Good morning, this is Mike Ticher, standing in for Eleanor Ainge Roy, bringing you the main stories and must-reads on Monday 30 October. Top storiesLabor says more than 100 ministerial decisions made by Barnaby Joyce and Fiona Nash since October 2016 could be challenged due to their ineligibility to sit in parliament. Our embrace of “convenience” and our acceptance of our inability to plan ahead is an entirely new way of thinking, writes Richard Denniss. The Age reports that Victoria’s planning minister, Richard Wynne, has overturned a recommendation from Heritage Victoria to preserve a fine example of postwar industrial architecture, the Alphington Boiler House – or “an eyesore” as the minister describes it. Sign upIf you would like to receive the Guardian Australia morning mail to your email inbox every weekday, sign up here.

Source: The Guardian October 29, 2017 19:30 UTC