Your afternoon Briefing

Good afternoon, readers. Anwar Ibrahim freed after three years in prison and why Clive Palmer is funding ‘Make Australia Great’ billboards.

Good afternoon, readers. Anwar Ibrahim is a free man after spending three years in prison and why Clive Palmer is funding ‘Make Australia Great’ billboards.

Jailed former opposition leader and current Federal opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim greets supporters after his release from the Cheras Hospital Rehabilitation in Kuala Lumpur on May 16, 2018. The release of Anwar from prison marks yet another sharp turn in a roller-coaster political life that has left a profound mark on Malaysian politics and society. Anwar was pardoned and released on on May 16, 2018 after serving three years for a sodomy conviction widely considered a railroad job and now quashed following the stunning defeat of a Malaysian regime that had ruled for six decades. / AFP PHOTO / MOHD RASFAN

Anwar free to join old foe

Anwar Ibrahim has today walked out of his hospital prison room a free man after setting aside 20 years of enmity with Mahathir Mohamad.

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Shadow Minister for Infrastructure Anthony Albanese during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, May 8, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

‘Wolf and Red Riding Hood’

Liberal frontbencher Christopher Pyne says former Bill Shorten leadership rival Anthony Albanese will be “licking his chops” if Labor loses the upcoming by-elections.

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Clive Palmer billboard on Woolcock Street.

‘Not political, just patriotic’

Former federal MP Clive Palmer has funded hundreds of billboards with the slogan ‘Make Australia Great’. The bright, yellow billboards are a call to improve the nation, a spokesman says.

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Police have also released images of two other males of African appearance who they believe might be able to assist them in their investigation

Police seek two over house party

Police have charged three men and are seeking two others in relation to a wild and destructive Melbourne house party attended by up to 150 youths.

The ABC headquarters in Ultimo.

How do ABC staff earn bonus?

Imagine the ABC KPIs for their bonuses, writes Chris Kenny. Sourcing stories by environmental lobbyists? Meeting anti-Trump guidelines? The national broadcaster is ‘indulging itself politically, journalistically and financially.’