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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‘Worse than Gillard, Rudd on boats’
Peter Dutton has backed Bill Shorten, declaring he’d be better placed on borders than Anthony Albanese.
“The problem is that the member of Grayndler, he is even softer on border protection than even this Leader of the Opposition,” Dutton said.
“He would be, hard to believe, but he would be a bigger disaster than even Julia Gillard (and) Kevin Rudd.”
England look dominant. Seriously.
After a 6-1 win over Panama in the World Cup, the English appear ready to shed their reputation as the great chokers of the international game, writes Jonathan Clegg.
Clinically dispatching a lower-ranked opponent, putting the game to bed before halftime, picking up three points and a hatful of goals, that is what Germany or Brazil does.
What have they done with the real England team?
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Mexico’s answer to Trump
How scared should the world be of Mexico’s likely next president?
According to The Economist , quite. Trump is constrained by congress, an independent judiciary, a free press and a bureaucracy with a long tradition of following the law. Lopez Obrador, by contrast, will govern a country that has been democratic only since 2000, and where corruption is widespread and growing worse.
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Union can ‘no longer pick up tab’
And in a significant ruling, the Federal Court has imposed a personal fine on a union organiser, placing officials on notice that unions will no longer bail them out.
Joe Myles was ordered to personally pay a $19,500 penalty for unlawful conduct.
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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.