Your noon Briefing

Welcome to your noon digest of what’s been making news and what to watch for.

Hello readers. Here is your noon round-up of today’s top stories so far and a long read for lunchtime.

Minister for Jobs Michaelia Cash at Senate Estimates at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, May 29, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

‘Sack Cash’

Opposition employment spokesman Brendan O’Connor has called on Malcolm Turnbull to consider sacking Job Minister Michaelia Cash, after she was subpoenaed to appear before court to give evidence on her office’s involvement in the leaking of a federal police raid of the Australian Workers Union headquarters. Keep up with all the latest from parliament as it happens in our live blog, PoliticsNow.

“This is about whether in fact a genuine investigation by the Australian Federal Police, will be compromised because of the leaking of information by a minister’s office.”

Brendan O’Connor

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Labor Senator Kristina Keneally speaks during Senate Estimates at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, May 29, 2018. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

ALP leak

A damaging internal leak against Kristina Keneally has sparked division inside the opposition as Labor sources say former NSW premier Bob Carr suggested she ask questions about a journalist who advises the government on China’s influence in Australia.

“Good to see this nasty effort to besmirch @jgarnaut outed.”

Richard McGregor, Lowy Institute senior fellow

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Labor member for Melbourne Ports Michael Danby at the memorial service for former Labor minister Barry Cohen at Old Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, February 5, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

5G warning

Labor MP Michael Danby has warned against the sale of the 5G network to Huawei and ZTE, warning they are controlled by China’s Communist Party.

“Both these telcos are subject to government or communist party dictates. Both Huawei and ZTE must report to a communist party cell at the top of their organisations.”

Michael Danby

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Zaharie Ahmad Shah, a 53-year-old Malaysian, has been named as the pilot of the Malaysian Airlines plane that went missing on Saturday.

The long read: Pilot’s U-turn to oblivion

Zaharie Ahmad Shah loved flying, reports Ean Higgins. He came from a large family that was not particularly privileged; he considered himself very lucky when as a young man he was one of the few to get a ­traineeship as a pilot with Malaysia Airlines. So what marked his fateful U-turn and the disappearance of MH370?

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Comment of the day

“So, when does Peter ‘Gorilla’ Fitzsimmons get the bullet?”

Colin, in response to ‘Network Ten cancels Roseanne Barr’s hit show after racist tweets’.