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Hello readers. Here is your noon digest of today’s top stories.

27/05/2018: CFMEU State Secretary John Setka speaks at the Victorian ALP Conference at Moonee Valley race course in Melbourne. Stuart McEvoy for The Australian.

Setka’s Hitler slur

Industrial Relations Minister Kelly O’Dwyer has angrily rebuked Victorian CFMEU official John Setka for a “vile slur” which she says likens the federal government to Nazi Germany. Mr Setka posted the Martin Luther King Jr quote “never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal” alongside a picture of a major union rally to social media.

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Kerryn Phelps outside her Potts Point unit with her dog.picture John Grainger

Back to basics

When interpreting the result, be clear that Wentworth has very little in common with the rest of Australia, writes Judith Sloan. The residents are mostly high-income, educated and wealthy. Most Australians have much more prosaic concerns: how to pay the mortgage or rent, how to cover the weekly bills, can I get to work on time, who’s going to pick up the kids, how are the ageing parents getting on, and so on.

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21 OCTOBER 2018 SYDNEY AUSTRALIAWWW.MATRIXPICTURES.COM.AUNON EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Day Seven of the royal tour for HRH The Duke and Duchess Of Sussex. Harry and Meghan visit Fraser Island. Note: All images subject to the following: For editorial / news reporting use only. Additional clearance required for commercial, wireless, internet or promotional use.Images may not be altered or modified. Matrix Media Group makes no representations or warranties regarding names, trademarks or logos appearing in the images.

Meghan shines

The Queensland sun came out and so did Meghan, capping a day on Fraser Island that was as close to perfect as you could wish for. If Prince Harry was in any doubt about who the star of this royal tour is, all he need do was to look and listen, writes Jamie Walker.

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison before delivering the National Apology to survivors of child sexual abuse in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, October 22, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

The long read: War on all fronts

Scott Morrison faces a herculean task over the next seven months, if indeed he gets that long before the next general election, writes Peter Van Onselen. The PM needs to find a way to hold the Liberal Party factions together, appease tensions with reactionary commentators out to damage the government and prevent panic setting in among marginal-seat colleagues in the Coalition.

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Comment of the day

“The prophets of doom are out and running. I recall the hysteria when shops introduced bar codes on groceries and did away with price tags. These changes improve our standard of living. Of course there will be foul ups along the way but that is always the case with new systems. Roll it out!”

Ross, in response to ‘Big Brother wants your data’.