Your morning Briefing: Shorten ally flays ‘lefties’ over Adani

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Hello readers. Shorten ally Bill Ludwig gets stuck into ‘lefties’ over Adani, and ISIS bride Shamima Begum has her British citizenship revoked.

National President Bill Ludwig speaks during the AWU National Conference at Jupiters Casino on the Gold Coast. Pics Adam Head

Ludwig flays lefties

Bill Shorten’s mentor Bill Ludwig has blamed a ‘few lefties’ within Queensland’s government for politicising the Adani coalmine.

“I mean there are a few lefties in this … government, you know, it’s probably a little bit difficult. You’ve got protesters talking about the black-throated finch … I mean, this is so ridiculous, you just can’t understand where they’re coming from.”

Bill Ludwig

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Shamima Begum

Citizenship revoked

Shamima Begum has been stripped of her British citizenship following an outcry over her wish to return home to London.

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Eric Lobbecke Op Ed Cartoon for 20-02-2019. 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.

Rotten Robin Hood

Chris Bowen’s franking credits tax grab has nothing to do with tax fairness. The man can’t even aim straight, writes Janet Albrechtsen.

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Billion Air

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that billionaires do not fly commercial, writes Margin Call. So imagine the scene when billionaire investor Alex Waislitz was informed that something was wrong with his Bombardier Global Express.

“For the super rich, things don’t get much worse. This was a full-blown billionaire birthday crisis.”

Margin Call

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GPS rugby Nudgee v TSS at Ross Oval, Nudgee College. Nudgee captain Harry Vella with the trophy. Pic Mark Cranitch.

Fox eyes schoolboy rugby

Rugby Australia and Fox Sports have begun preliminary discussions about televising Sydney and Brisbane GPS rugby.

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Kudelka’s view

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