Your afternoon Briefing: Peter Dutton slams Labor’s Nauru plan

Good afternoon, readers. Why Labor’s Nauru plan ‘won’t work’ and rich-listers land mega Essendon Fields deal with industry super funds.

Good afternoon, readers. Peter Dutton details why Labor’s Nauru plan ‘won’t work’ and rich-listers land a groundbreaking Essendon Fields deal with industry super funds.

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton during Question Time in the House of Representatives in Parliament House Canberra. Picture Gary Ramage

Why Labor’s Nauru plan ‘won’t work’

Peter Dutton has detailed why Labor’s request to demand all children and their families be sent from Nauru to New Zealand is problematic, while Chris Kenny writes that Kevin Rudd’s calls for asylum-seekers to be sent to Australia risks driving another policy catastrophe.

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Andrew Fox and Max Beck, whose families own Essendon Fields Airport. Pic: SDP Media

Rich-listers turn to super funds

Rich-listers Lindsay Fox and Max Beck have struck a groundbreaking Essendon Fields deal with three Australian superannuation funds.

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Former PM Rudd with Julie Bishop at the book launch of Former PM Kevin Rudd's new book The PM Years at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

‘You’re not helping, Kevin’

Julie Bishop has responded after Kevin Rudd suggested she should lead a change to the way the Liberal Party elected its leader.

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Ranger William Hofmeyr, who was shot in the face by a homemade arrow while protecting a herd of elephants from poachers.

‘Been shot before, it happens’

A game ranger who was shot through his mouth pursued the poacher for almost an hour, with the arrow clenched between his teeth. Warning: this story contains graphic content.

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Ben Shewry's Black Ant Lamington will feature in the Birdcage on Melbourne Cup Day.

Shock finish for Cup Day

This may look like an ordinary lamington, but it’s sure to surprise punters who are served it for dessert in the exclusive Birdcage on Melbourne Cup Day.