Your afternoon Briefing: Judges take aim at ‘misinformation’ from Christian Porter

Good afternoon, readers. Judges have released an explosive document taking aim at Christian Porter and AusPost’s $100m bank ultimatum.

Good afternoon, readers. Family Court judges have released a six-page document taking aim at a proposed merger and the big four banks have been hit with a $100 million demand.

Attorney-General Christian Porter during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, June 28, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Judges’ ‘fact from fiction’ as merger looms

Family Court judges have today forwarded an explosive document hitting out at “misinformation” from Christian Porter.

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Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate. Pic Annette Dew

AusPost’s $100m bank ultimatum

AustraliaPost chief Christine Holgate says she’s a friend of the banks. But she’d be a better one if they hand over the $100 million she says they owe.

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CFMEU union flag flying at the Jupiters construction site, Broadbeach. Photo: Jerad Williams

Criminal charges laid against CFMEU

The construction union and its ACT secretary Jason O’Mara have been charged in the fallout from a ACCC-AFP investigation.

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George Christensen, left, has presented a list of demands over the NEG to Malcolm Turnbull.

Christensen’s NEG threat to PM

George Christensen has issued a list of demands to Malcolm Turnbull over the national energy guarantee, along with a threat if they’re not met.

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Victorian Minister for Public Transport Jacinta Allan speaks to the media at Flinders Street Station in Melbourne, Thursday, April 12, 2018. The federal government will pay up to $5 billion for a Melbourne airport train line and wants the Victorian government to get on board with a 50-50 funding split. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced the investment on Thursday, and flagged that construction could start after 2020. (AAP Image/David Crosling) NO ARCHIVING

Victoria completely off the rails

One would assume the Victorian Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan’s priority would be railway — not social — engineering. One would be wrong in a state that’s off the rails, writes The Mocker.