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Hugh Jackman announces world tour

Australia’s favourite son Hugh Jackman has announced he will embark on a world arena tour, performing songs from his movie hit The Greatest Showman and musicals such as Les Miserables, The Boy From Oz, and Oklahoma!. from Music | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2TYXPOf
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Sri Lanka parliament hinders disputed PM

Sri Lanka's parliament has voted to halt payment of ministers' salaries and travel expenses but it is unclear how that will impact the disputed government of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa whose ministers boycotted the vote. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2TZtkYI
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Two men charged with deliberately lighting fires in Qld

Two men have been arrested and charged with arson offences in Queensland, as the state grapples with out-of-control bushfires. Police have two men, aged 26 and 27 in custody over allegations they deliberately lit a fire in Port Curtis, south of Rockhampton, where residents have been forced to evacuate from their homes this week. Two houses have been destroyed and hundreds more remain at threat as firefighters continue to battle blazes in scorching weather conditions. from National | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2FKH3PY
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RAW: Melbourne students protest government’s climate change inaction

Supplied video obtained Friday November 30, 2018. Raw footage shows thousands of Melbourne students taking to the streets to demand the government take action on climate change. Students can be heard chanting “this is what democracy looks like” and carry signs to show their dismay at what they say is a lack of action from their elected representatives.(AAP Video/Supplied) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY from National | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2RorhM9
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How the hell are they going to do that onstage?

It’s worth the price of admission just to see how the producers of North by Northwest replicate two of cinema’s most famous scenes on stage. If I tell you how they do it though, I’d have to kill you. Because it’s supposed to be a surprise. And it is, it really is. from National | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2rf9o76
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Alan Corkill arrives at Adelaide court

November 29, 2018. Alan Corkill arrives at the District Court in Adelaide ahead of an appearence on deception charges. Corkvill was allegedly hired by his sister who had secured a role as chief information officer at the Department of Premier of Cabinet. (AAP Video/Kathryn Bermingham) from National | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2rcud2Q
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New scheme allows gamblers to ban themselves from online betting

Australians will soon be able to ban themselves from online gambling sites, as part of a new federal scheme tackling addiction. Social Services Minister Paul Fletcher says people will be able to nominate the amount of time they want to ban themselves and it will take effect across all online betting services. Mr Fletcher says the self-exclusion scheme is expected to cost between one and three million dollars, funded by a levy on the gambling services. from National | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2reXwSC
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Bynes speaks on why he attributed problem to IT issue

Supplied video obtained Friday November 30, 2018 of Senior Counsel Assisting Mr Michael Hodge QC at the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry questioning Mr Wayne Byres, APRA chairman. Hodge then Byres' statement back to him, in which he says the issue was the extent and breadth of the issue of fees for no service was deeper and broader than originally anticipated, asking him when this became apparent and quizzes him on why this was attributed to poor IT infrastructure rather than an industry wide problem. "I wrote those words ... and with a view that at the heart of most of these issues is a problem that infrastructure has not kept up with the nature of products and the changing legislative and regulatory landscape,” he says.(AAP Video/Supplied/Royal Commission) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY from National | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2FPVPVP
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Anger over Adani announcement

Environmental groups have reacted with anger at Adani’s announcement that it will self-fund the construction of its controversial Carmichael mine and that work will begin soon. from Finance – syndicated | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2KGWK9I
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ANZ boss admits loan ‘shortcuts’

ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott has admitted the bank’s branch staff have in the past been “more likely to shortcut the process” in assessing loan applications for existing customers by leaning on the controversial HEM benchmark. from Finance – syndicated | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2TOKQPc
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G20 Summit: Trump snubs Aussie PM Scott Morrison as world leaders prepare for Buenos Aires

PM Scott Morrison will miss out on his first private meeting with US President Trump at the upcoming G20 Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The beleaguered Sco-Mo also faces the prospect of standing alongside Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who faces widespread claims he ordered the killing of a journalist, for a group photo while at the G20 summit in Argentina this weekend. from National | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2Q3jy9G
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Dutton referral would spark others: Pyne

Cabinet minister Christopher Pyne has threatened there will be tit-for-tat if Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton is referred to the High Court over the payment of Commonwealth subsidies to childcare centres run by his family. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2rgXr0N
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Foley backs down on legal threat

Former NSW opposition leader Luke Foley won’t proceed with legal action against the ABC and a journalist who says he sexually harassed her, saying he doesn’t want to put everyone through a protracted court battle. from National | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2r8dNII
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’Horrible mould killed my daughter’

College students at the University of Maryland in the US are growing increasingly concerned mould problems in their dorms may be linked to the death of a freshman who succumbed to the same rare virus that killed 11 children in New Jersey. from MoneySaverHQ | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2zo82LC
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New South Wales Police Search Dam Over 1982 Disappearance of Roxlyn Bowie

Police began excavating a property in Walgett, northern New South Wales, on November 26, as part of investigations into the disappearance and suspected murder of Roxlyn Bowie. This drone footage shows the search and excavation of a dam on Wee Waa Street, Walgett, on November 26 and 27. Bowie disappeared on June 5, 1982, from her Walgett home, leaving behind two young children. She had told her husband that if he went to the pub that night, she would be gone when he got back, the Daily Telegraph reported. She was not seen again. A 2014 police inquest foudn that Bowie he had died, but the cause of her death and location of her body were unknown. A $1 million reward is offered to anyone who has information leading to the discovery of Bowie’s body. Credit: NSW Police Force via Storyful from National | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2P2oLsR
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N.F.L. Is Full of Quarterbacks Who Are Off the Mark, or Even Off the Street

By ZACH SCHONBRUN from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2QimVZG
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Maybe They’re Just Bad People

By MICHELLE GOLDBERG from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2AtX2MG
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Only Romaine From Central and Northern California Is Unsafe, F.D.A. Says

By SHEILA KAPLAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2AnVaVF
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Parting Words

By DEB AMLEN from NYT Crosswords & Games https://ift.tt/2TLZbMl
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‘My Brilliant Friend’: A Fairy Tale of Youth Gives Way to Messy Adolescence

By GAL BECKERMAN, ALICIA DESANTIS and NICOLE HERRINGTON from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2r5mYd9
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‘30 men a month to pay rent’

A sex worker operating out of a block of flats owned by a multi-millionaire in one of London’s wealthiest areas has revealed she needs to bed “30 men a month” to pay the rent — and her mum thinks she’s a cleaner. from World | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2Rbutuj
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Rebels blamed for poison gas attack

Russian warplanes attacked rebel-held areas in northern Syria for the first time in weeks on Sunday, as Syrian officials said more than 100 people were treated at hospitals for a suspected poison gas attack in the northern city of Aleppo that Damascus and Moscow blamed on rebels. from World | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2FEqlli
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