Your noon Briefing: Turnbull urges PM to revive NEG

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Hello readers. Malcolm Turnbull has dipped his oar in again, urging the PM to revive the NEG, and cricket star Usman Khawaja’s brother has been arrested on terrorism charges.

Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull listens to New South Wales Energy Minister Don Harwin speak prior to delivering an address at the NSW Smart Energy Summit in Sydney, Tuesday, December 4, 2018. (AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts) NO ARCHIVING

Revive NEG: Turnbull

Malcolm Turnbull has urged Scott Morrison to revive the “dead” national energy guarantee, warning that dropping the policy would lead to higher electricity prices and higher emissions. The former prime minister has made another intervention in the federal political agenda, accusing the Prime Minister of “abandoning” a policy that had the “overwhelming” support of Coalition MPs.

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Images from Arsalan Khawaja facebook page. Image posted 23rd of January 2018Usman Khawaja's brother Arsalan has been implicated in the Mohamed Kamer Nilar Nizamdeen Terror case.Arsalan and Usmanhttps://www.facebook.com/khawaja.arsalan.14?__tn__=%2Cd*F*F-R&eid=ARA78ylkMFXsLDbFOUhyvvSkDCm39vE3Xu4kD3tgWIBzDDFlIqoYyLScyoE6QB6slJIuwEX2FBMNR9I6&tn-str=*F

Khawaja brother arrested

The brother of star Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja has been arrested by counter-terrorism detectives over a note that allegedly listed potential terror targets, including Australian politicians and famous landmarks. Arsalan Khawaja, 39, was this morning arrested at Parramatta over the document, which was found at UNSW and saw another man face serious terror charges that were later dropped.

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Lyon forward Ada Hegerberg after being asked to twerk at the Ballon d'Or awards. Picture: Supplied

Twerkgate

Viewers and attendees were left stunned as the first female Ballon d’Or winner was asked to twerk moments after claiming the historic award. Luka Modric won the men’s award for the first time, ending the 10-year dominance of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, but the biggest shock of the night didn’t come from a controversial winner. DJ Martin Solveig, who hosted the awards ceremony, asked Norway’s Ada Hegerberg to twerk on stage, the Lyon forward promptly shutting him down before leaving the podium.

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Sir David Attenborough hosts the TV series Blue Planet II. Supplied by Channel 9.

Extinction ‘on horizon’

Famed naturalist and documentary maker Sir David Attenborough has said the world is facing a man-made disaster of global scale. Addressing world leaders at the UN climate conference in Katowice, Poland, Sir David said without action the collapse of our civilisations and the extinction of much of the natural world was on the horizon.

“Climate change is running faster than we are and we must catch up sooner rather than later before it is too late.”

Sir David Attenborough

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Comment of the day

“In Brisbane on Sunday when temperatures were 30 degrees +, the power went out from 3pm till 10:30pm due to usage overload.

“I had power all night thanks to battery/solar that I paid for without subsidy, and the total fixed cost over 5 years is still cheaper than what my power bill used to be.

“Environmental damage aside, the economics are already there for this set-up noted by my ever increasing credit on my power bill and it doesn’t take much more than common sense to realise that using a lifetime supply of free sun is better every day of the week for us all.”

Sam, in response to ‘Catch up with climate change or it will end us’.