Your afternoon Briefing: Julie Bishop ‘shirt fronted’ Vladimir Putin

Good afternoon, readers. Julie Bishop ‘shirt fronted’ Vladimir Putin and how did Stuart Robert spend $2000 per month on internet usage?

Good afternoon, readers. Julie Bishop sets the record straight on her confrontation with Vladimir Putin and how did Stuart Robert spend $2000 per month on internet usage?

Former Foreign Minister Julie Bishop gave the keynote address at the launch of the Meridian 180 ideas and innovation forum at UNSW.

‘Is this what you call a shirt front?’

Former foreign minister Julie Bishop has revealed that she confronted Vladimir Putin over the downing of MH17, not Tony Abbott.

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Assistant Treasurer Stuart Robert during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, September 20, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

PM orders Robert internet probe

Scott Morrison has asked for an investigation into how the the Assistant Treasurer Stuart Robert managed to spend $2000 per month of taxpayer money on internet usage.

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Care Leavers Australian Network doing a silent protest outside the office to press for a national redress scheme for the victims of child sex abuse. Picture: ELENOR TEDENBORG

Rise of a bureaucratic monster

The National Redress Scheme for victims of institutional child sex abuse has become a dog’s breakfast of good intentions and poor delivery, writes Jack the Insider.

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(FILES) This file photo taken on February 15, 2017 shows redesigned Toyota Prius PHV (plug-in hybrid vehicle) during a press conference in Tokyo. - Japanese car giant Toyota said on October 5, 2018 it is recalling more than 2.4 million hybrid cars over a fault that could cause crashes, just a month after an another recall affecting hybrids. (Photo by TORU YAMANAKA / AFP)

Toyota recalls of 2.4m hybrids

Japanese car giant Toyota is recalling its environmentally friendly Prius and Auris vehicles over a fault it says could cause crashes.

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Nick Cummins The Bachelor - Brittany Hockley. Picture: Channel 10

Badger Bach sets Ten a record

Former footballer Nick ‘Honey Badger’ Cummins’s decision to remain a bachelor has turned to ratings gold for Network Ten.