Your afternoon Briefing: Roberts-Smith ‘coached’ ex-mistress over punch

The former mistress of Ben Roberts-Smith has made explosive allegations against him and an update on the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Good afternoon, readers. The former mistress of war hero Ben Roberts-Smith has made explosive allegations against him in Federal Court and an update on the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

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VC Ben Roberts-Smith on Cotton Tree beach on the Sunshine Coast. Pic Peter Wallis

Roberts-Smith ‘coached’ ex-mistress over punch

The former mistress of Ben Roberts-Smith says the war hero told her to lie about a black eye he’d given her, evidence tabled in the Federal Court says.

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PM’s tough new terror laws

Tough new terror laws to strip citizenship from anyone convicted on any terrorism offence will be taken to parliament in the next fortnight.

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A picture taken on June 21, 2016 shows windmills at the new wind farm in Urk, The Netherlands. The forty-eight wind turbines of the largest near-shore wind farm in the Netherlands generate an amount of renewable energy that is comparable to the consumption of 160,000 households. / AFP PHOTO / ANP / Remko de Waal / Netherlands OUT

Labor commits $10bn to renewables

Bill Shorten has promised $10bn for renewable energy projects, under a plan he says will create thousands of jobs.

Greens leader Cassy O'Connor and Labor's Ella Haddad celebrate in State Parliament as Attorney General Elise Archer stands after the passage new legislation about birth certificates on Tuesday, November 20, 2018.

Gender game rotten to the core

A push by militant minority groups, backed by Labor and the Greens, for gender-free birth certificates is just the beginning, writes The Mocker.

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Pisa, Italy - October 6, 2015: Tourists are strolling along Cathedral and Leaning Tower of Pisa on Square of Miraclesis (Piazza dei Miracoli), Italy.

Leaning Tower turns back time

The Leaning Tower of Pisa is slowly straightening thanks to engineering works carried out in the 1990s to stop it toppling.