After doubling in value in 2019, Magellan's share price has lagged the market, leaving investors asking whether recent weakness is a buying opportunity or a signal that the incredible run has come to an end.

The Western Australian capital concluded 2020 on a property sales high, as forecasts for the coming year predict further price growth of between 6 and 10 per cent.

The Australian sharemarket is set to push higher when trade resumes on Monday after US and European markets defied worsening virus pressures to close higher.

While no one has been charged in relation to any of the five deaths at the US Capitol building, more than 50 other charges have already been laid.

A Sydney underworld figure has been shot and killed on a suburban street in Sydney's west, six years after his brother suffered a similar fate. Amar Kettule

A man will be charged with drink driving and fleeing the scene of an accident after an incident on Sunday morning.

A woman is in a serious but stable condition after she fell off a horse in Taunton on Sunday afternoon.  A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said a helicopter has arrived on scene to airlift the woman to a nearby hospital.

"We were in the mining game for 25 years, and thought we need a block of land somewhere so we could get our mail sent to us," Paul said. "I was running my business and we were just tinkering around with the property.

A Rockhampton teacher’s aide was caught red-handed attempting to steal several items from Target at City Centre Plaza, including a black singlet top, a court has heard. Jody Marie Olsen, 39, pleaded guilty in Rockhampton Magistrates Court on January 8 to one count of unauthorised dealing with shop goods.

Witnesses reported the occupants of a silver 4WD climbed out of the vehicle and assaulted a person in the park.