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Here is your two-minute digest of what’s making news today.

Hello readers. Here is your two-minute digest of what’s making news today.

PM Malcolm Turnbull and Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop holding a Press Conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Turnbull loses 30th straight Newspoll

Malcolm Turnbull has failed a key test he set for deposing Tony ­Abbott as PM but insists he can still win the next election. Meanwhile, in an exclusive interview with The Australian, the PM concedes he could perform better but warns the main threat to the government is a perception of disunity. Inside Turnbull’s office, you’re either “compliant or an enemy’’. One tirade by his right-hand woman sums up the siege mentality. Keep up with all the action in our live blog PoliticsNow.

“We are in a close, tight political ­environment. The election is absolutely there is to be won. My job is not to be distracted by polls, but to focus on our policies and on delivering for the Australian ­people.”

Malcolm Turnbull

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PM Malcolm Turnbull and Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop holding a Press Conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Comment: Turnbull must change

In Turnbull’s own words the “trajectory is clear’’: voters have made up their minds and believe his leadership has failed, writes Dennis Shanahan. Jennifer Oriel writes Turnbull will survive but his government is bleeding out in no-man’s land. Graham Richardson wonders if anyone still recalls the high hopes Australians had for him?

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FILE - In this March 27, 2018, file photo, a man watches a TV screen showing file footages of U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. As the U.S.-North Korea summit looms, President Donald Trump’s policy of maximum pressure on North Korea may be working - thanks to China. Beijing appears to have gone well beyond U.N. sanctions on its unruly neighbor, reducing its total imports from North Korea in the first two months this year by 78.5 and 86.1 percent in value. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Kim ‘open to denuclearisation’

North Korea has reportedly confirmed to the White House that it is willing to negotiate denuclearisation with the US. The move suggests that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is committed to a meeting with Donald Trump, which both sides had agreed should take place as early as next month.

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Nomad bikie Moudi Tajjour announces his engagement to Sanaa Mehajer via Instagram 26 November 2017. cant__fight__fateFollow#wedding is around the corner . Just got engaged to my beautiful darling future wife to be . Love u from bottom my heart my darling wife to be @sanaa.mehajer Like718 likescant__fight__fate#wedding is around the corner . Just got engaged to my beautiful darling future wife to be . Love u from bottom my heart my darling wife to be @sanaa.mehajer

Mehajer’s sister files AVO

A bonding of two notorious families appears to have come unstuck after the sister of flamboyant property developer Salim Mehajer filed an apprehended violence order against Moudi Tajjour, a senior member of the Nomads motorcycle gang who she wed in December.

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Matthew Glaetzer of Australia gestures to the crowd after winning gold in the Mens 1000m time trial on day four of the track cycling competition at the Anna Meares Velodrome during the XXI Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia, Sunday, April 8, 2018. (AAP Image/Dan Peled) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Agony to ecstasy for Glaetzer

Matthew Glaetzer was forced to wait more than 24 torturous hours to make amends for the sprint loss he called nightmarish, devastating, shattering, a monumental stuff-up, a gutting tactical mistake and proof of the ridiculousness of trying to coast through against unknown yet unpredictable opponents at the Commonwealth Games.

Keep up with all the action from the Gold Coast in our live Commonwealth Games blog.

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Kudelka’s view

Jon Kudelka Letters page cartoon for 09-04-2018Version: Letters Cartoon (1024x768 - 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.