Your morning Briefing: NAB in turmoil as Thorburn, Henry exit

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Hello readers. Turmoil at the NAB as new leader sought, and how Nancy Pelosi hijacked middle America.

NAB Chairman Ken Henry, left, arrives at ABC studios in Sydney tonight and the bank's chief executive Andrew Thorburn at his home in Melbourne. Pictures: Britta Campion, Stuart McEvoy

NAB turmoil

Ken Henry apologised for NAB’s failures as the bank announced his retirement and axed CEO Andrew Thorburn. John Durie writes that the question left open by yesterday’s extraordinary action at NAB is just what more does the bank know about its leadership team. Margin Call weighs in on how the deed was done.

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., walks with reporters to a Democratic Caucus meeting the morning after President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pelosi’s hijack

Donald Trump’s call for a new era of bipartisanship lasted for less than 24 hours, but it wasn’t the President who broke ranks.

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Dr Bella d’Abrera is the director of Foundations of Western Civilisation Program at the Institute of Public Affairs. Picture: Nigel Welch

Children lose

Contemporary political activism based on class, race and gender should not dictate the books on our national curriculum, writes Bella D’abrera.

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Pat Cummins bowls to David Warner in the nets ahead of the Australia v India International Twenty20 match at the SCG. Picture. Phil Hillyard

Cummins steps up

Mitchell Starc’s injury is a setback for the Australian side says coach Justin Langer.

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Kudelka’s view

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