Your morning Briefing: Turnbull’s final act: ‘Call the G-G’

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Hello readers. Malcolm Turnbull’s final act to save his political skin revealed, and ex-NAB heavies advise RA on Israel Folau.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, August 23, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

‘Call the G-G’

The day before Malcolm Turnbull was deposed, the prime minister clashed with Attorney-General Christian Porter over a last-ditch plan to save his leadership. Paul Kelly lifts the lid on the ex-PM’s final act.

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RA adviser has form with Folau

A reunion of NAB heavies is leading Rugby Australia’s response to the Israel Folau crisis, Margin Call reveals, while Cory Bernardi suggests you can pick a side in the Israel Folau case — or side with the principle of free thought. The Australian Christian Lobby’s fundraising for Folau, meantime, has now topped $2m.

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US President Donald Trump and Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison shake hands during a meeting in the sidelines of the G20 Leaders' Summit in Buenos Aires, on November 30, 2018. - Global leaders gather in the Argentine capital for a two-day G20 summit beginning on Friday likely to be dominated by simmering international tensions over trade. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Trump, PM’s G20 talk

Scott Morrison will hold direct talks with Donald Trump over tensions with China.

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MUST CREDIT ABC'S FOUR CORNERSScreengrabs from an ABC Four Corners episode Orphans of ISISKaren Nettleton is reunited with her grandchildren after they spent five years with Islamic State.It is the first time she has seen Zaynab, Hoda and Humzeh Sharrouf since they were taken by their mother Tara Nettleton, wife of notorious Islamic State (IS) fighter Khaled Sharrouf — to join the terrorist organisation in Syria and Iraq

ISIS threats to kids

Islamic State loyalists are threatening to burn Australian women and kids in refugee camps.

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Kudelka’s view

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