Your morning Briefing: Labor wipes policy details from website

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Hello readers. Bill Shorten has been involved in a fiery clash with a journalist over Labor’s costings, and Macron vows to rebuild Notre Dame.

Ten News reporter Jonathan Lea asks a question of Australian Opposition Leader Bill Shorten during a press conference at Flinders University College of Medicine in Adelaide, Tuesday, April 16, 2019. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Policy wiped

Reams of information explaining Bill Shorten’s signature reforms have been deleted off Labor’s official campaign website. Mr Shorten has also been involved in a testy clash with a journalist over Labor’s costings.

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Jim Pearce at State Parliament Question Time. Pic Annette Dew

Adani pain

Labor figures warn the handling of the Adani coalmine project is damaging hopes of winning marginal Coalition-held seats.

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PARIS, FRANCE - APRIL 15: Smoke and flames rise from Notre-Dame Cathedral on April 15, 2019 in Paris, France. A fire broke out on Monday afternoon and quickly spread across the building, collapsing the spire. The cause is yet unknown but officials said it was possibly linked to ongoing renovation work. (Photo by Veronique de Viguerie/Getty Images)

‘Rebuild in five years’

As President Macron vows to rebuild Notre Dame in five years, officials admit the cathedral was within 15 minutes of being totally consumed by flames.

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Kerryn Phelps who has been targeted in a Fake News campaign on social media, on Bondi Road, Bondi. Picture: Brett Costello

Phelps’ left turn

Kerryn Phelps has sided with Labor in almost 70 per cent of recorded parliamentary votes.

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Kudelka’s view

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