Your afternoon Briefing

Turnbull moves to ban ministers from having sex with their staffers and and Yassmin Abdel-Magied faces an AHRC complaint.

Good afternoon, readers. Malcolm Turnbull moves to ban ministers from having sex with their staffers, Origin Energy has rejected calls for government support of clean coal technologies and Yassmin Abdel-Magied is the subject of an AHRC complaint.

PM Malcolm Turnbull at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture KymSmith

PM bans ministers from sex with staff

Malcolm Turnbull has moved to ban ministers from engaging in sexual relations with their staffers and has revealed he encouraged Barnaby Joyce to take leave next week after his “grave error of judgment.” Dennis Shanhan writes Barnaby Joyce’s holiday is going to solve nothing for the Coalition.

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Frank Calabria, CEO Origin Energy listening to PM Malcolm Turnbull meeting with Energy Retailers with the Treasurer Scott Morrison and Minister for the Environment and Energy Josh Frydenberg at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Origin’s clean-coal slapdown

Australia’s biggest electricity retailer rejects calls for government to support development of clean coal technologies.

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Major event ski event final

Aussie pair in medals run

Alex ‘Chumpy’ Pullin and Jarryd Hughes are into the final of the snowboard cross amid some drama-packed racing. Keep up to date with the 2018 Winter Olympics with our live blog.

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Teen Vogue images of Yassmin Abdel-Magied. Source: Supplied

Yassmin subject of complaint

Polarising commentator Yassmin Abdel-Magied has revealed she is the subject of a complaint to the Australian Human Rights Commission over her tweets.

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Pic of Mahmoud Mick Hawi entering King st court today.The former bikie boss was to retrialled for murder. He is on bail under new bail Act. Pleaded guilty to manslaughter and as a result, may not have serve any more time.

Ex bikies boss ‘unlikely to live’

Former Comanchero bike gang leader Mahmoud ‘Mick’ Hawi has been hospitalised after being shot in the face outside a gym in Sydney’s south.