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Your afternoon Briefing: NAB halts trading ahead of announcement

Good afternoon, readers. NAB flags leadership changes and Peter Dutton warns Labor on medical transfers under Kerryn Phelps’ plan.

Good afternoon, readers. NAB is set to announce leadership changes and Peter Dutton warns Labor on medical transfers under Kerryn Phelps’ plan.

19/12/2018 NAB Chairman Ken Henry and CEO Andrew Thorburn speaking at a press conference after the AGM at Melbourne Convention Centre.Picture : David Geraghty / The Australian.
19/12/2018 NAB Chairman Ken Henry and CEO Andrew Thorburn speaking at a press conference after the AGM at Melbourne Convention Centre.Picture : David Geraghty / The Australian.

NAB flags leadership changes

NAB has halted trading in its shares pending an announcement on leadership changes to be made later today.

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Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton speaks to the media during a doorstop in Kallangur, Queensland, Thursday, February 7, 2019. (AAP Image/Albert Perez) NO ARCHIVING
Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton speaks to the media during a doorstop in Kallangur, Queensland, Thursday, February 7, 2019. (AAP Image/Albert Perez) NO ARCHIVING

Dutton warns Labor on doctors

Peter Dutton says Greens doctors Bob Brown and Richard Di Natale potentially could have the final say on Manus Island transfers under Phelps’ plan.

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21/07/2007 NEWS: A child from the remote aboriginal community of Mulan in the Great Sandy Desert of WA.
21/07/2007 NEWS: A child from the remote aboriginal community of Mulan in the Great Sandy Desert of WA.

What caused 13 kids’ deaths

A devastating coronial report reveals intergenerational trauma and poverty shaped worsening suicide rates of Aboriginal children.

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Images owned by Qantas Airways Limited.  No licence restrictions apply
Images owned by Qantas Airways Limited. No licence restrictions apply

A380 is losing altitude

Qantas’ formal cancellation of an order worth nearly $5 billion is another blow for the struggling European superjumbo.

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Television still shows a public stoush on Studio 10 over racism in Australia between media personalities Kerri-Anne Kennerley and Yumi Stynes on Monday 28 January 2019. Picture: Studio 10
Television still shows a public stoush on Studio 10 over racism in Australia between media personalities Kerri-Anne Kennerley and Yumi Stynes on Monday 28 January 2019. Picture: Studio 10

All are virtuous in Yumi-topia

We live in an age where feelings trump facts and telling uncomfortable truths amounts to so-called “hate speech”, writes The Mocker.

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