Your afternoon Briefing: Cashed-up Folau vs Rugby Australia: heads to court

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Hello readers. Australia’s first Aboriginal magistrate Pat O’Shane won’t be getting the Cape York welfare reform job, and Trump gets a taste of Aussie politics.

Israel Folau leaves a conciliation hearing at the Fair Work Commission in Sydney, Friday, June 28, 2019. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING

Cashed-up Folau vs Rugby Australia: heads to court

Israel Folau emerges from failed talks declaring he is “very very disappointed” as his lawyers prepare to do battle in the Federal Court.

The Daily Telegraph. Pictured Patricia June "Pat" O'Shane magistrate of the Local Court of New South Wales in Sydney, pictured leaving the Downing Centre for her last day.

EXCLUSIVE: Trad drops Pat O’Shane

The Palaszczuk government will no longer appoint Australia’s first Aboriginal magistrate Pat O’Shane to an influential Cape York welfare reform role, after she confirmed she fundamentally objected to the job’s key function.

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Donald Trup was quizzed by Gilbert at G20.

Trump’s taste of Aussie politics

US President Donald Trump got a taste of the rough and tumble style of Australian politics during his working dinner with Prime Minister Scott Morrison, when Sky News Chief Political Reporter Kieran Gilbert asked a killer question.

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Raelene Castle and Israel Folau

Discussion we had to have

We should be thankful to Folau and to Rugby Australia: it’s an unpleasant business but can lead to renewed focus on freedoms, writes Jack the Insider.

MIAMI, FLORIDA - JUNE 27: Sen. Kamala Harris (R) (D-CA) and former Vice President Joe Biden (L) speak as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) looks on during the second night of the first Democratic presidential debate on June 27, 2019 in Miami, Florida. A field of 20 Democratic presidential candidates was split into two groups of 10 for the first debate of the 2020 election, taking place over two nights at Knight Concert Hall of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, hosted by NBC News, MSNBC, and Telemundo. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Biden savaged in debate

Democrat frontrunner Joe Biden has had a baptism of fire in his first debate with his fellow presidential contenders, being attacked over his record on race issues, his age and his support for the Iraq war.