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• Live: Wall Street rallies despite US Federal Reserve chair probe, ASX to rise

  12-01-2026 21:42 via abc.net.au
  
  A rally on Wall Street is likely to send Australian stocks higher, as investors mostly brushed aside concerns about the US Justice Department's criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Follow the latest updates in our live blog.
  
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• ASX rises after Wall Street rally despite Powell probe — as it happened

  12-01-2026 21:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian stocks traded modestly higher on Tuesday after investors on Wall Street mostly brushed aside concerns about the US Justice Department's criminal investigation of Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell.
  
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• Where to watch the Golden Globe winners, from streaming to cinema

  12-01-2026 19:51 via abc.net.au
  
  The Golden Globes might be over but there are plenty of award-winning films and television to get caught up on.
  
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• Kaboom signals move to renewables as power station tower crashes down

  12-01-2026 06:51 via abc.net.au
  
  It took just 41 kilograms of explosives and less than a minute — a remnant of the 1970s fossil fuel age is blown to bits to make way for a methanol fuel plant.
  
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• Freight lines operational again after partial derailment outside Port Pirie

  12-01-2026 04:27 via abc.net.au
  
  A key part of a national freight route is operational again following a 97-hour operation to recover partially derailed wagons, after a derailment between Port Augusta and Port Pirie.
  
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• 'Unheard of in a major developed economy': Criminal probe opens into US Fed Chair

  12-01-2026 02:10 via abc.net.au
  
  The US attorney's office in the District of Columbia has opened a criminal investigation into Jerome Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve.
  
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• 'This won't end well': US Fed Reserve chair facing criminal probe

  12-01-2026 02:10 via abc.net.au
  
  The US attorney's office in the District of Columbia has opened a criminal investigation into Jerome Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve.
  
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• Breaking: US federal prosecutors open criminal inquiry into US Federal Reserve chair

  12-01-2026 02:10 via abc.net.au
  
  The US attorney's office in the District of Columbia has opened a criminal investigation into Jerome Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve.
  
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