Your noon Briefing: Poll says Libs could lose O’Dwyer

Your 2-minute midday digest of the day’s top stories and must-reads.

Hello readers. Here is your 2-minute digest of the day’s top stories so far, and a long read for lunchtime.

Minister for Jobs and Industrial Relations, Minister for Women Kelly O'Dwyer during Question Time in the House of Representatives Chamber, at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Threat to O’Dwyer

Kelly O’Dwyer would lose her seat at the next federal election, a shock new poll suggests. Keep up with all the latest from parliament in our live blog, PoliticsNow.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 10: David Warner of Randwick-Petersham and Steve Smith of Sutherland embrace at the end of the Sydney Grade Cricket One Day match between Randwick-Petersham and Sutherland at Coogee Oval on November 10, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)

Cricket ‘healing’

An extraordinarily honest Justin Langer opens up about relations between Steve Smith and David Warner, amid reports of a rift. Peter Lalor has the story.

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Chris Bowen speaking to the media at Parliament House in Canberra.

Fairness fail

Chris Bown has defended his franking credits plan but Robert Gottliebsen writes that it’s still a tax on battlers by any other name.

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ICAC inquirer graphic for web

The long read: Trials of a national ICAC

The powers and make-up of a national integrity commission are proving divisive in political and legal circles, writes Chris Merritt.