Your noon Briefing: Farmers lash Albanese for ‘game-playing’

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Hello readers. Farmers are demanding Labor pass the PM’s $5bn Drought Future Fund, and Alan Kohler on how the tax system made our buildings shoddy.

Leader of the Opposition Anthony Albanese at the Daily Telegraph Bush Summit 2019 in Dubbo, 390km north west of Sydney, Thursday, July 18, 2019. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Farmers lash Albo

The NFF has demanded Labor pass the PM’s $5bn Drought Future Fund while the government accuses Anthony Albanese of “politicising” farmers suffering. Keep up with the latest from parliament in our live blog, PoliticsNow.

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Inmates from the Frank Baxter Juvenile corrections centre Kariong taunt police from the roofs of various buildings . Some are armed with poles tennis rackets ect .picture John Grainger

Four surrender

Rioting youths who are ‘targeting sex offenders’ are starting to surrender during a tense standoff with authorities at a NSW juvenile detention centre.

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Clive Palmer pictured entering the Supreme Court, Brisbane 22nd of July 2019. (AAP Image/Josh Woning)

‘Vexed’ Clive back at trial

Back after failing to appear at court, Clive Palmer has been berated by the judge.

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How tax built a crisis

Construction has become part of the disposable society and for that we can thank our tax system, argues Alan Kohler.

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18/8/2018: Aboriginal traditional dancer with the aboriginal flag, perform traditional dance in the at the Gulf Country Frontier Music Festival, in Gregory Downs, about 3 hrs north of Mount Isa, QLD. Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

The long read: New states of play on treaty

While Canberra debates indigenous reform, the rest of the nation is getting on with the job. writes John Ferguson.