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Your morning Briefing: Coalition election agenda in disarray

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

Hello readers. In your morning Briefing, it’s apocalypse now for the Liberals as a super storm turns Sydney sodden.

Scott Morrison is left blindsided by Julia Banks
Scott Morrison is left blindsided by Julia Banks

Run of Banks

The flight of Julia Banks to the crossbench has aided Labor’s attempts to destabilise the minority government and ­target Peter Dutton. Janet Albrechtsen laments a lonesome loser, Turnbull’s hero becomes ScoMo’s zero, Dennis Shanahan sniffs a stench of panic, Paul Kelly says the broad church should start praying and Richo reckons it’s time to abandon all hope. Keep up with the latest from parliament and the Coalition in crisis in our live blog, PoliticsNow.

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Utlimo this morning source Twitter @Harriet Tatham
Utlimo this morning source Twitter @Harriet Tatham

Storm chaos

Massive storms rolling across NSW are causing flash flooding, traffic chaos, and delays to flights and public transport.

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***DAILY TELEGRAPH EXCLUSIVE ONLY - DO NOT USE WITHOUT SPEAKING WITH THE DT PIC DESK***First pictures of Luke Foley after standing down form being the leader of nsw Labour Party .pictures John Grainger
***DAILY TELEGRAPH EXCLUSIVE ONLY - DO NOT USE WITHOUT SPEAKING WITH THE DT PIC DESK***First pictures of Luke Foley after standing down form being the leader of nsw Labour Party .pictures John Grainger

Foley folds

Former NSW Labor leader Luke Foley has told colleagues he will abandon a threat to sue journalist Ashleigh Raper and the ABC.

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Greg Sheridan says Brexit will be bad for Australia.
Greg Sheridan says Brexit will be bad for Australia.

Brexit bad

If Theresa May’s Brexit deal is passed it will be a disastrous day for Britain, but also a very bad day for Australia, suggests Greg Sheridan.

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Kudelka’s view

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Jason Gagliardi

Jason Gagliardi is the engagement editor and a columnist at The Australian, who got his start at The Courier-Mail in Brisbane. He was based for 25 years in Hong Kong and Bangkok. His work has been featured in publications including Time, the Sunday Telegraph Magazine (UK), Colors, Playboy, Sports Illustrated, Harpers Bazaar and Roads & Kingdoms, and his travel writing won Best Asean Travel Article twice at the ASEANTA Awards.

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