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‘Double standards’

Western civilisation has proved too provocative for ANU yet its contentious Arab studies centre thrives with minimal backlash from ­academics. Dennis Shanahan suggests that Tony Abbott provides a convenient scapegoat for the ANU’s decision to scrap its course on Western civilisation while Greg Sheridan writes that public universities dominated by the left have shown themselves undeserving of Western civilisation studies.

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SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE - 6 JUNE: In this photo illustration, a pair of drinks nicknamed 'Bromance', is created specially for the Trump-Kim Summit by local bar Hopheads on June 6, 2018 in Singapore. The White House confirmed on Tuesday that the historic meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will take place at the Capella Hotel on Singapore's Sentosa Island on June 12 as the Southeast Asian city-state prepares to host the much-anticipated event while increasing the security across the island and designated certain parts as 'a special event area'. (Photo by Ore Huiying/Getty Images)

Kim ‘begged’ to save summit

Rudy Giuliani claims Kim Jong-un got ‘on his hands and knees and begged’ after Donald Trump cancelled their summit.

“They also said they were going to go to nuclear war with us, they were going to defeat us in a nuclear war. We said we’re not going to have a summit under those circumstances.”

Rudy Giuliani

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In the Legends Room

There were a few billionaires, plenty of political muscle and even a bona fide football legend in Australian Rugby League Commission chairman Peter Beattie’s Legends Room last night at the State of Origin match at the MCG, writes Margin Call. The Melbourne-based showdown of the greatest battle in the bone-snapping NSW and Queensland-based code had some wondering before the match: who would turn up?

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SUNDAY TELEGRAPH SPECIAL. Disappearance of Lyn (Lynette) Dawson. 35 years since Lyn went missing from her home in Bayview on Sydney's Northern Beaches. Her husband Chris Dawson was the main suspect however no one has ever charged in relation to her presumed death. Lyn (Lynette Joy) Dawson 20.11.76

Bruises ‘red flag’

Bruises on Lyn Dawson’s neck before she vanished now recognised as a ‘red flag’ that she was at risk of a fatal attack. Stay tuned for tomorrow’s latest episode of The Teacher’s Pet, the chart-topping podcast from Hedley Thomas and The Australian that continues to shed new light on one of the nation’s most notorious cold cases.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 06: Tyson Frizzell of the Blues is tackled during game one of the State Of Origin series between the Queensland Maroons and the New South Wales Blues at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on June 6, 2018 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

Blues’ Wednesday

How do you steal an Origin match? If you are a golden-haired footballing prodigy named Tom Trbojevic, one try at a time, writes Chip Le Grand. And get the player ratings on who starred and who flopped in Origin 1.

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Kudelka’s view

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