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Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg reacts during a signing ceremony for a Memorandum of Understanding at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, November 5, 2018. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

China deal blocked

Josh Frydenberg has invoked national interest to signal he will reject a Hong Kong-based company’s $13bn bid for APA.

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US President Donald Trump delivers remarks at a Make America Great Again rally in Fort Wayne, Indiana on November 5, 2018. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

Trump fires A-G

Donald Trump’s first move after repelling a Democratic ‘blue wave’ in the mid-terms is to fire A ttorney-General Jeff Sessions.Greg Sheridan suggests that while Mr Trump’s style remains unique, sometimes brilliant, sometimes repellant, this was a very good result.

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Facebook photo from Angry Anderson's page of Angry with son Liam Anderson, who is believed to have been murdered in a vicious assault at Queenscliff overnight. Another man has been arrested over the attack. Source: Facebook Gary "Angry" Anderson official page.

‘They weren’t best friends’

Angry Anderson says he knew son Liam’s main group of friends and the man charged with murdering him wasn’t amongst them.

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Rod Clement Margin Call cartoon for 08-11-18Version: Letters Cartoon (1280x720 - Aspect ratio preserved, Canvas added)COPYRIGHT: The Australian's artists each have different copyright agreements in place regarding re-use of their work in other publications.Please seek advice from the artists themselves or the Managing Editor of The Australian regarding re-use.

Big test

It’s a big day for Navitas CEO David Buckingham as he turns up in Melbourne for a showdown with Ben Gray, according to Margin Call.

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Kudelka’s view

Jon Kudelka Letters Cartoon for 08-11-18Version: Letters Cartoon (1280x720 - Aspect ratio preserved, Canvas added)COPYRIGHT: The Australian's artists each have different copyright agreements in place regarding re-use of their work in other publications.Please seek advice from the artists themselves or the Managing Editor of The Australian regarding re-use.