Your afternoon Briefing

Hello readers. Here’s how Tuesday played out.

Hello readers. In your afternoon digest: Dean Smith’s same-sex marriage bill is now more likely to pass without amendments, and a terrifying crocodile attack has been caught on camera.

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closeup of a gay couple holding hands, patterned as the rainbow flag

Labor No senators oppose SSM amendments

Dean Smith’s same-sex marriage bill has gained more chance of passing through the Senate unchanged.

Three Labor senators who are opposed to same-sex marriage — Don Farrell, Chris Ketter and Helen Polly — have indicated they would vote against the passage of the Smith bill but would also oppose amendments to increase religious protections.

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Liberal Senator Ian Macdonald after Question Time in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, September 14, 2017. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Switch to Malcolm ‘a disaster’

Still in politics, Veteran Queensland Liberal Senator Ian Macdonald has delivered a damning and frank assessment of Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership, arguing the 2015 switch from Tony Abbott was the beginning of a political “disaster.”

He said while voters knew exactly what Tony Abbott and John Howard stood for, the electorate doesn’t know what Mr Turnbull stands for.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 09: Marea Burke and Don Burke pose at the launch of the OneSight inspired Ray-Ban Indigenous Special Edition Wayfarer at Australian Museum on October 9, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Don Arnold/WireImage)

‘Strip Don of honours’

Bill Shorten says Governor-General Peter Cosgrove should consider stripping Don Burke of his Order of Australia.

The Opposition Leader said the under fire TV gardener’s title should be “looked at” following sexually harassment and indecent assault allegations revealed over the past two days.

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24-year-old tourist bitten by a small crocodile at Cape Tribulation. Source: Facebook

Just another day in Australia

A young British tourist has captured on video the terrifying moment her friend was attacked by a crocodile in far north Queensland.

The 24-year-old woman was walking along the water’s edge at Cape Tribulation when the small crocodile sprung out of the water and bit her thigh.

Read the full story here... if you dare.

For readers unable to see the video, here is the Facebook post)