Your noon Briefing: Taylor backs SA wind farm court action

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Hello readers. Angus Taylor says wind farms must be able to perform in severe weather, and Annastacia Palaszczuk tells Peter Beattie to butt out.

Australian Energy Minister Angus Taylor reacts during House of Representatives Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, July 30, 2019. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Taylor backs wind farm court action

Backing AER action against four wind farms, Angus Taylor says wind farms must be backed up and perform in severe weather.

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ASX gains despite CBA drag

The local market rebound is emerging after an early dip, with all sectors bar energy gaining ground. Follow the latest in our live blog, Trading Day.

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Cowra Meat Processors. Pacific workers scheme where workers from the Islands can gain a visa to work for the years. Peter Brown and Harry Ielome From Samoa Photo Renee Nowytarger / The Australian

Abattoir replaces job snobs

Some mornings Peter Brown is so desperate for workers for his NSW abattoir he’ll drive around town at 6am looking for casual employees. Ean Higgins reports.

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Two former Queensland premiers are at loggerheads.

Palaszczuk tells Beattie: butt out

Annastacia Palaszczuk says Peter Beattie should focus on football, rather than ALP integrity issues.

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FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 5, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks about the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, in Washington. Scientific studies have found no link between video games and violent behavior. An online manifesto thought to be authored by the gunman in El Paso briefly mentioned the combat game “Call of Duty.” Then Trump weighed in, charging Monday that “gruesome and grisly video games” contribute to a “glorification of violence.” (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Pigs fly as Trump plays chicken

There’s a sleeper issue at the heart of the US-China trade war — China’s 440 million pigs, writes Robert Gottliebsen.

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Roberta Williams has been arrested by police.

Roberta Williams arrested after raids

The widow of slain drug kingpin Carl Williams has been arrested as police raid five Melbourne properties.