Your morning Briefing: Izzy’s for real: I want to apology, to play again

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

Hello readers. Israel Folau is seeking an apology and his job back from Rugby Australia, and how good is Boris’s roadshow?

Israel Folau takes time out at a gym in Adelaide SA.

Folau: I want apology, to play again

Israel Folau lodges his court claim for unlawful termination seeking an apology, financial compensation and the right to ­resume his career. Janet Albrechtsen writes that this begins a contest that will thunder with serious consequences for workplaces across the country.

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Five Eyes hit tech titans

Security ministers from the powerful Five Eyes intelligence alliance have demanded tech giants allow backdoor access to encrypted criminal content on the dark web, as Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton declared Australia was in a global “war” with sex offenders. Keep up with the latest from parliament in our live blog, PoliticsNow.

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Murder manhunt scaled back

The manhunt for two teenage fugitives wanted over the murders of Lucas Fowler has been scaled back after nine days.

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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (L), accompanied by Britain's Home Secretary Priti Patel, speaks at the first meeting of the National Policing Board at the Home Office in London, on July 31, 2019. (Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth / POOL / AFP)

How good is Boris’ roadshow?

The establishment wants him to fail but, like Scott Morrison, Boris Johnson brings tremendous new energy to government, writes Greg Sheridan.

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Kudelka’s view

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