Your afternoon Briefing: Shorten ignored advice on medivacs, Dutton says

Good afternoon, readers. Bill Shorten slammed for “ignoring security advice on medivacs” and Sydney uni fires Dr Tim Anderson.

Good afternoon, readers. Peter Dutton slams Bill Shorten for “reckless course of action” and University of Sydney fires controversial academic Dr Tim Anderson.

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Shorten ‘ignored security advice’

A ‘reckless’ Bill Shorten disregarded specific security advice on borders to promote medivacs, Peter Dutton says. As Dennis Shanahan writes: “Scott Morrison is wasting no time looking in the gift horse’s mouth on border protection from Shorten. He’s in the saddle and galloping to the horizon.”

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Facebook image of Sydney University academic Tim Anderson at the Cuban Embassy, Canberra, remembering the life and legacy of Fidel Castro. 2 December 2016.

Uni fires Tim Anderson

The University of Sydney has fired controversial academic Dr Tim Anderson because of “serious misconduct”.

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Joe Root and Windies bowler

A turning point on gay sledge?

A homophobic slur aimed at England skipper Joe Root during the West Indies Test series produced some unexpected fallout.

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Airlines act on ticket loophole

Major airlines are going after passengers who use a simple loophole to secure cheaper tickets.

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TOPSHOT - Pope Francis (L) and Egypt's Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb greet each other as they exchange documents during the Human Fraternity Meeting at the Founders Memorial in Abu Dhabi on February 4, 2019. - Pope Francis rejected "hatred and violence" in the name of God, on the first visit by the head of the Catholic church to the Muslim-majority Arabian Peninsula. (Photo by Vincenzo PINTO / AFP)

Unholy row over ‘Chrislam’

A heated war of words is rocking the Catholic Church, with the Pope’s declaration of fraternity with Islamic leaders a theological battleground.