Your afternoon Briefing: Farmers groups unite against ‘reckless’ ABC

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

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Diminishing water levels on the Darling River below weir 32 near Menindee, Wednesday, February 13, 2019. The Darling River and the Menindee Lakes are under pressure from low water flow as a result of the continuing drought affecting more than 98% of New South Wales. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING

Farmers groups united against ‘reckless’ ABC

A coalition of farming groups will formally complain to the ABC over a “disgusting” story on the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.

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Jean O'Reeri on the Wyndham advisory group for the cashless debit card and from East Kimberley , Camilo Blanco Mayor of Port Hedland and Bianca Crake at Parliament House in Canberra to talk to politicians about a family violence campaign. Picture Kym Smith

Entire Pilbara council sacked

The Pilbara council that tore itself apart over how to deal with drunken violence in the prosperous iron ore region has been fired.

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Atlassian co-founders Scott Farquhar and Mike Cannon-Brookes before they hit the stage in Barcelo

Atlassian now worth $50bn

The fortunes of Atlassian’s founding duo Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar are soaring as the company’s value doubles in a year to a new record high.

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Australia's Ashleigh Barty smiles as she talks to the media during a press conference after losing her Women's singles match against United States' Alison Riske during day seven of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Monday, July 8, 2019. (Adam Warner, AELTC via AP)

Barty ‘too nice’? Give me a break

If you think Ash Barty’s loss has come from a lack of ruthlessness, you underestimate her, writes Will Swanton.

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A mines worker at the Baralaba North Coal mine just outside Baralaba was killed over the weekend, pictures of the Baralaba North Mine. Pictures Cockatoo Mines

Mine victim found upside down

Details emerge about the death of the sixth Queensland miner in a year killed in a workplace accident.