Your noon Briefing: Labor ramps up ‘grubby’ attack on PM’s faith

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Hello readers. Labor has doubled down on its ‘desperate’ pursuit of Scott Morrison’s beliefs, and Bernard Lane looks at how both parties are competing to appease migrants who want to bring their parents here.

Minister for Defence, Christopher Pyne, is debating Labor's Richard Marles, with Moderator, Laura Jayes, at Legal firm Thomson Geer in Adelaide. 8 March 2019. (AAP Image/Dean Martin)

Labor ramps up ‘grubby’ attack

Senior MP Richard Marles has doubled down on Labor’s pursuit of Scott Morrison over his beliefs, a tactic which has been labelled “desperate”. Keep up with all the latest as the election campaign gets toward the pointy end in our live blog, PoliticsNow.

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NEWS2019ELECTION 17/4/2019. Day 7 Labor Member for Cowan, Anne Aly on the bus after Opposition Leader Bill Shorten talked to workers at Volgren Bus Australia, Bus Manufacturers at in Perth, WA. Picture Kym Smith

WA may decide poll

If the election is too close to call by 8pm on Saturday, all eyes will turn to WA; get ready for a wild ride, writes Sid Maher.

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Bill Shorten and Scott Morrison pictured in church.

Desperate hypocrisy

Bill Shorten’s deliberate decision to play gotcha politics over Scott Morrison’s faith adds another level of ugliness to this campaign, according to Chris Kenny.

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15/05/2019: Non-executive director Catherine Brenner arriving at the Coca Cola Amatil annual general meeting in North Sydney on Tuesday. Hollie Adams/The Australian

Praise as Brenner exits Coke

She quit AMP amid wrongdoing, but Catherine Brenner was lauded as she left Coca-Cola Amatil.

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Pictured are Kashmir Singh (Father), Akshar Dhir (Nephew, 5 yrs), Dr Parwinder Kaur (sister), Hardeep Singh, Jarnail Kaur (mother) at home in Queens Park, Perth.Photo Ross Swanborough. 090519

The long read: Dodging the parent trap

The Coalition and Labor are competing to appease migrant resentment over missing parents, writes Bernard Lane.