Your afternoon Briefing: Peter Dutton’s eligibility under scrutiny

Good afternoon, readers. Chaos in Canberra as Peter Dutton’s eligibility comes under fire and graphic details of Ben Cousins arrest emerge.

Good afternoon, readers. Peter Dutton’s eligibility has come under fire and graphic details of Ben Cousins’ latest arrest have emerged.

Peter Dutton in the House of Representatives Chamber at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Dutton under fire from Labor attacks

Peter Dutton’s eligibility to sit in parliament has come under scrutiny over the public funding of his childcare centres, while former Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson has raised the prospect of Malcolm Turnbull standing down. Caroline Overington believes that while Dutton can’t stand the opinions of Lefties who will never choose to elect him, Malcolm so needed their love.

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Former West Coast Eagles AFL player Ben Cousins arrives at the Fremantle Magistrates Court in Perth, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. Cousins has been handed a three-hour trial date for June 9 after he appeared in court over an allegation he was in possession of meth in June last year. (AAP Image/Richard Wainwright) NO ARCHIVING

Cousins collapse: I can’t go back

Fallen AFL star Ben Cousins issued a tearful plea in court as graphic details of his latest arrest emerged.

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Managing Director of The ABC Michelle Guthrie during Senate Estimates at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, October 24, 2017. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

The ABC’s 24-hour excess

The advent of a non-stop news channel has been a shambles, writes Jack the Insider. And it has dragged taxpayer dollars from programs the ABC is good at.

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Iran jet fighter and recycled

Iran threatens US with 1950s jet

A fighter jet unveiled by Iran’s president to battle US aggression has been ridiculed by defence experts as a decades-old recycled plane.

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27/04/2018: Generic picture of AMP building, Sydney. Hollie Adams/The Australian

Why AMP didn’t pick an Aussie

AMP chose a CEO free of the royal commission taint and with international experience as a “change agent” after the global financial crisis, but John Durie questions whether Francesco De Ferrari can fix its scandal-hit ship.