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Thursday: two children imprisoned as adult people smugglers ask attorney general to intervene. Plus: would you watch a 24 hour VR epic set in a rainforest?

MORNING BRIEFING: Today, the parliamentary inquiry into the John Barilaro US trade job saga will hear evidence from two new witnesses.

One of the more bizarre things Scott Morrison said in his hour-long, sometimes combative, Wednesday news conference was that he’d had a “wonderful” conversation with Josh Frydenberg on Tuesday.

Former prime minister Scott Morrison is digging in. His refusal to concede fault is one of the standards of ministerial government.

The former Morrison government's planning for Australia's COVID-19 vaccine rollout was not "timely", it underestimated how difficult it would be to protect aged care and disability residents and failed to adequately engage with the states and territories before the rollout began, a damning review has found.

While attempting to explain why he appointed himself to five ministries in secret, the former PM raised more questions than answers

The former PM explained the circumstances in which he appointed himself into five portfolios with contempt and parable

The former prime minister took on the health portfolio in secret in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, before appointing himself to four more ministries over the next year. Why did he do it and who knew?

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Former Senator Rex Patrick said General Hurley was "complicit" in the scandal.

He wants us to believe his portfolio pilfering was perfectly rational – but at the same time he admits colleagues couldn’t be told because they’d be shocked