oorstep in Bondi where they had met three years earlier, followed by a party with around 80 friends and family who thought they were there to celebrate the couple’s joint 30th birthdays. At the party, they announced they had just married 'and the whole ceiling just lifted', says Lorraine http://ow.ly/fcAyl.

Does this sort of wedding - low-key and inexpensive - appeal to you? Or do you think it's one of those occasions in life where a big celebration is the only way to go?

MP Malcolm Turnbull, former prime minister Kevin Rudd, SMH political and international editor Peter Hartcher and Professor Geoff Garrett, Dean of the University of Sydney Business School.

The forum will consider how China will change under Xi Jinping and what Obama's re-election means for the US. It will ask what these changes in the two superpowers mean for their economies, social structures and relationship with each other and Australia. It will pose the question: are we on track to defeat the weight of historical precedent and avoid war between a rising great power and the reigning one?

The forum will consider Australia in this context, and ask whether we need to change our approach to accommodate this changing dynamic.

We invite you to ask a question - simply leave it as a comment below. The best will be selected for discussion by the panel.

Sydney is pushing for more, including what will be Sydney's first rooftop cinema.

Here's some of the best: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/restaurants-and-bars/bars-under-the-stars-become-an-open-secret-20121109-2938r.html

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ten has also said he was not sure a royal commission was the right response. 'I am not convinced that having a royal commission is going to fix the faults,' he said.

Do you agree with them? Or do you think there is a need for a royal commission?

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court has heard.

Dimitri De Angelis sent his victims doctored photographs of himself with the Dalai Lama, Vladimir Putin, the Queen and former US presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush and boasted of cooking meals for John Howard at Kirribilli House.

Read the story and see more copies of the photos he doctored of himself with world leaders: http://ow.ly/f8T77.

the average running costs on these appliances: http://ow.ly/f8FY4.

The latest electrical appliances cost a lot less to run than older models, Choice says. Have you upgraded your household appliances in order to save on power bills? What other tips do you have for cutting electricity costs?

e government will instead ban websites related only to child abuse.

Do you think this is a good decision? How involved do you think the federal government should be in the regulation of the internet?

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el on a chocolate bar, for example, might say it would take 40 minutes of running to burn off its calorie content. It also found that labels with only calorie information had little or no impact on people's behaviour: http://ow.ly/f7b4f.

Do you think people would be less likely to eat junk food if its label stated how much exercise it would take to burn it off? Do you think there's a need to reduce the amount of junk food we eat, or should it be up to the individual to make their own health decisions?

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Florida - as well).

As right-wing pundits attacked him and his “voodoo statistics” for failing to see that the election was on a knife edge – and in the case of some conservative wingnuts, for being openly gay and “effeminate” – Silver held his nerve and for the entire election cycle maintained that the data always pointed to an easy Obama victory. Read the story: http://ow.ly/f76I1.

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w Brick Road access to the billions of dollars sitting on Macquarie's balance sheet to provide home loans via Mr Bouris' network of more than 140 branches across the country. Read the story here: http://ow.ly/f4EDr.

to death in hospital.

To round off an eventful year, seven of the 33 have now seized all but two positions on next year's college council, including the top three of president, secretary and treasurer: http://ow.ly/f2Eal.