Your noon Briefing: Failed asylum-seekers sent back to Colombo

Your 2-minute digest of today’s top stories.

Hello readers. Failed asylum-seekers have been sent back to Colombo, and Nats leader tells jobless to go bush for work.

Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton reacts during House of Representatives Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, 22 July, 2019. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch)

Asylum-seekers sent back

A government charter plane carrying a group of 20 failed Sri Lankan asylum seekers has departed from Christmas Island.

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Go bush

Unemployed people should be willing to move towns to find work Michael McCormack says. Keep up with the latest from parliament in our live blog, PoliticsNow.

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The price of power has hit zero in eastern states/

Prices hit zero

Free electricity anyone? After years of skyrocketing prices, a highly unusual pricing event in every eastern Australian state has grabbed the market’s attention.

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Triads raided after beatings

Hong Kong police have raided triad strongholds after claims they turned a blind eye as thugs attacked protesters.

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**Sunday Telegraph** Friday 7th June 2019.Annika at Home in Canberra.Several AFP officers arrived at the Canberra house of award-winning political editor Annika Smethurst this week with a search warrant and spent several hours inside rifling through her personal items, including her underwear.Picture Gary Ramage

The long read: Guarding against secrecy

The High Court will decide the validity of contentious laws on press freedom, writes Chris Merritt.