Your Briefing: Banks told to open loan books, ‘Prakash can’t come here’

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Hello readers. Welcome to today’s briefing.

Open loan books, banks told

Josh Frydenberg has called on banks to open their loan books.

His says its necessary to reignite “affordable and timely’’ lending after new figures revealed national house prices ­suffered their worst year since the global financial crisis.

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Chaos is just a vote away

Barnaby Joyce has warned we will pay a heavy price for electing a Greens-ALP government.

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Prakash can’t come here

Fiji’s PM says the country ‘won’t accommodate’ Neil Prakash, breaking his silence on the issue of the IS recruiter’s citizenship.

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Love kept them together

Daryl Dragon, best known as “The Captain” of 1970s duo Captain and Tennille, has died with his former wife, Toni Tennille, by his side.

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Australia's Josh Hazlewood, center, celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of India's K.L. Rahul during their cricket test match in Sydney, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Australia strikes early

In cricket, India has won the toss and elected to bat on Day 1 of the fourth test at the SCG Josh Hazlewood has struck with his third ball, dismissing the tentative KL Rahul for 9 to leave the Indians 1-10. Our live blog has the cricket action covered all day.