Your afternoon Briefing: Preselect a woman, says Bragg as he exits Wentworth race

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Andrew Bragg is standing for Liberal preselection in the seat of Wentworth

Pick a woman: Bragg exits Wentworth race

Two women have emerged as the likely candidates for Malcolm Turnbull’s seat of Wentworth after Andrew Bragg withdrew from the race, telling the Liberal party to “preselect a woman”. Keep up with all the latest from parliament in our live blog, PoliticsNow.

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03/08/2018 POOL PICS Royal Commission into misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry Commissioner Kenneth Hayne, Counsel Assisting Eloise Dias and Counsel Assisting Michael Hodge. Picture : David Geraghty / The Australian.. Picture : David Geraghty / The Australian.

Call breaches could top 300,000

Independent life insurer ClearView Wealth has admitted to potential criminal breaches of anti-hawking laws more than 300,000 times and targeting unsuspecting poor Australians with inferior policies they couldn’t afford. Keep up with the latest in our live royal commission blog.

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A supplied image obtained Monday, September 10, 2018 of Perth woman Mara Quinn. The bodies of Mara Quinn, aged in her 40s, her three-year-old daughter Charlotte, twins Alice and Beatrix, and their grandmother were found at a Bedford home, in Perth's east, on Sunday. A 24-year-old man has been charged with five counts of murder after two-year-old twin girls, their three-year-old sister, mother and grandmother were found dead in a Perth home. (AAP Image/Supplied) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Man charged over Perth family murder

A 24-year-old man has been charged with murdering the five people found dead in the Perth suburb of Bedford yesterday.

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Launch of 2018 Magic Millions Carnival.Channel Seven heavyweights Kerry Stokes, Ryan Stokes and Tim Worner will join co-owners Katie Page and Gerry Harvey and Managing Director Vin Cox to officially launch the 2018 Magic Millions carnival.Pictured: Gerry Harvey.Picture: NIGEL HALLETT

Harvey gets behind his brand

Gerry Harvey says he’ll sell his investment portfolio to buy more Harvey Norman shares. But he risks missing out if he does. How the rich invest.