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Good afternoon. Here's what's happening now:

  • Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen has died aged 82. He is best known for his haunting song Hallelujah, which has been covered hundreds of times since he released it in 1984

  • Essendon's Jobe Watson will hand back the Brownlow Medal he won in 2012, leaving it up to the AFL Commission to decide what to do with it. Watson has just served a one-year ban after the club was embroiled in a supplements scandal

  • A Brisbane mother has been charged with torture and fraud after allegedly underfeeding her baby then trying to raise money for the girl's recovery. She was bailed to reappear in court next month

Hillary Clinton portrayed it as a doomsday scenario but do we really need to be afraid that Donald Trump has control of the "nuclear codes"? Anne Barker writes that the president alone has the power to authorise a retaliatory nuclear strike and only a mutiny could stand in his way.

Here's what's coming up:

  • 5:30pm AEDT: New Zealand Breakers v Cairns Taipans in the NBL

  • 6:30pm AEDT: Canadian author and activist Naomi Klein will deliver the City of Sydney Peace Prize lecture

  • 7:00pm AEDT: Defence Minister Marise Payne and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten will farewell troops bound for Iraq in Darwin

  • 7:50pm AEDT: Adelaide United v Brisbane Roar in the A-League

 
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Leonard Cohen dead at 82
Legendary Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, known best for his haunting hit song Hallelujah, dies at the age of 82, with a post on his Facebook page saying "we have lost one of music's most revered and prolific visionaries".
 
We've got time for refugee deal with US, Pyne says
A reported deal to send refugees currently on Nauru and Manus Island to the US could be revealed within days, with Christopher Pyne saying there is plenty of time to put it in place before anti-immigration President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
 
Obama, Trump hold transition of power talks at White House
US President-elect Donald Trump has met Barack Obama in the Oval Office to discuss the transition of power after the Republican's stunning election victory, in talks the White House says were "a little less awkward than some might have expected".
 
Should we be scared of Trump's access to nuclear weapons?
Hillary Clinton portrayed Donald Trump having access to the "nuclear codes" as a doomsday scenario, but now those fears have become a reality.
 
Essendon's Jobe Watson to give Brownlow Medal back to AFL
Essendon captain Jobe Watson announces he will hand his 2012 Brownlow Medal back to the AFL.
 
Woman bumps into Hillary Clinton during hike after election defeat
A woman "heartbroken" by the US election result runs into Hillary Clinton during a hike, the day after the Democrat conceded defeat to Donald Trump.
 
Leveson family 'have searched crime scene before' looking for missing son
Matthew Leveson's parents return to the bushland crime scene where police are searching for the remains of their son, heartbroken by the knowledge they may have been in the area during their own search.
 
Should we be scared of Trump's access to nuclear weapons?
Hillary Clinton portrayed Donald Trump having access to the "nuclear codes" as a doomsday scenario, but now those fears have become a reality.
 
Fire breaks out at Melbourne CBD pub
At least two people treated for smoke inhalation as "significant" fire spreads, sending massive plumes of smoke across Melbourne's CBD.
 
Commandos sent to intercept suspected drug-smuggling ship
Heavily-armed commandos are preparing to perform a hostile takeover of a suspected drug-smuggling ship sailing off the northern New South Wales coast.
 
Abbott warns of ignoring conservative voters after Trump election
Former prime minister Tony Abbott says politicians should not ignore the conservative vote following the victory of US President-elect Donald Trump.
 
Noel Pearson's Good to Great Schools linked to 'high risk' business practices: secret audit
Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson's Good to Great Schools Australia organisation has been involved in "high risk" business practices potentially leaving the schools open to possible fraud and official misconduct, according to a confidential government audit of the Cape York Academy schools.
 
Australia cannot abandon its returned soldiers 'when they need us most', Kennett says
Beyond Blue chairman Jeff Kennett urges Australians to do more to help returned soldiers with mental scars, not only honour those who died in battle, at the national Remembrance Day ceremony in Canberra.
 
Eye test may provide early Alzheimer's clue, research suggests
If you could know decades in advance that you would develop Alzheimer's disease, would you want to know? That's one of the issues a US scientist is thinking about as his research shows a simple eye test may provide early diagnosis.
 
Doctors' groups call for sugar tax to tackle obesity in Australia
A coalition of Australia's most influential doctors' groups come together to push for a tax on sugar sweetened drink and changes to the way obesity is defined.
 
Undiscovered dinosaur species almost blown up by dynamite
The fossil of a new species of dinosaur is unearthed by construction workers in China, who almost unknowingly destroyed the bones while blasting bedrock to build a school.
 
Analysis and Opinion: The Drum
By Annabel Crabb Annabel Crabb: How America's 'Opposite Day' exposed a great divide in female voters
By Annabel Crabb
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra As one businessman to another, Malcolm and Donald begin to talk
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
By Stephen Long Stephen Long: Trump's trade policies will be easier said than done
By Stephen Long
By Dom Knight Down Under Donald? We've already had ours and it didn't last long
By Dom Knight
 
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World
Expect some speed bumps in a volatile four years in the US
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Business
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New laws to level playing field between big and small business
Trump's trade policies will be easier said than done
 
Politics
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Public hearing for Queensland combat sports safety inquiry cancelled
Should we be scared of Trump's access to nuclear weapons?
 
Sport
Essendon's Jobe Watson to give Brownlow Medal back to AFL
Johnson says Aussies overworking and underperforming
Mitchell Marsh in danger of being dropped for Hobart Test
 
Science and Tech
Undiscovered dinosaur species almost blown up by dynamite
Eye test may provide early Alzheimer's clue, research suggests
Australia to play strategic role in biggest ever search for alien life
 
Environment
Queensland recycler fined over transportation of thousands of used tyres
Maremma sheepdogs guarding endangered marsupials back into existence
Delegates hopeful Trump presidency won't derail Paris climate agreement
 

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