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.

*Fairfax Pool Images* The Royal Commission into the Financial Services Industry. 12 February 2018. The Age News. Photo: Eddie Jim. ( The Commissioner Kenneth Hayne )

‘We don’t ban enough’

The corporate watchdog, ASIC, has acknowledged it doesn’t ban enough dodgy planners from the finance industry. Ben Butler has the latest from the banking royal commission.

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Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten addresses the media in Melbourne, Monday, April 23, 2018. (AAP Image/Alex Murray) NO ARCHIVING

Hung parliament?

With the polls potentially tightening, as they so often do as we get closer to general elections, we shouldn’t discount the possibility of a hung parliament, writes Peter van Onselen. Much of the focus has been on the wafer-thin majority Malcolm Turnbull enjoys. However, the other side of the coin to consider is Labor.

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26/02/218. QBE Boss Pat Regan at their Sydney headquarters after announcing full year results. Britta Campion / The Australian

‘Cut my bonus’

QBE chief executive Pat Regan has offered to take a $421,000 cut in his 2018 bonus after the insurer posted a big loss, and following complaints by some shareholders. QBE said Mr Regan volunteered the 25 per cent cut in the number of conditional rights proposed to be granted to him under the company’s executive remuneration plan for 2017.

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Kim Jong-un meets South Korean President Moon Jae-in. Picture: Twitter.

Peace summit

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un wrote an optimistic message in a guestbook at the Peace House in the DMZ, where his historic summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in is taking place.

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This booking photo obtained April 26, 2018 courtesy of the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office shows suspect Joseph James DeAngelo. California authorities, after a 40-year manhunt, on April 25, 2018 announced the arrest of a 72-year-old former police officer on suspicion of being the notorious "Golden State Killer," a serial rapist and murderer who terrorized the state in the 1970s and 1980s. Joseph James DeAngelo, of Citrus Heights, California, was arrested without incident on April 24, 2018, officials said at a press conference in the state capital Sacramento.Also known as the "East Area Rapist" and the "Original Nightstalker," the Golden State Killer has been linked to at least 12 murders, 51 rapes and 120 home burglaries in California between 1976 and 1986. / AFP PHOTO / Sacramento County Sheriff's Office / Handout / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO /SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE/HANDOUT" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

The long read: Hiding in plain sight

Prosecutors reveal Golden State killer Joseph James DeAngelo was found using genealogical websites to find a DNA match. David Murray delves into the science that finally solved the enduring mystery of a terrifying Golden State crime spree dating back to the 1970s.

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Comment of the day

“Chris Bowen’s ineptitude is the Liberals’ strongest weapon. Combined with Bill Shorten’s sheer untrustworthiness (it) gives the Libs a sniff at the next election.”

Niels, in response to “Warning for Labor on investor negative gearing hit”.