Your lunchtime Briefing: Albo: bring forward tax cuts for ALP support

Your 2-minute digest of today’s top stories and must-reads.

Good afternoon readers. Anthony Albanese calls for income tax cuts to be brought forward, and the University of Wollongong gives the green light to a controversial degree.

Labor leader Anthony Albanese speaking during the State Memorial service for former Prime Minister Bob Hawke at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Friday, June 14, 2019. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING

Albo: bring forward tax cuts for ALP support

Anthony Albanese is calling on Scott Morrison to bring forward stage two of its tax package and speed up infrastructure projects, but will still not back the bill’s third stage which would give tax relief to higher income earners.

Jillian Broadbent, Chair of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, appears before the Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee in Canberra today.

Uni approves Ramsay degree

In an bid to thwart a union court challenge to its Western Civilisation course that is due to start next year, the University of Wollongong’s top governing body has intervened to green light the new degree.

Christopher Pyne and Peter Dutton.

MEDIA DIARY | Pyne, Dutton’s very bad blood

The real action of tomorrow night’s screening of Bad Blood/New Blood, David Speers’ take on last year’s Turnbull coup, will be the Christopher Pyne versus Peter Dutton stoush.

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Israel Folau's GoFundMe page has been closed by the fundraising service. Picture: Supplied

GoFundMe pulls Folau’s fundraiser

Israel Folau’s GoFundMe page has been shut down.

The fundraising platform has pulled Folau’s page, claiming that the former Wallaby’s campaign violated its terms of service, with all donations to be refunded.

23/06/2019: Jordy Elkington with her shopping outside Coles in Camberwell. Stuart McEvoy/ The Australian.

EXCLUSIVE | Plastic bag ban ‘brake on economy’

Australian businesses have warned Treasury that bans on plastic bags are contributing to the weakening economy as shoppers are unable to carry large amounts of groceries to their car or home, confidential briefings reveal.