Your noon Briefing: From Messiah to rock star

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

Hello readers. A triumphant ScoMo meets his troops for the first time since the election, and Bill Shorten hit by a double-decker karma bus.

(L-R) Australian Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg react during a Coalition party room meeting at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, May 28, 2019. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Messiah rocks

A triumphant Scott Morrison has met with his Coalition parliamentary team for the first time since its shock election win.

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27/05/2019. Newly appointed Labor leader Anthony Albanese at a press conference today. Jane Dempster/The Australian.

Adani up to markets

Anthony Albanese says the markets would ultimately decide the economic case for Adani as he visits Queensland today.

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GOSFORD, AUSTRALIA - MAY 13: Labor Opposition Leader Bill Shorten arrives on his bus at at St Joseph's Catholic College on May 13, 2019 in Gosford, Australia. Labor released their 'Fair Go' Plan for students in the Central Coast area. The federal election will be held on 18 May 2019. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

Shorten ‘won’t be a Rudd’

Labor powerbroker Stephen Conroy backs Bill Shorten for the frontbench, saying he wouldn’t undermine Anthony Albanese. Peter Van Onselen, meantime, reckons the former opposition leader got hit by a double-decker karma bus.

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President Donald Trump meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Akasake Palace, Monday, May 27, 2019, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The long read: Trump’s bible belt dilemma

Abortion has become a hot topic in the lead-up to the next US elections, writes Cameron Stewart.

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Comment of the day

Dust off the skis Zali! A climate change reprieve!

Greg, in response to ‘Snow dump lifts skiers’ hopes for the slopes’.