Your afternoon Briefing: PM won’t save Jim Molan

Good afternoon, readers. PM won’t save Jim Molan and Gladys Berejiklian’s fast rail plan steals a plot from ABC’s Utopia satire.

Good afternoon, readers. The Prime Minister won’t save Jim Molan and Gladys Berejiklian’s fast rail plan steals a plot from ABC’s Utopia satire.

Liberal Senator Jim Molan during Question Time in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, November 26, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

No lifeline: PM digs in over Molan

Scott Morrison will not act to keep Liberal senator Jim Molan in parliament, despite intervening to save Craig Kelly. Keep up-to-date on our blog, PoliticsNow.

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Actor Rob Sitch (left) with illustrations from Utopia (centre) and NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian.

Premier’s very fast train wreck

Gladys Berejiklian’s utopian vision — a high-speed train costing billions — is a laughable idea straight out of political satire, writes Andrew Clennell.

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Australian Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus speaks to the media at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices in Melbourne, Thursday, September 6, 2018. (AAP Image/Alex Murray) NO ARCHIVING

Encryption deal done

Labor and the government have come to an “in-principle agreement” today on the encryption laws so they can pass parliament this week.

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Crash model on Adelaide route

Fiji Airways has become the first carrier since the Lion Air crash to take delivery of a new Boeing 737 Max 8.

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Tension...Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle

Squabbling royals, tears, tiaras

After a year of two royal weddings and a royal baby, 2018 ends with a steady drip of toxic gossip flowing out of Kensington Palace.