Your afternoon Briefing: Luke Foley expected to resign this afternoon

Good afternoon, readers. Luke Foley expected to resign today and Anglican Archbishop apologises to gay students ‘distressed’ by letter.

Good afternoon, readers. NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley is expected to resign this afternoon and the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney apologises to gay students for ‘distressing’ letter.

ABC reporter Ashleigh Raper and NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley. Picture: Supplied/AAP

Foley ‘put his hands down my pants’

NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley is expected to resign after journalist Ashleigh Raper accused him of groping and touching her inappropriately. It’s difficult to see any other option but for Luke Foley to stand aside, giving Labor five months to build around a new leader, writes Andrew Clennell.

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4/10/18 Archbishop Glen Davies speaking removing the first brick at St Matthews Church on the Corso. Picture: Adam Yip / Manly Daily

Archbishop ‘sorry’ for distress

The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney Glenn Davies has apologised for the “distress” caused by a letter calling on the government to defend religious freedoms in schools.

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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews speaks to the media during a rail announcement at Dandenong Train station in Melbourne, Monday, November 5, 2018. (AAP Image/Valeriu Campan) NO ARCHIVING

The folly of chairman Dan

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews’ latest stunt with China goes far beyond cocking a snook, writes The Mocker. It has serious implications for Australia’s foreign policy. Meanwhile, Andrews has pledged to subsidise solar installations for rental properties, increasing the renewable energy target by 50 per cent.

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The Lion Air Boeing 737-900 crashed as it taxied to the runway in Sumatra last night. Picture: Twitter

Lion Air plane in runway crash

A Lion Air plane has crashed into a lamp post while trying to take off in Sumatra, just nine days after the airline had an aircraft plunge into the Java Sea.

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An alternate crop from the order of service is seen during a private funeral service for murdered Melbourne comedian Eurydice Dixon in Brunswick, Melbourne, Thursday, June 21, 2018. Miss Dixon?s body was found on a Melbourne soccer field on June 13. (AAP Image) NO ARCHIVING

Man admits to Eurydice murder

A 19-year-old man has pleaded guilty to the rape and murder of Melbourne comedian Eurydice Dixon.