12.06am BST

Just a three other things to get across quickly.

Paid parental leave



1. The Queensland LNP backbencher George Christensen has said again this morning he opposes Tony Abbott's signature paid parental leave scheme.

Christensen doesn't like the scheme, or Labor's scheme, because he believes parental leave payments discriminate against stay at home mothers. He says he's not sure he can go as far as crossing the floor – but he thinks he'll abstain when the legislation is presented.

That's what I'm thinking.

High Court – chaplains



2. The High Court will later this morning hand down what will be a very interesting judgment in relation to the Abbott government's school chaplaincy program.

The East Jerusalem shambles



3. In addition to managing Iraq, Julie Bishop is continuing to be dogged by the government's spectacular own goal on East Jerusalem.

She's meeting a group of concerned ambassadors today. The West Australian reports this morning that the Arab League has lodged an official protest with Australia over concerns the Abbott Government has become too pro-Israel.

If you've been with me all week you'll know what I'm talking about. If you haven't – the story goes like this. The attorney-general George Brandis announced somewhat abruptly that the government would no longer refer to East Jerusalem as "occupied" territory – it would instead be "disputed" territory, because that was much nicer.

Given this was a somewhat radical departure from rhetoric used by both sides of politics, the shift kicked a hornets nest with representatives from the Arab world.

Bishop has now been trying actively to contain this debacle for 48 hours. She's also walking Brandis back bit by bit. Her formulation now is policy hasn't changed at all – the government still advocates a two state solution. She's saying this morning the Coalition has "never" disputed the occupation in 1967. There has been no change in language.

