Five Big Things That Happened Today: Monday, January 12

New South Wales Police Inspector Amy Scott and her family.

Australian hero cop diagnosed with cancer; Missing swimmer's body located at Rotorua's Blue Lake; US Fed chief faces criminal indictment threat from DOJ.

Hero cop who stopped Bondi mall stabber diagnosed with cancer

The Australian police officer who ended a man's stabbing rampage at Sydney's Westfield Bondi Junction two years ago has been diagnosed with a "rare and aggressive" form of breast cancer.

New South Wales Police Inspector Amy Scott shot and killed attacker Joel Cauchi on April 13, 2024, after he had fatally stabbed six people at the busy shopping centre and injured more than a dozen others.

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Missing swimmer's body located at Rotorua's Blue Lake

A man's body has been found at Rotorua's Blue Lake/Lake Tikitapu.

Police said it was contacted at about 10.30pm on Friday to a report of a man who had not returned from a swim.

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US Fed chief Powell faces criminal indictment threat from DOJ

US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell says the Justice Department has served the central bank with subpoenas and threatened it with a criminal indictment over his testimony about the organisation's building renovations.

The move represents an unprecedented escalation in US President Donald Trump's battle with the Federal Reserve.

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Watch: Greenland residents react to Donald Trump's threat to take over

President Trump's renewed calls for the US to take over the territory has alarmed Greenlanders and Danish officials who insist the island's future must be decided by its own people.

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ONE SET OF FINANCE TIPS

Instead of planning to boost your finances by changing your whole personality, how about putting some science behind how you manage your money?

Frances Cook outlines seven sound and sensible approaches.

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