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Matthew Benns is Editor-at-Large at The Daily Telegraph. He is a career journalist from Fleet Street to Sydney and has covered stories all over the world, tracking tigers in the Russian Far East to finding Elvis Presley’s first girlfriend in Biloxi, Mississippi.

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Birtles and Bean around the world trip with Daily Telegraph journalists, Matthew Benns and Cartoonist, Warren Brown. These pictures are from Malaysia. The Bean is in the jungle witht the brass tiger that was one Francis Birtles original Bean 14.

Harvey Norman leads Aussie retail charge in Asia

SPONSORED CONTENT: The Birtles and the Bean duo have seen lots of new sights on their epic trip — but shopping in Malaysia made them feel right at home.

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Birtles and Bean around the world trip with Daily Telegraph journalists, Matthew Benns and Cartoonist, Warren Brown. These pictures are taken at The Raffles Hotel in Singapore.

A right Royal welcome for Bean team in tiger country

The car-loving, tiger-saving King of Malaysia has given The Daily Telegraph’s team Bean a royal welcome on the last overseas leg of the epic drive from London to Melbourne.

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The ABC has been accused of bias in its reporting of climate activism and protests.

The A stands for ‘Activist’: ABC slammed for climate campaigning

From sending a crew to a climate protest at the home of a corporate leader to biased reporting on environmental schemes, the ABC stands accused of blatant energy activism.

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 25: Laurene Powell Jobs attends the 2023 TIME100 Summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 25, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for TIME)

Wealthy Americans funding green ‘lawfare’ against Aussie energy projects

The billionaire widow of Apple’s Steve Jobs is leading a foreign charge to funnel money to a taxpayer-funded activist body that tries to block Australian energy projects in court.

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Affordable living project hailed as solution to housing crisis

A new residential apartment block with two rooftop pools that will dedicate up to a quarter of its units to affordable housing is being praised as the litmus test to solve NSW’s housing woes.

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‘Radical protest group’: The who’s who of Rising Tide

Protest group Rising Tide could be stripped of its charity status after 170 ‘numbskull’ protesters were arrested for blocking Newcastle Port at the weekend, as we reveal the main players in the radical organisation.

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Winx colt gives drug smuggler a reason to smile

Champion mare Winx’s delivery of a healthy colt has given convicted drug smuggler Damion Flower a huge windfall – as well as providing a nice earn for Alan Jones.

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The Daily Telegraph’s cartoonist Warren Brown and reporter Matthew Benns. The first Australian cars to have ever driven the breadth of Saudi Arabia from the Red Sea to the Persian Gulf in the United Arab Emirates - a distance of 2300 km - and we did it in a 100 year old car.

‘Can’t bring that here’: Intrepid motorists cross Saudi Arabia to UAE

Birtle and the Bean has made it to the United Arabs Emirates – but it wasn’t all smooth driving for the vintage fundraiser and its intrepid team.

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Matthew Benns and Warren Brown in the United Arab Emirates., , Image: supplied/Matthew Benns

Police escort pushes Bean to the limit

The Birtle and the Bean crew found driving a vintage car as part of a police convoy under lights in Dubai’s rush hour is like skiing a complex slope at the outer edge of your ability.

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WARNING EMBARGOED TILL SUNDAY 7TH JUL2024. WEEKEND TELEGRAPHS SPECIAL. , MUST TALK WITH PIC ED JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING. EXCLUSIVE. Coleman-Rayner Beverly Hills, CA, USA. July 2, 2024 Australian billionaire James Packer, 56, is photographed in the grounds of his multi million dollar Beverly Hills home in California. CREDIT MUST READ: Jeff Rayner/Coleman-Rayner Tel US (001) 310-474-4343 Ã office www.coleman-rayner.com

‘My friend’: Packer breaks silence after Jones charged

Billionaire James Packer has thrown his support behind Alan Jones after the broadcaster was charged with a string of offences. Read what he said.

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