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Thursday 1 December 2016
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Trump claims to be leaving business interests 'in total'

 Donald Trump: 'I feel it is visually important, as president, to in no way have a conflict of interest with my various businesses.' Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP

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Among the stories leading our website today, Donald Trump has announced that he will be stepping away from his business interests "in total" in order to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest once he enters the White House.

'I will be leaving my …' Trump tweet triggers fill-in-the-blank challenge.

Keep reading for the rest of the top stories this morning, with more news from around Australia and the world.

Headlines

Ireland compensates woman forced to travel to Britain for an abortion
Government agreed to pay compensation for trauma to Amanda Mellet after she was forced to obtain a termination of her pregnancy in England

As Australia's housing bubble gets bigger, the Reserve Bank prepares to blame Trump
Central bankers have assisted in turning our housing market into a leveraged casino – seemingly for the benefit of banks

'Walking sharks' at greater risk of extinction than previously thought
New analysis of nine species that 'walk' by night on shallow reefs shows their range is much smaller than was known

Creator of the Big Mac dies aged 98
Jim Delligatti was a McDonald's franchisee who came up with the idea in 1967 but never received any royalties

MPs reject move to investigate Tony Blair over Iraq by 369 votes
Labour MPs turn out in force to defeat Alex Salmond's motion, accusing him of 'an attempt to pillory and scapegoat one individual'

Australian news and politics

Malcolm Turnbull says protestors got off 'scot-free' as more protests hit parliament - politics live
After protests in the public gallery, on the final sitting day, more protestors have scaled the building hang signs "justice for refugees". Follow it live...

Victorian farmer dies after being trapped in hay baler for 36 hours
Man in 60s was rushed to hospital on Tuesday after neighbours discovered him trapped in machine

Two injured, thousands without power after major storm in south east QLD
Six thousand lightning strikes, heavy rain and strong winds cut power to 7,000 as more storms predicted for Thursday

How 'gay panic' defence reform was brought about by a straight man's death
Queensland has moved to repeal the 'unwanted homosexual advances' defence after it was used during the trial of two men who bashed Wayne Ruks to death in a churchyard

Sydney sonographer pulled and juggled woman's breasts, court told
Woman recounts 'weirdest experience' during breast check by Samir Fahmy Ishak, while another woman says he touched her clitoris during an internal examination

Pro-refugee protesters disrupt parliament and shut down question time
Christopher Pyne calls for 'thorough investigation' after group opposed to government's treatment of asylum seekers chant, unfurl banners and superglue hands to railing

Coalition ministers attack protesters' 'disrespect' and call for investigation – as it happened
Protesters superglue hands to railing in public gallery and chant 'Where is your moral compass?' and other slogans in support of refugees and asylum seekers. As it happened

Around the world

Amnesty condemns jailing of Syrian on terror charges in Hungary
Case of man jailed for 10 years after being accused of orchestrating clashes between refugees and police called 'affront to justice'

Donald Trump claims he is leaving his business interests 'in total'
President-elect says he wants to avoid appearance of conflict of interest once in office, but gives little detail before planned press conference in two weeks

Oil price surges as Opec agrees first cut in output since 2008
Saudi Arabia to bear brunt of curbs as 14-nation cartel of producers secures deal to stabilise world market

Colombia plane crash: leaked audio shows pilot said he ran out of fuel
Pilot can be heard requesting permission to land due to a 'total electric failure' and lack of fuel in a sometimes chaotic recording from the crash that killed 71

Ohio State University attack: 'too soon' to determine terrorism link
Officials say they are working to determine if Abdul Razak Ali Artan, a student at the university, was motivated by terrorism when he injured 11 people


One last thing

 Stranger Things is one of the Netflix shows available for online viewing. Photograph: Courtesy of Netflix

It's here! Netflix lets users download videos for offline viewing Netflix has begun rolling out the ability to download videos from its streaming service to smartphones and tablets for offline viewing. Update your Netflix app and you can try it right now.  Have an excellent day and if you spot something I've missed, let me know on Twitter at @earleyedition.
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