Your noon Briefing: Shorten vows to outdo PM on wages

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Hello readers. Bill Shorten will scrap the PM’s minimum wage submission to the FWC and Tony Abbott under attack like never before.

NEWS2019ELECTION 14/5/2019. DAY 34Opposition Leader Bill Shorten at the University of Tasmania, Rural Clinical School in Burnie, Tasmania. Picture Kym Smith

Any wage you can do ...

Bill Shorten will immediately withdraw the PM’s current submission to the Fair Work Commission on the minimum wage if he wins office. Keep up with the latest from the campaign trail in our live blog, PoliticsNow.

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Attacking Abbott

The intense, sustained attack on Tony Abbott in Warringah is probably unprecedented and has done serious damage to his re-election prospects, writes Maurice Newman.

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Still from a Labor Party campaign attacking the track record of Peter Dutton. Picture: Supplied

‘Drive stake through Dutton’s dark heart’

Paul Keating unleashes on “mean-spirited” Peter Dutton, sending a message to Dickson voters.

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This image released by HBO shows Emilia Clarke in a scene from "Game of Thrones," that aired Sunday, May 12, 2019. Daenerys has reduced King's Landing to ashes in a dramatic, heart-stopping episode of Game of Thrones, but don't count the city out. Despite the horrifying death and destruction, the city is likely to rebound, over time, and will probably reclaim its glory as the wealthy capital of Westeros. (HBO via AP)

Daenerys’ dilemma

Fans have invested years in the young Targaryen’s tale … and this is what they get? Justin Burke on Game of Thrones’ penultimate episode. Warning: Spoilers ahead.

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Suburban roof tops

The long read: Door open for housing hit

Negative gearing and capital gains tax changes are leaving home values vulnerable, according to Adam Creighton.

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Comment of the day

“As a 76-year-old self-funded retiree the ALP/Greens will crush me.The most irritating thing is that my life expectancy will not let me live to at least have the last laugh.”

Frank, in response to ‘Careful what you wish for, Abbott haters’.