Secret phone conversation reveals former premier Gladys Berejiklian boasted to her then lover Daryl Maguire how she got “$170m in five minutes” for Wagga Wagga hospital.  There has been a surge of first-home buyer ­activity across pockets of Sydney’s northwest, southeast and suburbs on the city’s outer fringes. Australia is hoping for a Kiwi tourist boom this Christmas with quarantine-free travel from New Zealand set to resume from Monday. Incentivise is set to start the hottest Melbourne Cup favourite since the legendary Phar Lap. For updates and breaking news throughout the day take out a subscription at dailytelegraph.com.au

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