Your afternoon Briefing

Liberals push to oust Barnaby Joyce, Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi lives and an Olympic dream brutally ends.

Good afternoon, readers. Liberals push to oust Barnaby Joyce, Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is alive and an Olympic dream brutally ends.

Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce arrives during House of Representatives Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, February 13, 2018. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Liberals push for Joyce to go

Labor concentrated on Joyce during question time but made little headway while senior Liberals have reached out to key National MPs as part of a growing push to oust disgraced Barnaby Joyce. Meanwhile, Graham Richardson has weighed in, writing the odds are stacked against the Deputy PM’s survival.

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(FILES) In this file image grab taken from a propaganda video released on July 05, 2014 by al-Furqan Media allegedly shows the leader of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, aka Caliph Ibrahim, addressing Muslim worshippers at a mosque in the militant-held northern Iraqi city of Mosul. / AFP PHOTO / AL-FURQAN MEDIA / -

Baghdadi ‘alive but injured’

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is alive but badly injured, according to captured jihadists.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 28, 2018 South African President Jacob Zuma attends the opening of the Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government during the 30th annual African Union summit in Addis Ababa. South Africa's political impasse deepened on February 10, 2018 with no resolution to extended talks over President Jacob Zuma's expected departure from office after his own party called for him to resign. Cyril Ramaphosa, the president-in-waiting, and the ruling ANC party have said negotiations should be concluded within days, but have given no details about how Zuma will be eased out of power. / AFP PHOTO / SIMON MAINA

ANC agrees to oust Zuma

South Africa’s ruling party has agreed to remove Jacob Zuma as the country’s President.

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No delay pay

Banks will today begin to roll out a new payments platform that allows customers to transfer money almost instantaneously.

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PYEONGCHANG-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 13: Blood is seen from the nose and mouth of Emily Arthur of Australia after crashing during the Snowboard Ladies' Halfpipe Final on day four of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Phoenix Snow Park on February 13, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

Brutal crash ends Aussie run

Australia’s Emily Arthur was left bloodied and dazed at her first Games after face-planting in the final of the half-pipe event. Keep up to date with the 2018 Winter Olympics with our live blog.