Your afternoon Briefing
Good afternoon, readers. Here’s what made news this Monday.
Good afternoon, readers. Here’s what made news this Monday.
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Lambie slams ‘marriage of convenience’
Jacqui Lambie has attacked Senator Steve Martin for joining the Nationals, calling it a “marriage of convenience” for “two increasingly desperate parties”.
Ms Lambie, who kicked Senator Martin out of her party because he would not make way for her return to the Senate, called her former team member the “country’s loneliest Senator”.
“It looks like a marriage of convenience for two increasingly desperate parties — the drifting Nationals in the post-Barnaby era and the country’s loneliest Senator, Steve Martin,” Ms Lambie said in a statement.
‘Spider-Man’ saves Paris child
A young Malian man is being hailed a hero after saving a four-year-old child hanging from a fourth-floor balcony.
Without a thought for his own safety, 22-year-old Mamoudou Gassama took just seconds to reach the child in a spectacular rescue captured on film and viewed millions of times on social media.
Watch the incredible video here.
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Dirt dished on gluten-free meals
Researchers have analysed supposedly gluten-free foods in Melbourne eateries and discovered one in 10 isn’t gluten-free at all.
Worse still, some of the dishes contained gluten at higher levels than is considered safe for people with diagnosed coeliac disease, as opposed to those who merely claim an intolerance.
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Some stories aren’t yours to sell
In selling their story, Barnaby Joyce and Vikki Campion have given the media license to report on them and their son forever, writes Caroline Overington.
Like it or not, this child’s story is now public property. It’s been put up for sale, for the public’s consumption.
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China’s great wall of silence
China deliberately concealed information about the coronavirus, and now it is fighting an inquiry. So what is Beijing hiding?
Your noon Briefing
Your 2-minute digest of the day’s top stories.