Your afternoon Briefing: ‘Don’t let idiocy guide energy policy’

Welcome to your afternoon update on the day’s top stories and must-reads.

Welcome to your afternoon update on the day’s top stories and must-reads.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, August 13, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

‘Don’t let idiocy guide energy policy’

Malcolm Turnbull has fired back when asked about Tony Abbott’s NEG claims during Question Time. Keep up with all the latest from parliament in our live blog, PoliticsNow.

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10/8/2018: Australias most decorated Afghanistan veteran Ben Roberts-Smith with his wife Emma, on the Sunshine Coast . Ben Roberts-Smith has been accused of violence against his wife and others, which he strongly denies, and is taking legal action. Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

Roberts-Smith probe ‘under way’

Veterans Affairs Minister Darren Chester has repeated unsubstantiated claims that an investigation is under way into an allegation of domestic violence.

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4/11/17 Alex Waislitz in the Lexus marquee on Derby Day at Flemington racecourse during the 2017 spring racing carnival. Aaron Francis/The Australian

How the rich invest: Waislitz wins big on small caps

Billionaire investor Alex Waislitz keeps finding winners in some of the country’s smallest listed companies.

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Matt Lauer has purchased a property in New Zealand, Jacinda Arden has banned foreign from buying in the country.

NZ is not for sale

Super-rich foreigners, like former US TV host Matt Lauer, have snapped up New Zealand’s luxury mountain estates. But Jacinda Ardern has had enough.