1 million for five months of "agile coaching".

Police have found a woman and her infant daughter who had been missing since New Year's Eve.

An elderly woman has become the first driver to die on Victoria's roads this year, after she veered onto the wrong side of a highway and collided head-on with another vehicle.

Former Parramatta and Rabbitohs halfback Chris Sandow has been arrested and charged with public nuisance after brawling with another man in the street at Cherbourg.

An international authority on false memories says our minds can be easily manipulated, creating convincing recollections of events that never occurred.

Three people have been taken to hospital after a fire started in central Sydney on Monday afternoon, filling parts of the CBD with smoke.

Manus Island MP Ronny Knight has declared that two asylum seekers who say they were bashed by police and PNG immigration officials on New Year's Eve "deserved what they got".

Lightning has struck a church in country Queensland as a huge, long line of slow-moving severe thunderstorms roll towards the coast from the Darling Downs.

After a year of drama and upsets, investors shouldn't be expecting a more sedate pace in 2017.

A hiker has been airlifted to hospital after she became wedged between boulders while walking in "difficult terrain" in Victoria's alpine region.

PERTH, Jan 2 AAP - A man in his 20s has drowned while swimming in a lake east of Perth.

Tame Impala's Kevin Parker and The Waifs' Donna Simpson amplify chorus of opposition to Roe 8.

Mental health groups have accused the life insurance industry of ignoring calls to address discrimination, saying its treatment of people with mental health conditions is unethical and potentially unlawful.

Queensland Rail train crew will receive an annual three per cent pay rise for four years under an in-principle agreement.

Low-income Australians receiving housing support and other welfare services have joined summer criticism of Centrelink, as the agency faces sustained questions about its new automated debt recovery processes.

Three film production companies including Netflix are interested in making a warts-and-all screen dramatisation of Nigel Farage's insurgent Brexit campaign, according to an associate of Farage.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has quickly dismissed a pair of contentious suggestions on Middle East relations from former prime minister Tony Abbott.

New Labor Legislative Assembly member Tara Cheyne wants to pick up where longtime voluntary euthanasia advocate Mary Porter left off.

Don't panic - this is where you can still get Adore Tea.

Danish police have arrested the daughter of a woman at the centre of a South Korean influence-peddling scandal that has engulfed President Park Geun-hye.

A woman has died following a car crash in Riverside in December, pushing Victoria's horror road toll for 2016 even higher.

Thousands of retail and hospitality employees are being paid reduced wages under so-called "zombie" agreements that were struck during the WorkChoices era, an analysis suggests.

Luxury brand Hermes is taking on a small chain of Melbourne boutiques for selling what the French fashion house claims are fake bracelets.

For foreigners working overseas, one country pays almost double the global average.

The pursuit of free trade agreements remains a strong priority of the federal government in the face of a rising populist protectionism, particularly from US President-elect Donald Trump.

Police want his help with inquiry into The Lunch Club crime, when a man menaced staff with a knife, then threw till at them.

An investigation is underway after police accidentally fired a gun inside a car while on duty in Mildura.

What Ramsey Vong knew of resuscitation techniques he learned watching videos on YouTube and Facebook. It may have been enough to save a life. 

A woman has reportedly bitten by a snake at Australia Zoo.

Cars have queued for up to 15 kilometres as holidaymakers continue their journeys up and down the NSW coast.

More than a decade on, Tom Tehan wants to tell his story. It's a story about the car crash that can follow school bullying - and how one man emerged from the wreckage to rebuild his life.

China's new rules on cash transactions and overseas transfers of yuan currency are not forms of capital controls, the state news agency Xinhua said, citing a central bank economist.

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A house was destroyed and a cat resuscitated in two separate incidents on Monday.

The doors to the Sunshine branch of the Commonwealth Bank were unlocked and open on New Year's Day, until a customer spotted the gaffe and called in the police

The University of Canberra has again refused to force all users of its computer systems to regularly change their passwords, ignoring recommendations the ACT Auditor-General has urged be taken on at the institution since 2006.