Your afternoon Briefing: Court ‘opens floodgates’ on medivac

Your two-minute digest of the day’s top stories.

Hello readers, here’s your two-minute digest of the day’s best stories.

Border Force attend Cairns Airport as an Ambulance collects a patient from Nauru who was being treated with a ventilator. PICTURE: ANNA ROGERS

Court ‘opens floodgates’ on medivac

Medical transfer to Australia should be allowed with only a simple review of case files by doctors, court rules.

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23/10/18 ACTU state secretary Troy Gray during an ACTU rally through the streets of Melbourne.. Aaron Francis/The Australian

Union to audit Labor MPs

The ETU is threatening to audit federal and Victorian Labor MPs for any history of domestic violence allegations.

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Jaidyn Stephenson of the Magpies during a media conference at the Holden Centre in Melbourne, Wednesday, June 19, 2019. Stephenson has been banned for 10 matches for breaking an AFL betting ban. (AAP Image/Julian Smith) NO ARCHIVING

Stephenson: Why I bet on matches

The banned Pies star opens up, saying the guilt of his bets became too much to handle.

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Larissa Waters, Malcolm Roberts, Jacqui Lambie

Jack the Insider: Cleaner, smoother parliament?

Congratulations voters. The senate freak show is over, the tent has been pulled down and the freaks have been prodded out of their cages, writes Jack the Insider.

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Det Senior Sargent Daren Edwards tackled a serial pest. Picture: 9News

Top cop’s remarkable tackle

A senior detective has interrupted his own press conference to tackle and arrest a man.

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Wednesday 13 February 2019.Senate chamber. Senator Derryn Hinch explaining his view on the Medivac Bill.Picture Gary Ramage

Hinch loses Senate spot

Radio star Derryn Hinch and a Victorian Labor senator have officially lost out on Senate spots as the final results from the federal election come in.