Your afternoon Briefing: Shorten admits he hasn’t read ACCC report

Good afternoon, readers. Bill Shorten admits he has not yet read the ACCC’s energy report and John Fraser’s resignation sparks chatter.

Good afternoon, readers. Bill Shorten has admitted he has not read the ACCC’s energy report and the timing of John Fraser’s resignation sparks chatter.

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten (centre) is seen visiting the Meercroft Aged Care Home with the Labor candidate for Braddon Justine Keay (right) in Devonport, Tasmania, Tuesday, July 10, 2018. (AAP Image/Grant Wells) NO ARCHIVING

I haven’t read the report: Shorten

Bill Shorten has admitted he has not yet read the ACCC’s energy report as he attacked Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull for placating the “cave-dwelling right of the Liberal party”. The Mocker says the Opposition Leader’s disregard for constitutional observance in the citizenship saga goes to the legitimacy and integrity of his leadership.

-

Secretary of Treasury John Fraser appearing at a Senate Economics Legislation Committee at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Fraser’s timing sparks chatter

There are plenty in Canberra who wonder whether it was John Fraser’s call to go, writes John Durie. The Treasury secretary, who is expected to be replaced by Philip Gaetjens, will leave at the end of this month.

-

Greens Member for Melbourne Adam Bandt during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, May 24, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Labor ‘bereft’ on boats: Greens

Acting Greens leader Adam Bandt says Labor’s Left is “completely bereft” after Anthony Albanese announced he had changed his mind about boat turnbacks.

-

British Prime Minister Theresa May smiles as she arrives for a summit of heads of state and government at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, July 11, 2018. NATO leaders gather in Brussels for a two-day summit to discuss Russia, Iraq and their mission in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

The hard Brexiteers are dead

Remainers must decide whether to get behind Prime Minister Theresa May’s plan or risk everything by pushing for a so-called people’s vote, writes David Aaronovitch.

-

Screen grabs of Vikki Campion and Barnaby Joyce during their first interview since the birth of their baby - interviewed on Channel Seven’s Sunday Night program, 03 June 2018. Credit: Channel 7

Joyce cleared on travel claims

There was a “substantial change” in the pattern of Barnaby Joyce’s travel to Canberra last year, but an audit has cleared the former deputy prime minister of breaching the rules.