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.

Anne Aly in Question Time in the House of Representatives Chamber, at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

‘Show me the documents’

Malcolm Turnbull has demanded Anne Aly show documents proving she is eligible to sit in parliament while Bill Shorten also wants the West Australian MP to make public her evidence she successfully rescinded her Egyptian citizenship before she nominated as Labor’s candidate at the 2016 election. The UK Home Office, meantime, will process Susan Lamb’s application to renounce her British citizenship so she can run for her seat again.

“I’ve spoken to Ms Aly this morning, she advises me she had confirmation from the Egyptian embassy on May 6, 2016. I’ve asked her to reconfirm the advice from the Egyptian embassy and she is doing that. I think she will have to make that public.”

Bill Shorten

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull smiles during a visit to the Traffic Management Centre in Sydney, Friday, May 11, 2018. (AAP Image/Daniel Munoz) NO ARCHIVING

‘Unbelieva-Bill’

Malcolm Turnbull says the Opposition Leader costed his tax cuts “on the back of an envelope” as he attacked the credibility of the opposition’s economic agenda while also declaring it would affect jobs and growth.

“What you saw from the Labor Party was unfunded, uncosted and unbelieva-Bill Shorten, you can’t believe a word he says.”

Malcolm Turnbull

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GOLAN HEIGHTS - MAY 10: (ISRAEL OUT) A silhouette sculpture of an Israeli soldier standing guard is seen next to a signs pointing out distance to different cities on Mount Bental next to the Syrian border on May 10, 2018 in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. Some 20 rockets were fired at Israeli military bases by Iranian forces from southern Syria just after midnight on Thursday, sparking the largest ever direct clash between Jerusalem and Tehran, with Israeli jets targeting numerous Iranian-controlled sites across Syria. On Monday U.S. President Donald Trump pulls out of the Iran deal. (Photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

Israel strikes back

Israel’s blistering counter-attack to Iranian rocket fire at its soldiers on Thursday shows the country is determined to dislodge Tehran’s forces in Syria from its border, despite the risk of a wider Middle East war.

“They will not let them duplicate Hezbollah. They will not let them have an advanced military capability in Syria.”

Amos Yadlin, former head of Israeli military intelligence

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Veteran performer Tom E. Lewis will be swapping songs, and the stories behind them, with young Darwin songwriter Stevie Jean at the 2018 Word Storm Festival in Darwin

Tom E Lewis dies

Indigenous actor Tom E Lewis, who starred in The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith and A Town Like Alice has died aged 59.

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The Royal Australian Navy will acquire nine anti-submarine warfare ships to enter service from the late 2020s, replacing 10 Anzac Class frigates built in the 1990s and early 2000s

The long read: Fight for our frigate

Tension is rising among the three bidders for a $35bn contract, writes Ben Packham.

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Comment of the day

“Is it a criminal offence to sit in parliament when not qualified according to the Constitution, and if not why not?”

Judith, in response to ‘Anne Aly told by Bill Shorten to release citizenship documents’.