Your afternoon Briefing: Turnbull breaks silence over G-G clash with Porter

Your two-minute digest of the day’s top stories.

Hello readers, here’s your two-minute digest of the day’s top stories.

Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks to media after delivering an address at the NSW Smart Energy Summit in Sydney, Tuesday, December 4, 2018. (AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts) NO ARCHIVING

Turnbull breaks silence over G-G clash with Porter

Malcolm Turnbull has launched an attack on the Attorney-General over his account of a stoush, as revealed exclusively by Paul Kelly in The Australian, the day before the ex-PM was deposed.

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Mark Perry confessed to murder Shane Chartres-Abbott.

Vampire gigolo case confession held

Mark Perry confessed to Nicola Gobbo he killed Shane Chartres-Abbott, but police withheld it.

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For their attacks on Israel Folau (top right) and wife Maria Folau (bottom right), The Mocker presents gold medals in the wokeathon to Nine commentators Liz Ellis and Peter FitzSimons.

Virtue Olympics

Congratulations to ‘wokeathon’ gold medallists Liz Ellis and Peter FitzSimons, whose self-righteousness, contrived anger and condescension on Israel Folau has been noteworthy, writes The Mocker.

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Democrats canddiates debate, and Trump's succinct summation.

Trump’s one-word take on debate

Democrats were divided on health care, but unified against the president during the first candidates’ debate. His summation of the event was succinct.

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Former NSW State of Origin NRL player Peter Sterling watches a training session in Sydney on Thursday, June 15, 2017. The second match of the three game State of Origin series will by held in Sydney on June 21. (AAP Image/Paul Miller) NO ARCHIVING

Peter Sterling pledges brain to science to help CTE research

Parramatta legend Peter Sterling has offered his brain to science in the wake of revelations that Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy or CTE — the brain disease linked with repetitive head injury and most widely associated with the NFL in America — has been found in two former players.