Morning Mail: Trump claims he'll leave business interests, pro-refugee protesters disrupt parliament, Netflix now allows show downloads

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Guardian Australia's Morning Mail Thursday 1 December 2016 g Trump claims to be leaving business interests 'in total' Good morning, and welcome to the Morning Mail. Sign up here for our Guardian Today email, sent every day at noon, and you can sign up to our new Guardian Australia sport email here. 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 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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