Your noon Briefing: Muller report ends conspiracy
Your 2-minute digest of the day’s top stories and a long read for lunchtime.
Hello readers. Donald Trump is vindicated by the Mueller report, and how reality bites for the dead-fish crew.
‘Stunning victory for Trump’
Democrats targeting the White House have been crushed by the probe into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 poll.The Mueller report clearing the US President of collusion is a vindication for Donald Trump, and a devastating defeat for Democrats, writes Cameron Stewart. The Mueller report won’t end this rancorous period in US politics, but it should put the Russia conspiracy file to bed, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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Dead-fish reality bites
The echo-chamber illusion that dead fish, solar subsidies and a good heart on the environment are election winners has been exposed, writes Graham Lloyd.
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‘Not leaving over Turnbull’
Craig Laundy has expanded on his exit from politics, saying he was never going to stay “because I had a career to get back to”.
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How to fix retirement mess
Here’s a proposal for solving Australia’s retirement system mess that is both brilliantly simple and blindingly obvious, writes Alan Kohler.
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The long read: Silicon Valley’s bad blood
How did Elizabeth Holmes persuade so many to invest in Theranos when its only product never worked?
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Comment of the day
“The Liberals have a problem with women? No way. Merit should trump political correctness ever time. Where is the acknowledgment and congratulations from the lefty women like Tanya P, Penny Wong and SHY? Their silence is deafening!”
Edgar, in response to ‘NSW state election: Liberal Party optimism for federal poll is built on illusion’.
China’s great wall of silence
China deliberately concealed information about the coronavirus, and now it is fighting an inquiry. So what is Beijing hiding?
Your noon Briefing
Your 2-minute digest of the day’s top stories.