Your afternoon Briefing: Joyce’s sexual harassment inquiry result ‘disappointing’

Good afternoon, readers. Barnaby Joyce’s sex harassment inquiry falls flat and the word that makes Mike Pence prime suspect in op-ed saga.

Good afternoon, readers. Barnaby Joyce’s sexual harassment inquiry falls flat and the word that makes Mike Pence a prime suspect in the New York Times op-ed saga.

Cr Catherine Marriott, Shire of Broome and WA Project Manager, CRC forDeveloping Northern Australia, speaking at the CEDA State of the Nation Conference 2018 in Canberra.

Joyce inquiry result ‘not good enough’

Catherine Marriott says the National Party inquiry into her sexual harassment complaint against former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce underpins a need for change.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 9, 2018 US Vice President Mike Pence speaks about the creation of a new branch of the military, Space Force, at the Pentagon in Washington, DC. - A spokesman for Mike Pence on September 6, 2018 denied the US vice president might be the official who wrote a scathing, unsigned op-ed piece in the New York Times about President Donald Trump. On the internet, the focus on Pence as the possible author apparently stemmed from the use of the obscure word 'lodestar' in the column. Pence is said to have used that term in several speeches in the past.But Pence spokesman Jarrod Agen insisted the vice president did not write the piece, which said Trump's own staff sees him as a danger to the nation who needs to be protected from his own erratic impulses. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Archaic word that fingered Pence

The use of an archaic word in the New York Times piece describing an internal “resistance” movement against Donald Trump turned Vice President Mike Pence into the prime suspect as the author. But don’t forget, Trump’s supporters love this kind of crazy, writes Gerard Baker.

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7/9/18: Former PM, Tony Abbott at the Anglo-Australian Forum organised by The Spectator Australia at Walsh Bay in Sydney. John Feder/The Australian.

Abbott marks election milestone

Tony Abbott wants everyone to remember it’s been five years since he led the Coalition to a landslide election victory, and has called for the scrapping of subsidies for renewable energy and an end to the prohibition on nuclear power in Australia.

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06/09/2018: (L-R) Andrew Pridham and Tony Shepherd are chairman of the Sydney Swans and GWS Giants respectively. They're in Sydney ahead of their clash in one of the AFL finals on Saturday afternoon. Hollie Adams/The Australian

Dollars fly in battle for Sydney

All’s fair in love and war for the chairmen of the Swans and Giants, Andrew Pridham and Tony Shepherd, both on and off the field.

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NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 06: Serena Williams of the United States returns the ball during her women's singles semi-final match against Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia on Day Eleven of the 2018 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 6, 2018 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images for USTA)

Serena served up the love

Sealing a US Open final date with supermum Serena Williams, first Japanese woman to reach a Grand Slam final Naomi Osaka was feeling the love.