Your morning Briefing: Berejiklian victory sees PM eye May 11 poll

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Hello readers. ScoMo eyes federal poll on May 11 after Gladys Berejiklian’s win, and Alan Jones gloats over Daley’s disaster.

24/3/2019 Newly re elected NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian pics up some flowers delivered by local Liberal Party member Max Menzies and walks to the local gym for a workout the morning after the NSW state election in Sydney. Tracey Nearmy/Daily Telegraph

PM eyes May 11 poll

After Gladys Berejiklian’s victory in NSW, Scott Morrison begins his quest to win back the bush for the federal election. Scott Morrison can take heart from the NSW state Liberal victory but not much credit, writes Dennis Shanahan.

Ms Berejiklian vowed to take NSW “to the next level” as she ­became the state’s first popularly elected female premier.

ABC analyst Antony Green has taken aim at the NSW Electoral Commission over the “slowest count I’ve ever seen”.

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Alan Jones and Michael Daley.

‘Thank you for your service’

With a political foe defeated and a new $4.5-million contract looming, Alan Jones has two big reasons to smile this morning, writes Nick Tabakoff in Media Diary.

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Screen Grabs from an ISIS released a six-minute propaganda video on Sunday, showing urban warfare in the Philippine city of Marawi which has witnessed a three-month long battle that is yet to end.The footage, published by the Al-Hayat Media Center through its ‘Inside the Khalifah’ series, depicts combat footage with the Philippine Army and calls on foreign fighters, mainly from Australia and neighboring Muslim countries. Supplied

How ISIS cyber war was won

In late-2016, as coalition aircraft pounded Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq, David Johnston issued a secret order. Paul Maley has the story.

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22/08/2017: Dr Bella d'Abrera, resident historian for the Institute of Public Affairs, at Batman Park in Northcote. Picture: Stuart McEvoy for the Australian.

Deep sickness

Last week another Univer­sity of Sydney academic, English lecturer Nick Riemer, had published in The Sydney Morning ­Herald an article that succeeded in being offensive, insensitive and hypocritical. writes Bella D’Abrera.

“­Riemer managed to display publicly the deep sickness that pervades so many parts of our universities.”

Bella D’Abrera

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Injured fast bowler Jhye Richardson is assisted from the field. Picture: Fox Cricket

Another ton

Aaron Finch notched back-to-back tons as Australia won the second ODI against Pakistan, but victory was soured by a fast bowler’s injury.

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Johannes Leak’s view

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