It will be interesting to see how the Springboks handle the Lions' rush defence - it is two real quality sides matching up.

BBC: McGeechan praises Lions character

We see it when our rescue workers rush to help others in times of fire and drought and flooding rains.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Speaks to the Australian Parliament

For more on the year-end rush to make gifts and how a proposal by Senator Baucus would chill it, see Ashlea Ebeling, Estate And Gift Tax Bombshell (The Best Revenge).

FORBES: Obama Estate Tax Deal Would Chill Estate Planning

Given a rush of state elections over the next year, ahead of the general one, it is hard to see the party implementing the big reforms that it has failed to push since 2009.

ECONOMIST: Aim higher