Your morning Briefing

Good morning readers and welcome to your digest of what’s making news today.

Good morning readers. Here is your Briefing on what’s making news today.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the Art Centre in Berlin, Germany talking to the media. Pic Ella Pellegrini

PM gains ground

The Prime Minister may have lost his 31st straight Newspoll but he and the Coalition have made significant gains. Simon Benson writes that this Newspoll is possibly worse news for Bill Shorten than it is good news for Malcolm Turnbull, and suggests the Opposition Leader could lose the unlosable election. The Newspoll result will also lend support to Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton’s push to reduce the migrant intake through tougher vetting.

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Commonwealth Bank (CBA) branch at cnr of Queen and Edwaed streets, Brisbane. ATM. Automatic teller machine. Banking. Logo.

Banking ‘error’

Malcolm Turnbull has conceded it was a political error not to call an inquiry into the ‘unacceptable behaviour’ of banks sooner, although Dennis Shanahan believes ‘This isn’t a true mea culpa’.

“When you say the Government would have had less political grief if it set up a Royal Commission, you are right, clearly with the benefit of hindsight.”

Malcolm Tunbull

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Bill Shorten addressing the media.Bill Shorten visited Bridgewater, along with Tasmanian Labor Party leader Rebecca White, and local MP Brian Mitchell to talk about Labor's plans to put federal money towards a new bridge.Picture: MATHEW FARRELL

Shorten ‘damaging brand’

Bill Shorten’s closeness to the construction union is fanning discontent among members of his frontbench who claim the Labor leader’s “transactional” deals with its rogue officials risk damaging the party’s brand. With the federal election possibly 12 months away, several senior Labor MPs from the Opposition Leader’s shadow cabinet say his ­efforts to consolidate his numbers inside the ALP by forging ever-stronger ties with the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union and its Victorian leader, John Setka, are a negative for voters.

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Executive Chairman of Seven Group Kerry Stokes leaving the Annual General Meeting today. (AGM)

Stokes v tech giants

Kerry Stokes has called on the Turnbull government to take ­“serious action” against Facebook and Google, proposing strict new controls and rules including ­payment for content, and customer service obligations, similar to the model used in the telecommunications market.

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Bogut back

The NBL has received a massive boost with Boomers veteran Andrew Bogut returning to Australia to play with the Sydney Kings. The Kings revealed the news on social media, adding that they will send a press release Monday morning with details of the NBA championship-winning centre’s recruitment. Bogut became the first Australian to be the NBA’s first overall No. 1 draft pick when he was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in 2005.