Your afternoon Briefing

Good afternoon, readers. Alan Jones’ letter to Qantas chief Alan Joyce is revealed and David Murray is appointed AMP chairman.

Good afternoon, readers. Broadcaster Alan Jones wrote to Alan Joyce saying he was ‘disgusted’ that Qantas would use the Wagners’ privately built airport and former CBA chief David Murray has been appointed AMP chairman.

Mark Latham and Alan Jones launch new cookbook called Conversations at King Street Wharf 18 April 2018. Supplied

Jones to Joyce: Family will bribe you

Radio broadcaster Alan Jones wrote to Alan Joyce to accuse Toowoomba’s Wagner family of engaging in bribery to get the airline to fly to their privately built airport, a court has heard.

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David Murray spoke at a press conference, hosted by Institute of Actuaries. It releasing a new report on superannuation and retirement incomes policiesPhotographer Adam Yip

David Murray takes AMP chair

David Murray will take over as AMP chairman, replacing Catherine Brenner who resigned amid scandals coming out of the royal commission into the financial services sector.

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Steve Smith has posted on Instagram for the first time since the ball tampering saga. Source: Instagram @steve_smith49

Holiday’s over for Steve Smith

Disgraced former cricket captain Steve Smith has arrived back in Australia after an overseas break, and has delivered a special message to fans.

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Former Telstra CEO and current CSIRO Chairman David Thodey speaks at the Australian Institute Of Company Directors (AICD) Australian Governance Summit at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in Melbourne, Thursday, March 1, 2018. (AAP Image/Tracey Nearmy) NO ARCHIVING

PM launches public service review

Malcolm Turnbull has asked former Telstra CEO David Thodey to lead an inquiry into the public service, with the goal of bringing its 1970s ‘fundamentals’ up to date.

In this photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, red ash rises from the Puu Oo vent on Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano after a magnitude-5.0 earthquake struck the Big Island, Thursday, May 3, 2018 in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The temblor Thursday is the latest and largest in a series of hundreds of small earthquakes to shake the island's active volcano since the Puu Oo vent crater floor collapsed and caused magma to rush into new underground chambers on Monday. Scientists say a new eruption in the region is possible. (Kevan Kamibayashi/U.S. Geological Survey via AP)

Volcano spurts lava into street

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has erupted, releasing red lava into a residential neighbourhood and prompting evacuations. Watch the video.