Your afternoon Briefing: Premier warns minister ‘spill and you’ll be sacked’

Good afternoon, readers. PM says gatecrashing ‘doesn’t make Kerryn Phelps a Liberal’ and NSW minister Ray Williams given an ultimatum.

Good afternoon, readers. Scott Morrison says gatecrashing ‘doesn’t make Kerryn Phelps a Liberal’ and NSW minister Ray Williams given an ultimatum.

16/09/2018: Local GP, Sydney City Councillor and former AMA President Dr Kerryn Phelps AM will today officially announce her candidacy for the federal seat of Wentworth following the shock departure of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Dr Phelps said the revolving door of leadership in Canberra over the past decade has weakened the standing of politicians and the major parties and it is time to bring back some integrity, stability and common sense to the Federal Parliament. Hollie Adams/The Australian

Phelps gate crash ‘Labor Party tricks’

Scott Morrison has dismissed independent Wentworth candidate Kerryn Phelps’s gatecrashing as “Labor Party tricks”, and put pressure on NSW Education Minister Rob Stokes, who said the new school funding deal was unfair.

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Youth minister Ray Williams at Tuggerah lakes Secondary Collage Tumbi Umbi Campus to announce youth program funding.Tuesday 27th Feb. ( AAP image/ Mark Scott )

Premier weighs sacking minister

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has told Multicultural Affairs Minister Ray Williams he’ll lose his job if he pursues a spill motion.

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(FILES) This file photo taken on August 24, 2018 shows Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop (R) walking with Australia's incumbent Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull after a party meeting in Canberra. - Bishop, a rare female voice in the Australian government, said on August 26, 2018 she was quitting the frontbench after a failed tilt at the nation's top job during a messy party-room coup. (Photo by SAEED KHAN / AFP)

Turnbull was warned off politics

Malcolm Turnbull has appeared at an event with British-American newspaper editor Sir Harold Evans. But don’t be fooled by those who paint the former prime minister as a victim of dark forces, warns Jack the Insider. The only smoking gun was the one in his pocket after he’d shot himself in the foot.

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‘Sorry I don’t know the detail’

Financial Services Council CEO Sally Loane’s lack of knowledge of insurance codes has been exposed in an excruciating session.

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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - JUNE 24: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and partner Clarke Gayford pose for a photo with their new baby girl Neve Te Aroha Ardern Gayford on June 24, 2018 in Auckland, New Zealand. Prime Minister Ardern is the second world leader to give birth in office, and the first elected leader to take maternity leave. Arden will take six weeks of leave with Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters assuming the role of Acting Prime Minister. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

Ardern’s partner offers wisdom

Less than a year after she was elected New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern’s partner has gone public with his views on world leaders, including Malcolm Turnbull.