Your afternoon Briefing

Hello readers. Here’s how Friday played out.

Bride and groom off marriage form

It may have taken a while for our marriage laws to be change, but no time has been wasted for the wedding certificate wording to be updated.

Party 1 and Party 2 have replaced Bridegroom and Bride on the new marriage forms to be used by all Australians from Saturday as the country prepares for the first same-sex weddings next month.

John Setka and unions rally at Webb dock. Picture: Nicole Garmston

Union ‘gold’ to back blockade

CFMEU boss John Setka has congratulated Maritime Union of Australia workers for risking their jobs by attending a blockade at the Melbourne port this morning, promising the unions will continue to support them with their “big pots of gold”.

Hundreds gathered this morning, escalating an ongoing dispute between the unions and the Victorian International Container Terminal over a casual worker who was denied a security clearance because of a conviction.

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Lisa Wilkinson, is the keynote speaker at the 2017 Telstra Women's Business Awards National gala dinner in Melbourne. Picture:Tony Gough

Lisa Wilkinson on her shock defection

Former Today co-host Lisa Wilkinson has spoken out publicly for the first time about her shock defection from Nine to Ten, saying she called out the “gender pay gap” because she “didn’t want to live a lie anymore”.

“When you feel that there’s a pattern being repeated that’s when you have to take a stand,” she told a business breakfast in Melbourne.

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A protester shouts agaisnt racism before right-wing British provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos is set to speak to supporters in Sydney on December 5, 2017. Right-wing British provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos blasted those who do not agree with him as "petulant babies" on December 5 after violent protests in Australia. / AFP PHOTO / Saeed KHAN

Are unis to blame for the left’s anger?

Love him or hate him, Milo Yiannopoulos certainly created a stir during his Australian speaking tour this week. With so many furious young women turning up to protest at his events, Bettina Arndt argues the root of the left’s anger lies in our universities.

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Jockey falls from horse, but regains control and wins.

Jockey’s unbelievable luck of the Irish

Teen jockey Jack Kennedy said he was “embarrassed’’ at being “shot out of the saddle’’ at a steeplechase in Ireland. Then his horse took over. Take a look at the video and be forever envious of whoever put down a bet. (The odds were 350-1.)