Your afternoon Briefing: ‘I can’t recall how $100k cash got there’

NSW Labor boss Kaila Murnain tells probe she doesn’t remember exactly when she learned about a donation to the party, and Hong Kong Monetary Authority takes stake in Sydney.

NSW Labor boss Kaila Murnain tells probe she doesn’t remember exactly when she learned about a donation to the party, and Hong Kong Monetary Authority takes stake in Sydney.

NSW Labor general secretary Kaila Murnain in Penrith todayy. Picture: Adam Taylor

‘I can’t recall how $100k cash got there’

NSW Labor general secretary Kaila Murnain has told an anti-corruption inquiry she doesn’t remember exactly when she learned about a $100,000 cash donation to the party.

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Artist's impression of Wynyard Place in Sydney developed by Brookfield

Hong Kong Monetary Authority takes stake in Sydney

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority, which manages the reserves of the Hong Kong government, is in talks to take a one quarter interest in the near $2 billion Wynyard Place development in the heart of Sydney.

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 27: Nick Kyrgios of Australia talks to the chair umpire during his Men's Singles first round match against Steve Johnson of the United States on day two of the 2019 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 27, 2019 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

Fed-up rival attacks Kyrgios ‘show’

A frustrated opponent has let rip at the combustible Australian during extraordinary scenes in their heated first-round match. Watch it here, and read our coverage of Day 2 of the US Open.

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WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - AUGUST 26: Trevor Mallard, Grant Robertson and Jacinda Ardern during The New Zealand Silver Ferns public reception following the 2019 Netball World Cup, at New Zealand Parliament on August 26, 2019 in Wellington, New Zealand. (Photo by Elias Rodriguez/Getty Images)

Unity ends on Jacinda Ardern’s New Zealand gun law reforms

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has lamented a fresh loss of unity on national gun reforms in the wake of the Christchurch terrorist attack.