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"The missing boy has been found": Baby Vinh reunited with grandmother

Missing baby Hoang Vinh Le has been reunited with his grandmother after a gruelling 16 months of being hidden from authorities. "The missing boy has been found," grandmother Kim Huong Tran said as she showed off Vinh to <a href="https://9now.nine.com.au/a-current-affair/missing-aussie-baby-hoang-vinh-le-reunited-with-grandmother-after-being-found/56590f5a-cdfb-4634-a715-49e11d70167a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A Current Affair</a> cameras. "Finally I got him back." Vinh was being kept away from his grandmother as a bitter custody dispute played out for more than a year. However, Kim said her sleepless nights and tears were worth the moment her and Vinh reunited. At only two-years-old, Vinh's first few years have been complicated by the behaviour of his parents. Kim helped raise Vinh herself when the couple split shortly after he was born in June 2020. When his parents later decided to reconcile, they wanted to leave Vinh in Kim's care, until they changed their mind about their son when he was nine-months-old. The couple got a court order for Vinh to live with his father Thanh, but due to his history of violence, Kim didn't want to hand baby Vinh over. Not taking no for an answer, Thanh snatched baby Vinh from a doctor's waiting room in April 2021. "I've got the order from the federal court saying that the child's to live with me until 18, or else I wouldn't be snatching the kid off," Thanh told police at the time. A judge then ordered the parents to give Vinh back, but they refused. The last time Vinh was seen alive was in May 2021, in photos Thanh posted on Facebook. Thanh's Facebook post said: "Just informing everyone that myself and my partner and our son Hoang Vinh Le is safe and all living happy together there for (sic) we are not missing. So I don't know why we are listed as missing people LOL." After not hearing any updated on Vinh for several months, on September 25th Kim was notified by police they had found her grandson. Vinh had been abandoned at a childcare centre in Campsie, in Sydney's south-west. NSW Police Detective Inspector Timothy Liddiard led the investigation to find Vinh for a year and a half. "Oh look, it's an extremely unique case. Certainly it's not one I've been involved in previously, of this complexity," Liddiard said. After a paternity test confirmed Vinh's identity and an emergency court sitting granted Kim custody, she was finally allowed to bring him home. Kim said she was still in shock and added the only reason Vinh was found was because whoever was looking after him had given him up. "So good to have him back finally, thank you everyone," Kim said. Image credits: A Current Affair

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“Benjamin Button” mice could pave way for reverse ageing

If the three blind mice from the iconic nursery rhyme were living in molecular biologist Dr David Sinclair’s lab at Harvard Medical School, they might not be blind for very long. Dr Sinclair and his team at Harvard Medical School have been using proteins that can turn adult cells into stem cells - a kind of cell that can be turned into any of the specialised cells our bodies need. These stem cells have been helping restore the sight of old mice with damaged retinas, essentially making them younger versions of themselves. “It’s a permanent reset, as far as we can tell, and we think it may be a universal process that could be applied across the body to reset our age,” Dr Sinclair said about his research, which was published in late 2020. The Australian scientist has spent the past 20 years studying ways to reverse the effects of ageing - including the diseases that can afflict us as we get older. “If we reverse ageing, these diseases should not happen,” he said. During a health and wellness talk at Life Itself, Dr Sinclair said the technology is available and it’s only a matter of when we decide to use it. “We have the technology today to be able to go into your hundreds without worrying about getting cancer in your 70s, heart disease in your 80s and Alzheimer’s in your 90s,” he said. “This is the world that is coming. It’s literally a question of when and for most of us, it’s going to happen in our lifetime.” Whitney Casey, an investor who has partnered with Dr Sinclair to create a DIY biological age test, said the researcher wants to “make ageing a disease”. “His research shows you can change ageing to make lives younger for longer,” she said. Dr Sinclair said that when it comes to how modern medicine addresses sickness, it doesn’t tackle the underlying cause, which is usually “ageing itself”. “We know that when we reverse the age of an organ like the brain in a mouse, the diseases of ageing then go away. Memory comes back, there is no more dementia,” he continued. “I believe that in the future, delaying and reversing ageing will be the best way to treat the diseases that plague most of us.” Dr Sinclair’s research comes amid a global effort by scientists working to reprogram adult cells into stem cells, started by Japanese researcher Shinya Yamanaka, who won a Nobel Prize for reprogramming adult skin cells into behaving like embryonic (or pluripotent) stem cells. These “induced pluripotent stem cells” became known as “Yamanaka factors”, with later research finding that exposing cells to four of the main Yamanaka factors could remove signs of ageing. Since their original study, where they discovered that damaged cells were able to be rejuvenated by injecting three of these factors into the eyes of mice, Dr Sinclair and his lab have reversed ageing in mouse brains and muscles, and are now working on a mouse’s whole body. Dr Sinclair said their discovery indicated that there is a “back-up copy” of youthful information stored in the body, which he calls the “information theory of ageing”. “It’s a loss of information that drives ageing cells to forget how to function, to forget what type of cell they are,” he revealed. “And now we can tap into a reset switch that restores the cell’s ability to read the genome correctly again, as if it was young.” Image: Getty Images

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How to make roads with recycled waste, and pave the way to a circular economy

It cost <a href="https://www.buildingfortomorrow.wa.gov.au/projects/russell-road-to-roe-highway/">A$49 million</a> to add 12.5 kilometres of extra lanes to Western Australia’s Kwinana Highway, south of Perth’s CBD. That’s not unusual. On average, building a single lane of road costs about about <a href="https://www.bitre.gov.au/sites/default/files/rr148.pdf">A$5 million per kilometre</a>. What is unusual about this stretch of extra freeway is not the money but the materials beneath the bitumen: two stabilising layers comprised of <a href="https://www.wasteauthority.wa.gov.au/images/resources/files/2021/06/RtR_Pilot_Report.pdf.pdf">25,000 tonnes of crushed recycled concrete</a>, about 90% of which came from the demolition of Subiaco Oval (once Perth’s premier football ground). <iframe width="440" height="260" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jiFwKw3NTkk?wmode=transparent&start=75" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> Recycling building and construction materials remains the exception to the rule in Australia. The<a href="https://www.awe.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/national-waste-policy-action-plan-2019.pdf"> National Waste Policy</a> agreed to by federal, state and territory governments has a target of 80% resource recovery by 2030. It’s currently <a href="https://www.awe.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/sustainable-procurement-guide.pdf">about 40%</a>. Of the 74 million tonnes of waste <a href="https://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/pages/5a160ae2-d3a9-480e-9344-4eac42ef9001/files/national-waste-report-2020.pdf">generated in Australia in 2020</a>, masonry materials comprised about 22.9 million tonnes. Plastics, by comparison, comprised about 2.5 million tonnes. Of the 61.5 million tonnes of “core waste” managed by the waste and resource recovery sector, 44% (27 million tonnes) came from the construction and demolition sector, compared with 20% (12.6 million tonnes) from households and local government activities. Most of this waste – concrete, brick, steel, timber, asphalt and plasterboard or cement sheeting – could be reused or recycled. It ends up in landfill due to simple economics. It’s cheaper to buy new materials and throw them away rather than reuse and recycle. Changing this equation and moving to a circular economy, in which materials are reused and recycled rather than discarded in landfill, is a key goal to reduce the impact of building and construction on the environment, including its contribution to climate change. <h2>The economics of ‘externalities’</h2> The fact it is more “economic” to throw materials away than reuse them is what economists call a market failure, driven by the problem of “externalities”. That is, the social and environmental costs of producing, consuming and throwing away materials is not reflected in the prices charged. Those costs are instead externalised – borne by others. In such cases there is a legitimate – and necessary – role for governments to intervene and correct the market failure. For an externality such as carbon emissions (imposing costs on future generations) the market-based solution favoured by most economists is a carbon price. For construction material waste, governments have a few more policy levers to help create a viable market for more recycling. <h2>Using procurement policies</h2> One way to make recycling more attractive to businesses would be to increase the cost of sending waste materials to landfill. But this would likely have unintended consequences, such as illegal dumping. The more obvious and effective approach is to help create more demand for recycled materials through government procurement, adopting policies that require suppliers to, for example, use a minimum amount of recycled materials. With enough demand, recyclers will invest in further waste recovery, reducing the costs. Lower costs in turn create the possibility of greater demand, creating a virtuous circle that leads to a circular economy. <hr /> <a href="https://images.theconversation.com/files/432794/original/file-20211119-17-19fvngo.png?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=1000&fit=clip"><img src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/432794/original/file-20211119-17-19fvngo.png?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=754&fit=clip" alt="Diagram of the circular economy" /></a> <a href="https://www.awe.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/sustainable-procurement-guide.pdf" class="source">Australian Government, Sustainable Procurement Guide: A practical guide for Commonwealth entities, 2021</a> Australia’s federal, state and territory governments all have sustainable procurement policies. The federal <a href="https://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/resources/856a1de0-4856-4408-a863-6ad5f6942887/files/sustainable-procurement-guide.pdf">Sustainable Procurement Guide</a> states the Australian government “is committed to transforming Australia’s waste into a resource, where most goods and services can be continually used, reused, recycled and reprocessed as part of a circular economy”. But these policies lack some basic elements. <h2>Three key market-making reforms</h2> Our research suggests three important reforms could make a big difference to waste market operations. This is based on interviewing 27 stakeholders from the private sector and government about how to improve sustainable procurement. First, government waste policies that set aspirational goals are not supported by procurement policies setting mandatory minimum recycled content targets. All contractors on government-funded construction projects should be required to use a percentage of recycled waste materials. Second, the nature of salvaging construction materials means quality can vary significantly. Cement recycled from a demolition site, for example, could contain contaminants that reduce its durability. Governments can help the market through regularly auditing the quality of recycler’s processes, to increase buyer confidence and motivate suppliers to invest in production technologies. Third, in some states (such as Western Australia) the testing regimes for recycled construction products are more complex than that what applies to raw materials. More reasonable specifications would reduce compliance costs and thereby the cost of using recycled materials.<img style="border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; margin: 0 !important; max-height: 1px !important; max-width: 1px !important; min-height: 1px !important; min-width: 1px !important; opacity: 0 !important; outline: none !important; padding: 0 !important; text-shadow: none !important;" src="https://counter.theconversation.com/content/164997/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-basic" alt="The Conversation" width="1" height="1" /> <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/salman-shooshtarian-693412">Salman Shooshtarian</a>, Research Fellow, <a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/rmit-university-1063">RMIT University</a>; <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/savindi-caldera-1187623">Savindi Caldera</a>, Research Fellow and Project Development Manager, Cities Research Institute, <a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/griffith-university-828">Griffith University</a>; <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/tayyab-maqsood-711277">Tayyab Maqsood</a>, Associate Dean and Head of of Project Management, <a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/rmit-university-1063">RMIT University</a>, and <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/tim-ryley-1253269">Tim Ryley</a>, Professor and Head of Griffith Aviation, <a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/griffith-university-828">Griffith University</a> This article is republished from <a href="https://theconversation.com">The Conversation</a> under a Creative Commons license. Read the <a href="https://theconversation.com/how-to-make-roads-with-recycled-waste-and-pave-the-way-to-a-circular-economy-164997">original article</a>. Image: Main Roads Western Australia

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John le Carré’s final novel set to be published

John le Carré’s final novel will be posthumously published this October by publisher Viking. Le Carré’s final novel, Silverview, was completed prior to his death in December 2020 and the release has the author’s full blessing. The author, best known for his espionage thrillers like The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, passed away of pneumonia aged 89. Before his death, le Carré finished the manuscript that would become Silverview, and had been writing two other books - A Legacy of Spies and Agent Running in the Field - which were unfinished. Silverview follows bookshop owner Julian Lawndsley, who becomes the centre of an investigation into an intelligence leak by a London spy. The novel is set to be published in Australia on October 14, 2021, in the same week as le Carré’s 90th birthday.

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"Undisputed giant", John Le Carré dies at age 89

John le Carré, who was responsible for some of the most thrilling literary works, has died aged 89. Le Carré is the mastermind behind novels The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Night Manager, which garnered critical acclaim and made him a bestseller around the world. His family confirmed his passing on Sunday, revealing pneumonia as the cause. He died at the Royal Cornwall Hospital on Saturday. “We all deeply grieve his passing,” they wrote in a statement. His longtime agent Jonny Geller described him as “an undisputed giant of English literature. He defined the cold war era and fearlessly spoke truth to power in the decades that followed … I have lost a mentor, an inspiration and most importantly, a friend. We will not see his like again.” His peers lined up to pay tribute. Stephen King wrote: “This terrible year has claimed a literary giant and a humanitarian spirit.” Robert Harris said the news had left him “very distressed … one of the great postwar British novelists, and an unforgettable, unique character.” Adrian McKinty described Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as “quite simply the greatest spy novel ever written”, while historian Simon Sebag Montefiore called him “the titan of English literature up there with the greats … in person, captivating and so kind and generous to me and many others.” Born as David Cornwell in 1931, Le Carré started working for the secret services while studying German in Switzerland at the end of the 1940s. He went on to teach at Eton and later joined the British Foreign Service as an intelligence officer. Inspired by his colleague at MI5, the novelist John Bigham, he began to publish thrillers under the pseudonym of John le Carré.

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Australia’s decisive win on plain packaging paves way for other countries to follow suit

The decision, <a href="https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news20_e/435_441abr_e.htm">handed down on June 9 by the World Trade Organisation’s appeals body</a>, that Australia’s plain packaging tobacco control policy doesn’t flout WTO laws marks the end of almost a decade of legal wrangling over this landmark public health policy. And more importantly, it paves the way for other nations around the world to follow Australia’s lead. In 2012 Australia became the first country in the world to implement <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2011A00148">tobacco plain packaging laws</a>, having recognised that the tobacco industry uses packaging both to market cigarettes and to undermine health warnings. The industry has long acknowledged the powerful role of packaging design in attracting consumers and reinforcing brand image. A <a href="https://www.printinnovationasia.com/single-post/2017/01/18/The-Premiumisation-of-Cigarette-Packaging-in-Indonesia">2017 trade article</a> on the “premiumisation” of cigarettes explained the rationale behind glossy packaging: Features such as velvet touch, soft touch, etching, rise and relief can be applied across the surface of the packaging to make the product more impactful and raise customer engagement. The look of the packaging such as intense metallics through the use of foil simulation inks can also give cigarette packaging the luxurious effect and adds on to the premium feel of the product. A Cancer Research UK video shows how children react to glossy cigarette packs. The “plain packaging” mandated by Australia’s laws is in fact anything but. It features <a href="https://www.health.gov.au/health-topics/smoking-and-tobacco/tobacco-control/tobacco-plain-packaging">graphic, full-colour health warnings</a> presented on a drab brown background. Brand logos, designs, emblems, and slogans are banned; product brand names remain, but must appear in a standardised font. The result means tobacco packages can no longer serve as mini billboards that make cigarettes look aspirational and desirable. Legal challenges The tobacco industry launched three separate legal challenges to the law. First, JT International and British American Tobacco filed a lawsuit in the Australian High Court. Next, tobacco firm Philip Morris sought legal protection for its packaging designs under an existing investment treaty between Australia and Hong Kong. Finally, the industry filed a dispute through the WTO on behalf of four tobacco-producing countries: Cuba, Honduras, Indonesia and the Dominican Republic. In 2012 the High Court <a href="https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/litigation/decisions/au-20121005-jt-intl.-and-bat-australasia-l">ruled in favour of the Australian government</a>, and in 2015 the investment treaty tribunal <a href="https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/litigation/decisions/au-20151217-philip-morris-asia-v-australia">dismissed Philip Morris Asia’s claim</a>. The WTO also <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wto-tobacco-ruling/australia-wins-landmark-wto-ruling-on-plain-tobacco-packaging-idUSKBN1JO2BF">ruled in Australia’s favour</a> in 2018, but the Dominican Republic and Honduras appealed. That appeal was denied last week, meaning all legal challenges to Australia’s plain packaging laws have now been finally and decisively overruled – more than a decade after the then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd <a href="https://tobaccolabels.ca/australia-announces-plain-packaging/">first announced the policy</a> in April 2010. No more industry blocking The <a href="https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/435_441abr_conc_e.pdf">WTO’s appeal body agreed</a> plain packaging laws are likely to improve public health and that they are not unfairly restrictive to trade. The appeal was not expected to succeed, so the ruling comes as no surprise. But despite this, legal wrangling has become a <a href="https://untobaccocontrol.org/kh/legal-challenges/court-cases-litigation-policy-brief/">standard tobacco industry practice</a>, particularly through international channels such as the WTO. One reason is because the slow and cumbersome legal process can serve as a deterrent to other countries, who may hold off implementing similar laws until the legal outcome is known. Encouragingly, this stalling tactic seems to be losing its power. Countries such as France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, and New Zealand have all forged ahead with plain packaging legislation despite the outstanding appeal. Now, however, lower-income countries can also confidently pursue plain packaging measures <a href="https://www.mccabecentre.org/news-and-updates/tobacco-plain-packaging-legal-victory-for-australia.html">without fear of falling foul of the WTO</a>. What next? Australia’s plain packaging law was groundbreaking at the time. But now the tobacco industry has responded with a range of tactics to exploit loopholes and offset the impact on their brands, meaning governments need to come up with yet more countermeasures. Once plain packaging was implemented, the tobacco industry quickly trademarked new brand names, such as Imperial Tobacco’s <a href="https://open.sydneyuniversitypress.com.au/9781743323977/rtec-the-future.html">Peter Stuyvesant + Loosie</a>, which contains 21 cigarettes instead of 20, and advertises the bonus cigarette within the name. Canada’s <a href="https://www.cancer.ca/en/about-us/for-media/media-releases/national/2019/plain-packaging-regulations/?region=qc">plain packaging laws</a>, enacted in February 2020, directly control the size and shape of the cigarettes themselves. For example, the law bans slim cigarettes targeted at young women who associate smoking with slimness and fashion. Widespread plain packaging could also help curb the <a href="https://theconversation.com/big-tobacco-wants-social-media-influencers-to-promote-its-products-can-the-platforms-stop-it-129957">uprise in tobacco marketing via social media influencers</a>. A tobacco pack covered in gruesome disease imagery doesn’t make for inspiring social media content. The WTO upheld Australia’s plain packaging laws because the government had convincing public health research to show the positive impact of plain packaging on public attitudes to smoking. Seen in that light, the decision isn’t just a win for public health. It’s also an encouraging sign that evidence-based policies can defeat even the deepest of corporate pockets. Written by Becky Freeman. Republished with permission of <a href="https://theconversation.com/australias-decisive-win-on-plain-packaging-paves-way-for-other-countries-to-follow-suit-140553">The Conversation.</a>

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“Brilliant news!” The sell-out $6 ALDI item that’s back in stores for good

Shoppers are going wild over ALDI’s latest re-launch of their popular Le Pave, with many comparing the $5.99 creamy cheese to D’Affinois that retails for three times the price. Cheese fans can now grab the sought-after item in the refrigerated aisle after they’ve sold out two times prior. But now, the German retailer has announced that there’s no rush to grab the cheese before it runs out, as the popular item is here to stay. Taking to Facebook to announce the happy news, ALDI shared a photo of a platter, sending cheese connoisseurs into a frenzy. “STOP THE PRESS: Le Pave French cheese is back at ALDI,” wrote the supermarket. “You’ll be happy to hear it’s now part of our everyday range.” It didn’t take long for the post to gain traction, with hundreds of people describing the cheese as “delicious”, and “amazing”. “That’s brilliant news – it is absolutely delicious, oozy French cheese,” said one user. “This cheese alone is worth the trip to ALDI,” said another. “Hooray! This cheese is absolutely delicious!” wrote a user. <iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FALDI.Australia%2Fposts%2F2727998093924341%3A0&width=500" width="500" height="595" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allow="encrypted-media"></iframe> Many compared the budget food product to its more expensive counterpart, saying it tastes better than D’Affinois. “I never thought I would say this, but it’s actually better than D’Affinois,” wrote one shopper. “It’s soft and creamy with a decent bite,” said another. D’Affinois is priced at $18 in supermarkets around the country, costing three times more than ALDI’s $5.99 Le Pave. “We are proud of the award-winning cheese range on offer at ALDI, including our popular Le Pave cheese,” said a spokesperson for ALDI. “Crafted from the heart of France, we have been stocking Le Pace cheese ($5.99/200g) at ALDI since April 2017. “Le Pave is produced within the Pays de la Loire region of France at one of the largest remaining dairy cooperatives in the country. To ensure its quality, the product is airfreighted to Australia on a weekly basis.”

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Les Murray has passed away aged 71

Australian football icon and SBS commentator Les Murray has passed away. The broadcaster, who was seen as the voice of the sport in Australia, was 71-years-old. The veteran journalist, known by many Australians as Mr Football, had a legendary career with SBS which spanned five decades. Murray’s astute analysis and passionate coverage is viewed as a huge contributor to the growth and success of football today. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> Les Murray AM passed away this morning following a battle with illness. The thoughts of all of <a href="https://twitter.com/SBS">@SBS</a> are with Les' loved ones. <a href="https://t.co/ecvfc7YucO">pic.twitter.com/ecvfc7YucO</a> — SBS - The World Game (@TheWorldGame) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheWorldGame/status/891854878305247233">July 31, 2017</a></blockquote> SBS Managing Director, Michael Ebeid, said: “No one better embodied what SBS represents than Les Murray. From humble refugee origins, he became one of Australia’s most recognised and loved sporting identities.” Tributes have started to pour in for Murray, with former Socceroo Craig Foster describing him as “a football colossus”. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> The world lost a football colossus this morning, Les Murray AM. He fought well into extra time but whistle has blown. His legacy is lasting — Craig Foster (@Craig_Foster) <a href="https://twitter.com/Craig_Foster/status/891856831701598209">July 31, 2017</a></blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> The irreplaceable team on <a href="https://twitter.com/SBS">@SBS</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/TheWorldGame">@TheWorldGame</a>), Johnny Warren & Les Murray (<a href="https://twitter.com/lesmurraySBS">@lesmurraySBS</a>). <a href="http://t.co/Mki6rnSd4n">pic.twitter.com/Mki6rnSd4n</a> — Johnny Warren (@JohnnyWarren) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnnyWarren/status/484642543968075776">July 3, 2014</a></blockquote> Our thoughts are with his family.

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Toddler passionately sings Les Misérables’ “Do You Hear The People Sing”

A video of three-year-old, Koen’s, amazing rendition of “Do You Hear The People Sing?” is earning praise from Les Misérables fans worldwide and even a Broadway star. Mum Erin Frehne shared the YouTube clip of her son belting out the famous anthem with a fervour and passion that would convince anyone to join the revolution. The video has amassed thousands of views and even the famous Jean Valjean actor Alfie Boe was impressed, tweeting: “This is amazing. A future Enjolras.” Related links: <a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/lifestyle/family-pets/2016/01/best-advice-ever-received-video/">People aged 5 to 105 reveal the best advice they’ve ever received</a> <a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/lifestyle/family-pets/2016/01/photos-of-animals-hitchhiking/">Hilarious photos of animals hitchhiking</a> <a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/lifestyle/family-pets/2015/12/cheap-school-holiday-activities/">30 cheap – or free – holiday activities to do with grandkids</a>

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"The missing boy has been found": Baby Vinh reunited with grandmother

“Benjamin Button” mice could pave way for reverse ageing

How to make roads with recycled waste, and pave the way to a circular economy

John le Carré’s final novel set to be published

"Undisputed giant", John Le Carré dies at age 89

Australia’s decisive win on plain packaging paves way for other countries to follow suit

“Brilliant news!” The sell-out $6 ALDI item that’s back in stores for good

Les Murray has passed away aged 71

Toddler passionately sings Les Misérables’ “Do You Hear The People Sing”

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