Your morning Briefing: PM rolls out rail, migrant strategy

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

Hello readers. ScoMo unveils plans for fast-rail links and migrant intake cuts, and Janet Albrechtsen on why we need Bill Shorten to win.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media at the Urrbrae Education Centre in Netherby, Adelaide, Tuesday, March 19, 2019. The Prime Minister is announcing the Adelaide City Deal. (AAP Image/David Mariuz) NO ARCHIVING

Rail, migrants strategy

Scott Morrison will progress plans for fast-rail links and cut the annual migration intake by 120,000 over the next four years.

-

family, relations, age and people concept - senior couple sitting on sofa at home

No SMSF loans

Retirement savers who want to borrow to buy residential property will no longer be able to get a loan from any bank in Australia.

-

Eric Lobbecke Op Ed Cartoon for 20-03-2019.Version: Ozoped Artwork (1280x720 - Aspect ratio preserved, Canvas added)COPYRIGHT: The Australian's artists each have different copyright agreements in place regarding re-use of their work in other publications.Please seek advice from the artists themselves or the Managing Editor of The Australian regarding re-use.

We need Shorten to win

No, seriously. Stick with me, writes Janet Albrechtsen, there’s an upside to this for us all.

-

NSW deputy Labor leader, Penny Sharpe, Labor leader, Michael Daley, and Ryan Park, Labor shadow treasurer, on the election campaign at Allianz Stadium today.Picture: Justin Lloyd.

ALP battles to win back votes

The racism row engulfing ­Michael Daley has prompted one of his frontbenchers to speak to the Chinese community against xenophobia.

-

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech at a rally of his ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) in Gaziantep, southeastern Turkey, Friday, March 15, 2019, ahead of local elections scheduled for March 31, 2019. Erdogan says at least three Turkish citizens were injured in the attack that targeted Muslim worshippers in New Zealand and that he has spoken to one of them. Turkish media reports said the man had left a 74-page manifesto that among other things, threatened to make Istanbul _ which was called Constantinople before the Ottoman conquest _ "Christian-owned once more." (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

‘You will go home in coffins’

Turkey’s president has issued a warning to anti-Muslim Australians and questioned the motives of the Anzacs.

-

Kudelka’s view

Jon Kudelka Letters Cartoon for 20-03-2019,Version: Letters Cartoon (1280x720 - Aspect ratio preserved, Canvas added)COPYRIGHT: The Australian's artists each have different copyright agreements in place regarding re-use of their work in other publications.Please seek advice from the artists themselves or the Managing Editor of The Australian regarding re-use.