Your afternoon Briefing: Daniel Andrews reveals new-look cabinet

Good afternoon, readers. Daniel Andrews has unveiled his 50 per cent female cabinet and Julia Banks drops a political bombshell.

Good afternoon, readers. Daniel Andrews unveils his new cabinet and Julia Banks drops a political bombshell.

Members of the Victorian Labor Party applaud Premier Daniel Andrews as he arrives for their first caucus meeting at the Victorian Parliament House in Melbourne, Tuesday, November 27, 2018. (AAP Image/David Crosling) NO ARCHIVING

‘History made in our progressive capital’

The Victorian Premier has unveiled his 50 per cent female cabinet, dumping small business, innovation and trade minister Philip Dalidakis to make way for more women.

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull visits newly elected member for Chisolm Julia Banks in Oakleigh. Picture: Jake Nowakowski

Lib MP quits for crossbench

Julia Banks dropped a political bombshell in parliament, announcing she will immediately move to the crossbench as an independent. Chris Kenny suggests that a disaffected Banks has blown up the PM’s plan to get back on the front foot, while Dennis Shanahan writes that she’s cut the legs out from under him. Keep up to date with our live blog, PoliticsNow.

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10/1/2018: John Singleton, with Gerry Harvey , at the Magic Millions horse sales, on the Gold Coast, QLD. Today is the first day of sales for the annual event. Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

First strike hits Harvey Norman

Harvey Norman investors have landed a first strike as Gerry Harvey and John Singleton lash out at negative “nobodies”.

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The new board game Monpoly for Millennials.

Monopoly for Millennials

It was perhaps inevitable that someone would invent the Monopoly board game for hipster socialists living off their capitalist parents.

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Roxlyn Bowie disappeared from her home in Walgett in northern New South Wales in 1982. Her husband John now lives in Toowoomba. A $1m reward has been offered for information about her suspected murder.

Cops probe dam after tip-off

Police have begun forensically excavating a dam in northern NSW in hopes of finding the remains of a woman who disappeared 36 years ago.