Your noon Briefing: Chinese warships dock in Garden Island

Your 2-minute digest of the day’s top stories and a long read.

Hello readers. Three Chinese warships have docked in Sydney Harbour, and Donald Trump tells Jeremy Corbyn he’s ‘making a mistake’.

Three Chinese Navy ships make their way through Sydney Harbour to arrive at Garden Island. Picture: Dylan Robinson

Chinese warships in harbour

Three Chinese warships are docking in Sydney Harbour today, with the approval of the Morrison government, in a dramatic display of Beijing’s naval power.

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Labor's Deputy Leader in the Senate Kristina Keneally at a Press conference at Parliament House House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Mea culpa

Kristina Keneally issues a mea culpa to rebrand herself after Peter Dutton attacked her inconsistent positions on border protection. New Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese says KK’s previous attacks on offshore processing are because of her Catholic faith.

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Plane taking off at the end of the runway with outstretched landing gear

‘Flight shaming’

Hide your airline ticket, Greens warriors have taken the emissions battle to absurd new heights, writes Robyn Ironside.

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Jeremy Corbyn and Donald Trump

The long read: ‘He’s making a mistake’

Donald Trump would want “to know” Jeremy Corbyn before authorising American intelligence to share its most sensitive secrets with a British government run by the hard-left Labour leader, the president of the United States has told The Sunday Times.