Your afternoon Briefing: Bishop ridicules Abbott on gender equality

Good afternoon, readers. Julie Bishop slams Tony Abbott for minister for women decision and jobs at risk as Orica mulls ammonia plant’s future.

Good afternoon, readers. Julie Bishop hits out at Tony Abbott’s contentious decision to make himself minister for women and jobs are at risk as Orica mulls the future of its ammonia plant.

Julie Bishop vs Tony Abbott ... Picture: Getty

Bishop’s dig at Abbott over women

Julie Bishop has ridiculed her former leader Tony Abbott for appointing himself minister for women when she was the only female in cabinet.

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The Orica plant on Kooragang Island in Newcastle. The state government ordered it to be shut down, following the plant's third chemical spill in as many months.

Orica weighs Newcastle closure

Up to 300 jobs are at risk as Orica mulls the future of its Newcastle plant amid pressure from high gas prices.

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(FILES) This file photo taken on September 24, 2014 shows an Airbus A318-111 with the Air France livery parked on the tarmac of Paris' Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport in Roissy during an Air France pilots strike. Air France unions called for a new round of strikes starting on April 7, 2018, followed by more strikes later in the month after the airline's management refused their demands saying that the unions' demands for a six percent wage increase could jeopardise its growth plans. / AFP PHOTO / STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN

France is in the Air ‘not a copy’

An electro-pop song used in an Air France ad campaign did not rip off a famous Australian hit tune, a judge has been told.

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Justin Milne at the inquiry in Parliament House in Canberra.Inquiry on matters related to allegations of political interference in the ABC including the termination of the Managing Director Michelle Guthrie, conduct of the Chair and Board, and governance of the ABC at the Environment and Communications References Committee, Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Gary Ramage

‘We can’t be burnt at the stake’

Ex-ABC chair Justin Milne issued a dire warning to Triple J staff as they discussed moving the Hottest 100 date.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 28, 2018 (L-R) Britain's Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge attend the first annual Royal Foundation Forum on February 28, 2018 in London. Meghan Markle once struggled for roles but the US actress has now landed the biggest part of all as she prepares to marry Prince Harry on May 19, 2018 and become the newest face in Britain's royal family. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Chris Jackson

Rivals worst in online abuse

The Palace has been forced to act amid an all-out war between rival fans of the Duchesses of Sussex and Cambridge.