Your noon Briefing: Dutton, Albo unite against Ardern

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Hello readers. Dutton and Albo have united against Jacinda Ardern on sending Kiwi crims home, and will the next giant leap be to Mars?

jacinda ardern and peter dutton and anthony albanese

Dutton, Albo unite against Ardern

The Home Affairs Minister and the Opposition Leader have united against Jacinda Ardern’s calls to stop deporting criminal Kiwis.

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Greens senator deported

Nick McKim is being kicked out of PNG after trying to visit an asylum-seeker centre on Manus Island. New PM James Marape, meantime, is to push Scott Morrison for a timeline on shutting down the offshore processing regimen on Manus Island.

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Deputy Premier, Treasurer and Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships, Jackie Trad.

Trad sorry

Jackie Trad has apologised for failing to declare a house that could benefit from her signature project.

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Former Royal Bank of Scotland CEO Sir Fred Goodwin who led the bank into near collapse in 25/04/2007 file photo. Goodwin has had his knighthood canceled and annulled, the British Cabinet Office announced 31/01/2012, because he had brought the honors system into disrepute.

Fred the Shred

Ross McEwan’s appointment as CEO recalls a remarkable story linking NAB and the Royal Bank of Scotland, writes Robert Gottliebsen.

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The InSight spacecraft approaches Mars in this artist's concept. Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, or InSight, is a Mars lander that probes the planet's deep interior to shed light on the evolution of Mars and the rocky planets of the solar system. There are six phases in the InSight mission: Pre-Launch, Launch, Cruise, Approach, Landing and Surface Operations. The approach phase begins about 60 days before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere and prepares the spacecraft for landing. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22099

The long read: Next giant leap to Mars

The 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s moon landing has revived ambitions for return journeys — and the next target is Mars, writes Chris Griffith.