Your afternoon Briefing

Good afternoon, readers. Tony Abbott weighs into the leadership debate and Rugby Australia holds fire on Israel Folau.

Good afternoon, readers. Tony Abbott says the PM should know in six months if he can win the election and Rugby Australia holds fire on Israel Folau.

9/4/18 Former PM Tony Abbott in Warragul prior to leaving on the next leg of his Pollie Pedal through the Latrobe Valley. Aaron Francis/The Australian

‘Six months’: Abbott puts heat on PM

Tony Abbott has raised the stakes in the leadership debate, echoing Barnaby Joyce’s language on a deadline for the Prime Minister. The former PM also said Peter Dutton was on the right track with his proposal to cut immigration.

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Wallabies player Israel Folau at a DHL Function at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, ahead of the Wallabies World Cup Squad announcement on friday. pic Mark Evans

No action against Folau

Rugby Australia has taken no immediate action against Israel Folau over his anti-gay social media posts during crisis talks. Peter Van Onselen warns sponsors have a right to pull their dollars from anything he’s associated with.

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9/04/2018Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten at Midland Railway Station this morning.Pic Colin Murty The Australian

‘Dancing around truth’ on Adani

Businessman and environmentalist Geoff Cousins says Bill Shorten has ‘dodged’ questions about his stance on Adani coal mine.

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Katrin Garfoot of Australia celebrates her gold medal win in the Road Cycling womens Individual Time Trial on day six of competition at the XXI Commonwealth Games, on the Gold Coast, Australia, Tuesday, April 10, 2018. (AAP Image/Tracey Nearmy) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Aussies sweep cycling gold

Kat Garfoot has taken out the women’s road time trial in style, adding to Cameron Meyer’s gold in the men’s earlier today.

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FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2014 file photo, Lindsey Buckingham from the band Fleetwood Mac performs at Madison Square Garden in New York. The band said in a statement Monday that Buckingham is out of the band for its upcoming tour. Buckingham left the group once before, from 1987 to 1996. He’ll be jointly replaced by Neil Finn of Crowded House and Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, FIle)

Buckingham goes his own way

Long-time Fleetwood Mac singer-guitarist Lindsey Buckingham has been replaced by Neil Finn of Crowded House and Mike Campbell of Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers.