Your noon Briefing: Crossbenchers rule out supply guarantee

Welcome to your noon digest of what’s been making news and what to watch for.

Hello readers. Here is your noon digest of today’s top stories and a long read for lunchtime.

Cross benchers Cathy McGowan, Rebekha Sharkie, Andrew Wilkie, Bob Katter and Greens MP Adam Bandt in the House of Representatives Chamber at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

‘No guarantee on supply’

Tasmanian independent Andrew Wilkie and Greens MP Adam Bandt have ruled out any guarantee to provide confidence and ­supply if the Morrison government loses the weekend’s Wentworth by-election. Centre Alliance MP Rebekha Sharkie — one of the six lower house crossbenchers — said she was reserving her position on confidence and supply and would consult with colleagues if the Liberals lost the seat vacated by Malcolm Turnbull. Keep up with all the latest from parliament in our live blog, PoliticsNow.

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DUBBO, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 17: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex meet with local children as they arrive at Dubbo Airport on October 17, 2018 in Dubbo, Australia. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are on their official 16-day Autumn tour visiting cities in Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Royal hugs from Dubbo

Akubras at the ready, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have arrived in Dubbo, where they have been greeted by local officials — and a bunch of school children who jumped up and down as their plane landed. Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will spend the day in the NSW central western city, where the drought is biting hard.

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Alannah Woods, an assistant floor manager at Dymocks bookstore, places Shane Warne's new autobiography titled "Top Spin" on a bookshelf in Melbourne on October 5, 2018. - Australian great Shane Warne has endorsed one of the most controversial figures in cricketing history, while also renewing his decades-old feud with former captain Steve Waugh. Warne, Test cricket's second most prolific wicket-taker with 708 scalps, revealed a his admiration for Douglas Jardine, who led England's "Bodyline" tour in his new book "No Spin". (Photo by William WEST / AFP)

Told Shane

Gideon Haigh writes that only Shane Warne could make the act of publishing a tell-all autobiography into an act of reclaiming his privacy. Little purpose is served reviewing No Spin. It is not a reflective book; his has not been an examined life.

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Security officer patrolling area around Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge in bid to combat terrorism 20 Nov 2002. terrorist

The long read: Nation’s thin fluoro line

Our private security industry deserves more recognition, writes Anthony Bergin, who suggests the role of private security services in preventing terrorism has been a neglected issue in our planning.

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Comment of the day

“The US election polls all said Hilary Clinton would romp in against Donald Trump too. Didn’t happen. So as well having already secured the majority of the votes from the 17.5pc of Jewish people living in Wentworth, Sharma will retain this seat because there would have to be an even higher percentage of rusted on-Liberal voting Baby Boomers also living there.

“Old money always votes conservative, as it doesn’t like anything that might threaten its long held privileges and entitlements.”

Nicholas, in response to ‘Phelps set to trounce Libs: poll’.