Your afternoon Briefing: PM slammed after narrow leadership challenge

Good afternoon, readers. Labor hammers Malcolm Turnbull after narrow leadership challenge and more than 30,000 Muslims join ‘rain prayers’.

Good afternoon, readers. Labor has hammered Malcolm Turnbull after today’s narrow leadership challenge and more than 30,000 Muslims join ‘rain prayers’.

Pam Malcolm Turnbull and Julie Bishop holding a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Deputy PM Michael McCormack and Deputy NSW Premier John Barilaro at the National Party of Australia, NSW annual general conference in Cowra, NSW. Picture Kym Smith Deputy PM Michael McCormack and Deputy NSW Premier John Barilaro at the National Party of Australia, NSW annual general conference in Cowra, NSW. Picture Kym Smith

‘No authority’: Labor hammers PM

Malcolm Turnbull has faced a no-confidence motion in parliament, after he narrowly survived a partyroom challenge. Chris Kenny believes leadership challenges are as dysfunctional as they are predictable, and we can expect another one in a few weeks.

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21/08/2018: Lebanese Muslim Association stand in solidarity with Australian farmers during drought conditions. Lakemba Mosque conduct prayers for Eid Al Adha, the Islamic festival of sacrifice, on Tuesday morning as "prayers for rain", collecting donations to send to affected farmers. Hollie Adams/The Australian

Muslim rain prayers for farmers

Tens of thousands of Muslims have braved freezing conditions to show solidarity with their fellow Australians who are affected by drought.

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Senator Pauline Hanson in Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Gary Ramage

Hanson steadfast on company tax

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson says the government made a last-ditch “suggestion” to carve out the big banks in a bid to win her support for the remaining company tax cuts.

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Close-up view of a huge coal-fired power station

Trump scraps coal restrictions

Donald Trump has moved to cut Obama-era emissions limits, designed to help coal-fired plants compete with clean energy.

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There's something going on with Samsung TV. Could it be a poltergeist?

They’re here … Samsung stumped

Don’t blame the aliens, sun spots or a poltergeist yet. But don’t rule them out. For no one is yet to solve the mystery of the Samsung TV sets.