Your afternoon Briefing: I know what a successful marriage is’

Good afternoon readers, here’s your two-minute digest of today’s top stories.

Good afternoon readers. Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack has taken an extraordinary swipe at Barnaby Joyce, and Kerri-Anne Kennerley farewells her beloved husband of 35 years.

Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack during the Tourism & Transport Forum?s 2019 Leadership Summit in Sydney, March 8, 2019. (AAP Image/Peter Rae) NO ARCHIVING

‘I know what a successful marriage is’

Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack has taken a swipe at Barnaby Joyce, issuing a veiled reminder of his predecessor’s marriage breakdown, amid the Nationals leadership stoush.

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Close-up view of a huge coal-fired power station

ALP plan to cut half coal plants

Coal-fired power generation would fall by 60 per cent within the next decade to meet Labor’s 45 per cent emissions-reduction target, leading to the likely closure of more than half the existing east coast plants.

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Kerri-Anne Kennerley pictured leaving the church after her husband John funeral in Woollahra on Monday March 11 2019. (Image / Monique Harmer)

KAK farewells love of her life

Television presenter Kerri-Anne Kennerley has farewelled her beloved husband of 35 years at an emotional funeral in Sydney. Among the hundreds of mourners were a mix of public figures.

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Apartment styling, istock.

Brits only want certain migrants

British voters will accept more migrants from Australia and Canada, but not India or Korea, no matter what the trade deal after Brexit, a poll reveals.

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison at a press conference at Penrith Panthers Leagues Club in Sydney, Sunday, March 10, 2019. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Polls crush Coalition confidence

Today’s Newspoll has sapped an already deflated Coalition of what little confidence remained. Scott Morrison looks to have zero cut-through with an electorate that has made up its collective minds, says Peter van Onselen.