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Goldman Sachs has identified three big items that will impact equities in 2017: tax reform, the US dollar and wage growth.

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No more taxpayer funded "exercise shoes" for public servant.

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The Iraq war veteran accused of killing five people at a busy Florida airport in the latest US gun rampage appeared in a federal court on Monday on charges that could bring him the death penalty.

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England flanker and former captain Chris Robshaw has been ruled out of the Six Nations after his club Harlequins said he would be sidelined for three months following shoulder surgery.

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One man was stabbed and another beaten unconscious in a violent fight near Darling Harbour in Sydney overnight, police say.

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Brisbane star Sam Thaiday will meet with coach Wayne Bennett to request he spends more time on the training paddock this pre-season, not the playing field.

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Here are today's Canberra news highlights in 90 seconds.

• 1 hr ago

​Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of president-elect Donald Trump and one of his closest confidants, is expected to join the White House as a senior adviser to the president, according to a person close to the transition.

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An unusual 'video juror parade' was the opening act of Rolf Harris' indecent assault trial in London on Monday.

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A senior Volkswagen manager has been arrested in the US and charged with fraud over the cheating of US emissions tests.

Sterling slid after Prime Minister Theresa May said she is seeking a completely new trade relationship with the EU.

The resignation comes weeks before the British government is due to trigger the process of leaving the European Union.

Allegations that Russia tried to influence the US election in favour of Donald Trump amount to a witch-hunt, the Kremlin said on Monday, echoing a comment made by Trump himself.

Atlassian agreed to acquire Trello, which offers a popular project management app, for $577 million.

Chinese coking coal prices rose for a fourth straight session, notching up their best daily gain in a month.

Police are investigating a stabbing that occurred in Bankstown on Monday evening.

Winning Sydney to Hobart skipper Anthony Bell will appear in court this week after police sought an interim apprehended violence order against him to protect his TV presenter wife Kelly Landry.

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Tellingly, the departure of the derided government logo hasn't elicited the ardent reaction that, for instance, followed when the G20-leftover "Brisbane" sign was slated for removal from South Bank.

A new 24/7 police squad should be set up to help police deal with armed offenders, including lone wolf terrorist attacks, a union official has argued.

Dramatic vision has shown the moment two people were hit with an axe at a service station in Sydney's inner west, leaving both with serious injuries.

A George Street institution is just months away from shutting its doors as work begins on the $3 billion Queen's Wharf precinct.

We not only seek out partners who are behaviourally similar to ourselves, we also end up with those who are genetically similar, according to Queensland researchers.

Twenty sharks were seen along Victoria's surf coast on Monday, a day after two of Melbourne's most popular beaches were closed due to shark sightings.

Australian bank shares have hit their highest levels in more than a year, amid predictions that tougher regulations slated for 2017 will be delayed and potentially watered down.

While wealth inequality has fallen across countries, within countries it has increased.

• BREAKING

A bushfire watch and act warning has been issued for residents in Southern River on Monday night.

It may look like a hidden paradise in Perth's hills, but authorities are warning people to stop visiting the abandoned Red Hill Quarry amid safety and trespassing concerns.

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An out-of-control blaze with flames up to six metres high in Upper Swan on Monday morning has been downgraded to a 'watch and act.'

The indirect economic cost of rising numbers of ageing Australians with diabetes, measured in 'lost productive life years', is set to hit $2.9 billion a year by 2030, up from $2.1 billion in 2015.

Police have charged a 15-year-old boy over the fire at Melville Primary School on Friday night which caused an estimated $200,000 damage.

An Ashgrove man accused of savagely raping a 20-year-old woman in South Brisbane in 2011 will front Brisbane's Magistrates Court on Tuesday morning and apply for bail.

Michael Chamberlain, who fought a long and bitter battle for justice after his baby daughter was snatched by a dingo at Uluru in 1980, has died.

Former Fluffy block in Arthur Circle sells for record $1.45 million.

A late night kangaroo love story has helped a WA tourism operator win a national photography competition after the stunning photograph of the amorous pair went viral on social media.

Building approvals have declined for 11 straight months in Queensland, according to the latest trend data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

A man is in serious condition after a truck and car collided on the Monash Freeway near Narre Warren.

The Commonwealth Ombudsman has produced two scathing reports on practices by Australian immigration authorities.

Australia's gold medal winning women's sevens stars will be coming to a university campus near you this August as the Australian Rugby Union prepares to launch its ambitious new domestic women's sevens competition.

The NSW electoral commission says it has now recovered more than $600,000 in illegal donations flowing from the ICAC investigation into Liberal Party fundraising.

Calls for the ACT to return to leading the national debate on safe needle exchange programs in prisons have been reignited.

More than half of the Parkville youth justice centre is now closed because of rioting teens, placing further pressure on the Andrews government to find room to house teenage offenders.

Canberrans entered 2017 with fewer places to access ACT government services as the ACT government closed its Fyshwick shopfront.

Ben Ivanoff has been accused of stabbing his wife of 55 years, Leonie, to death with a fruit knife after a dispute on Sunday afternoon at their Central Coast home.

Miss Summernats boasts almost 24,000 followers on Instagram - soon, she'll boast her own television show.

A small town is employing the seductive smell of a garlic festival to put it on the map.

Greed, fear of legal action, and widespread commercial influences are contributing to a costly global trend towards unnecessary and potentially harmful medicine, experts say.

When it comes to the employment and training sector, the names do not get any bigger than Sarina Russo.

Canberrans who have stepped outside and felt particularly sweaty these past four days can blame the mercury for hitting 30 degrees or higher since Friday. And they may not get some relief for at least another week.

Notorious paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale is set to front court on fresh charges.