Your noon Briefing: PM slaps down Joyce coal demand

Good afternoon, readers. Here’s your digest of what’s making news this Monday.

Good afternoon, readers. Here’s your digest of what’s making news this Monday.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is seen during a visit to St. Mary's train station in Sydney, Monday, March 11, 2019. NSW voters will go to the polls on March 23 for the state election. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING

PM slaps down Joyce coal demand

Scott Morrison has hit out at Barnaby Joyce’s call for a government-subsidised coal-fired power station in central Queensland, declaring Michael McCormack would not be rolled as Nationals leader. Mr Joyce, meanwhile, says he would have no guilt about running against Mr McCormack because he was the elected deputy PM.

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The Lion Air plane was the same Boeing 737 MAX-8.

Boeing safety back in spotlight

Suggestions that ET flight 302 “porpoised” before it crashed raises more questions about the safety of the Boeing 737 Max 8 plane.

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05/03/2019: Julian Burnside, with Leader of the Australian Greens Dr Richard Di Natale, announces himself as the new Greens candidate for Kooyong to run against Josh Frydenberg. Stuart McEvoy/The Australian.

Burnside’s obsession with Israel

The Greens’ newest candidate Julian Burnside might struggle to make headway carrying this lot’s baggage, writes Nick Cater.

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Shamima Begum stripped of UK citizenship. Supplied

Rescue plan for ISIS bride kids

British officials are working out how to rescue British children born to foreign fighters, the foreign secretary said, as it emerged that two more jihadist brides had been stripped of their citizenship.