Your afternoon Briefing: Turnbull points finger at PM for $443m reef grant

Good afternoon, readers. Malcolm Turnbull points finger at PM for $443m Barrier Reef grant and Labor’s anti-gay laws confusion.

Good afternoon, readers. Malcolm Turnbull has pointed the finger at Scott Morrison for the controversial $443 million reef grant and Bill Shorten contradicts his deputy on anti-gay laws.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull visits the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) in Cape Cleveland, Queensland on Monday, January 22, 2018. Malcolm Turnbull has announced a $60 million plan to save the Great Barrier Reef which is under threat from mass bleaching. (AAP Image/Michael Chambers) NO ARCHIVING

Turnbull fingers ScoMo for reef call

Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed Scott Morrison was largely responsible for the controversial $443.3 million Great Barrier Reef Foundation grant.

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Acting Leader of the Opposition Tanya Plibersek (left) speaks to the media as Shadow Minister for Financial Services Clare O'Neil looks on during a visit to the Financial Legal Rights Centre in Sydney, Thursday, September 27, 2018. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING

Gillard anti-gay laws ‘out of date’

Just hours after his deputy said Labor had “no plans” to change Gillard-era anti-gay laws, Bill Shorten contradicted Tanya Plibersek.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 15, 2014, general manager of Alarab TV, Jamal Khashoggi, looks on during a press conference in the Bahraini capital Manama. - US President Donald Trump said October 11, 2018 he was not yet prepared to limit arms sales to Saudi Arabia over journalist Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance, but he faced mounting pressure from concerned American lawmakers. Saudi Arabia is one of the world's largest arms purchasers, with most of them coming from the United States.Khashoggi, a contributor to The Washington Post, vanished more than a week ago during a visit to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Turkish government sources say he was murdered there, a claim Riyadh denies. (Photo by MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH / AFP)

Saudi reporter’s killing ‘filmed’

The Turkish government says it has proof that Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate.

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Assistant Treasurer Stuart Robert during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, September 20, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Stuart Robert: ‘I’ve paid back $38,000’

Assistant Treasurer Stuart Robert says he’s reimbursed taxpayers almost $38,000 after an investigation into his home internet use.

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Rising Fast wins the 1954 Melbourne Cup, trained by Fred Hoystead, father of Bob. Copy picture. Picture: Mike Keating

Beware RSPCA mischief

Professional protesters exploit public outrage to try to ban an industry they know nothing about, writes Jack the Insider.