Your morning Briefing: Rookie ASIO agent foiled terrorists

Good morning, readers. Details of what would have been our worst terror attack revealed and Theresa May’s Cabinet backs Brexit plan.

Good morning, readers. A rookie female ASIO officer helped thwart what would have been Australia’s worst terrorist attack and Theresa May’s Cabinet backs her Brexit plan.

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Rookie ASIO agent foiled terrorists

New details of how close a terror cell came to pulling off Australia’s worst terrorist attack can be revealed today for the first time.

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***BESTPIX*** LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 14: Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street for Prime Minister's questions on November 14, 2018 in London, England. Theresa May will today attempt to secure the backing of her government ministers for the Brexit deal at a special cabinet meeting in Downing Street this afternoon. Brexiteers are already decrying the deal as a betrayal and urging ministers to reject the deal. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

May’s Cabinet backs Brexit deal

Theresa May’s Cabinet has backed her Brexit plan at a marathon emergency meeting but she could still face an imminent leadership challenge.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 09: Geoffrey Rush leaves the Federal Court on November 9, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. The three-week trial concluded today, with Justice Michael Wigney to deliver his verdict early next year. Geoffrey Rush is suing The Daily Telegraph for defamation over a series of articles that were published in late November and early December 2017 that alleged he behaved inappropriate during a 2015 stage production of King Lear. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)

Rush Witness X ‘can tell story’

A judge has reaffirmed the right of a witness who was excluded from the Geoffrey Rush defamation case to tell her story.

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14/11/18: Holly Brooke, Anna Hush, Isadora Poole and Anna Ro at Camperdown in Sydney. Young women are leaving the Greens due to the party's mishandling of sexual misconduct claims. John Feder/The Australian.

Greens confront violence crisis

The Greens are confronting ­crises in two states, with members leaving over comments against women and allegations of violence.

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Kudelka’s view

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