Your noon Briefing: Two doctors do not equal God: Joyce

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Hello readers. Barnaby Joyce has weighed in to the abortion debate again, and why the wheels fell off #MeToo.

Barnaby Joyce member for new England, and Luke Hartsuyker member for Cowper visit OZ berries in woolgoolga.Photo Trevor Veale / Coffs Coast Advocate

Two doctors do not equal God: Joyce

Barnaby Joyce enters the abortion debate again, disputing Health Minister Brad Hazzard’s claim laws decriminalising the practice are consistent with current practice.

Victoria waste crisis deepens

Another Melbourne recycling company has been banned from accepting waste as the nation’s recycling crisis worsens.

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Where #MeToo went awry

Men as beasts of prey, women as victims — it was a simple formula bound to fail. Never before has a single movement done so much damage to women in the name of feminism.

Darwin Port attracts a growing number of cruise ships every year. Picture: Keri Megelus

‘End China’s port ownership’

Labor MP Nick Champion says the ‘important’ Port Darwin should be taken off a Chinese company and nationalised.

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A general view shows the viewing platform of the Tate Modern gallery in London on August 4, 2019 after it was put on lock down and evacuated after an incident involving a child falling from height and being airlifted to hospital. - London's Tate Modern gallery was evacuated on August 4 after a child fell "from a height" and was airlifted to hospital. A teenager was arrested over the incident, police said, without giving any details of the child's condition. (Photo by Daniel SORABJI / AFP)

Teen threw child off roof

Police believe a teenager grabbed a six-year-old boy and threw him off the 10-storey Tate Modern.

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A handout image made available on the official website of Russia's opposition leader Alexei Navalny (Navalny.com) on July 29, 2019, shows Russia's jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny sitting on a hospital bed in Moscow. - Russia's jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, a 43-year-old lawyer, said on July 29, 2019, he might have been "poisoned" in his prison cell amid a crackdown on anti-Kremlin protesters. Navalny, who has been in jail since last week for calling an unauthorised rally, released a picture of himself in hospital with his face puffy, especially around the eyes. (Photo by Handout / navalny.com / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO /Navalny.com" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

The long read: Message in a poison bottle

The alleged poisoning of political activist Alexei Navalny is the latest in a long line of attacks that benefit the Kremlin. Matthew Campbell reports.