Your afternoon Briefing

Good afternoon, readers. Pauline Hanson asks Brian Burston to quit and why the ACCC rejected a $3 million settlement offer from the CFMEU.

Good afternoon, readers. Pauline Hanson says she no longer has confidence in senator Brian Burston and why the ACCC rejected a $3 million settlement offer from the CFMEU.

Senator Brian Burston asking questions at a Senate Committee into Rural and Regional Affairs, at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Hanson asks Burston to quit

Pauline Hanson has written to One Nation senator Brian Burston and asked him to resign from the Senate.

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27/05/2018: CFMEU State Secretary John Setka speaks at the Victorian ALP Conference at Moonee Valley race course in Melbourne. Stuart McEvoy for The Australian.

ACCC rejected CFMEU $3m offer

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission rejected a settlement offer from the CFMEU in which it would have accepted far heavier penalties than those imposed after trial.

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roseanne barr and pauline hanson

Week-long idiocy smorgasbord

From Roseanne Barr’s tweet to Pauline Hanson’s betrayal claims, this week has had more than its fair share of idiocy, writes Jack the Insider.

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24/11/2017: Incoming Myer chairman, Garry Hounsell, arrives for the AGM at their Bourke Street store in Melbourne. Stuart McEvoy for The Australian.

Myer mulls exec bonus shake-up

Myer is looking to change the way its executives are rewarded following a ‘first strike’ at last year’s AGM.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 19: Matt LeBlanc seen filming Top Gear outside BBC Broadcasting House on February 19, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Neil Mockford/Alex Huckle/GC Images)

LeBlanc shifts out of Top Gear

The BBC is hunting for a new Top Gear presenter yet again after Matt LeBlanc announced that he is quitting the show.