Canberra mornings: Thursday, December 8, 2016

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• Queanbeyan police have been accused of trafficking drugs over the ACT-NSW border in a covert operation designed to nab ice dealers.
• Figures from Royal Life Saving ACT have revealed that only 15 per cent of ACT students are meeting a national swimming benchmark set by the Australian Water Safety Council.
• A Comanchero who spoke of making Rebels "dance" upon his release from jail will face trial in the ACT Supreme Court over an alleged drive-by shooting.
• "President of the Divided States": Time magazine has named US President-elect Donald Trump Person of the Year
• High fuel loads, hot weather and never-ending bushfire seasons are making the increasing number of people living on Canberra's urban edge "extremely vulnerable".
• Don't expect to be consulted on plans to fence Parliament House - Parliament's presiding officers are too worried about national security.
• And in sport: Australia's fastest woman, Melissa Breen has snubbed the new Nitro athletics series, and the chance to compete with Usain Bolt, because she feels burnt by Athletics Australia.

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