Your noon Briefing: No evidence Bourke St killer was mentally ill

Hello readers. PM says Bourke St killer’s alleged mental health issues are an “excuse” and audio reveals Jamal Khashoggi last words.

Hello readers. Here is your noon digest of todays top stories.

A screenshot taken from a supplied video made available to AAP on Friday, November 9, 2018 showing an incident on Bourke Street in Melbourne, Friday, November 9, 2018. (AAP Image/Supplied to AAP) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

I won’t make excuses, he was a terrorist: PM

Scott Morrison says Hassan Kalif Shire Ali’s past drug abuse and alleged mental health issues are an “excuse” and he’ll continue to call out extremist Islam. While Peter Dutton has cited judicial appointments and soft sentencing as factors which have contributed to a spate of public attacks in Victoria.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 15, 2014 Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi attends a press conference in the Bahraini capital Manama. - Khashoggi went from being a Saudi royal family insider to an outspoken critic of the ultra-conservative kingdom's government. The journalist -- who was last seen on October 2 entering his country's consulate in Istanbul -- went into self-imposed exile in the United States in 2017 after falling out with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (Photo by MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH / AFP)

Jamal Khashoggi’s last words

Audio related to the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul’s Saudi consulate has revealed his last, desperate words, a Turkish journalist says.

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, October 25, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Howard revivals don’t help ScoMo

Yes, John Howard came back from worse positions than the Prime Minister finds himself now, writes Peter van Onselen. But he wasn’t trying to put lipstick on a pig.

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House prices relative to income are way above.

World beaters - at home prices

An astonishing chart reveals how our house prices, relative to income, have outstripped the rest of the world, writes Alan Kohler. Why? More importantly, what happens next?

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(FILES) This file photo taken on November 11, 2017 shows US President Donald Trump (L) speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin as they attend the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Danang, Vitenam. Putin discussed the crisis over North Korea's nuclear programme with Trump in a phone call on December 14, 2017, the Kremlin said. The two heads of state discussed "the situation in several crisis zones, with a focus on solving the nuclear issue on the Korean peninsula", it said in a statement. / AFP PHOTO / SPUTNIK / Mikhail KLIMENTYEV

Is Trump duping Putin?

Vladimir Putin think he’s been using the strategically incompetent Trump to advance his ends, writes Nina Khrushcheva. In fact, the US President has dragged him into his reality-TV world.