Your noon Briefing: ‘Nutters’ know more than PJK

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Hello readers. Greg Sheridan rebuts Paul Keating’s ‘almost deranged’ attack on our security chiefs, and Malcolm Turnbull butts into the election campaign again on climate change.

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‘Nutters’ v PJK

Paul Keating’s almost deranged comments about Australia’s security agencies are insulting and profoundly irres­ponsible. This grotesque attack deserves interrogation, writes Greg Sheridan.

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Malcolm Turnbull unloads on the Liberal Party on the BBC's Politics Live

He’s back

Malcolm Turnbull has again intervened in the federal election campaign, decrying the lack of bipartisanship on climate change as he praises the United Kingdom for moving away from fossil fuels. Keep up with the latest from the campaign trail in our live blog, PoliticsNow.

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Pulling wood over our eyes

Australia is ripe to be taken in by Europe and America’s wood-fired carbon fakery, suggests Robert Gottliebsen.

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Artwork for Trump China tweets - masterstroke or all bluff?

Coming up trumps?

We’re about to find out whether trade wars really are easy to win. Donald Trump’s threat to hit a further $US250 billion of imports from China with a new 25 per cent tariff came just days before a Chinese delegation was due to arrive in Washington for three days of talks. battle the Coalition must win.

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The long read: It all ads up to your vote

Vast millions are being spent on political advertising this election campaign in search of that winning edge, writes Nicola Berkovic.