Your morning Briefing: Coal war: Joyce sparks Lib showdown

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Hello readers. Barnaby Joyce has sparked a Coalition coal war, and NSW heads for minority rule.

Wimmera Field days 2019Barnaby Joyce opens the field days with Chris Bartlett president of the field days watching onPicture: ANDY ROGERS

Coal war

Barnaby Joyce and senior Nationals warn the ­Coalition could be severed over energy policy, as Libs fear a poll backlash on coal. Paul Kelly writes that Barnaby Joyce has defied the PM on coal, rejected the Libs on climate and sunk Coalition unity ahead of key elections.

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A comparison diptych generated on Sunday, March 10, 2019, shows (left) NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian at the NSW Liberal Campaign Launch at Penrith Panthers Leagues Club in Sydney, Sunday, March 10, 2019. (right) NSW Labor leader Michael Daley speaks during the NSW Labor Party election campaign launch in Revesby in southwest Sydney, Sunday, March 10, 2019. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas, Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING

Minority rule

NSW faces minority government for the first time in 24 years, with the Coalition and ALP deadlocked, an exclusive Newspoll finds.

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ID has been reported by Ch9 - 20-year-old Winis Apet who was shot to death on 11-03-2019

Fifth slaying

A fifth person has died on Melbourne’s bloody streets within 10 days after Winis Apet, 20, was shot when he left a busy cafe.

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ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - MARCH 10: A piece of the fuselage of ET Flight 302 can be seen in the foreground as local residents collect debris at the scene where Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed in a wheat field just outside the town of Bishoftu, 62 kilometers southeast of Addis Ababa on March 10, 2019 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Flight 302 was just 6 minutes into its flight to Nairobi, Kenya, when it crashed killing all 157 passengers and crew on board. The cause of the crash has not yet been determined. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

Suspect Boeings

Virgin is still committed to Boeing 737 MAX 8 despite other airlines grounding fleets after two crashes involving the planes.

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GetUp! is targeting conservative MPs (clockwise from top left) Tony Abbott, Peter Dutton, Kevin Andrews, Greg Hunt, Craig Kelly, Christian Porter, Barnaby Joyce and George Christensen.

GetUp hitlist

The latest accounts released by GetUp will send chills down the spines of Scott Morrison’s hard-right federal colleagues.

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David Warner looks on to Australian captain Steve Smith prior to play on day 1 of the second Test Match between Australia and New Zealand at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016. (AAP Image/Dave Hunt) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY, IMAGES TO BE USED FOR NEWS REPORTING PURPOSES ONLY, NO COMMERCIAL USE WHATSOEVER, NO USE IN BOOKS WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT FROM AAP

Secret plan

Cricket Australia has hatched a plan to secretly fly Steve Smith and David Warner to join the one-day team in the UAE.

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Johannes Leak’s view

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