Morning Mail: apology for Oscars mistake, Turnbull seen as arrogant, Trump plans enormous defence spending, Q&A recap

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Guardian Australia's Morning Mail Tuesday 27 February 2017 g Oscars and THAT award mix-up Good morning, and welcome to the Morning Mail. Among the stories leading our website this morning, all the coverage from the Oscars, including most spectacular blunder in the history of the starry ceremony – when the award for best film was mistakenly presented to La La Land instead of the actual winner, Moonlight. The producer of La La Land was in the middle of giving his thank you speech as the mistake was realised.  PricewaterhouseCoopers, the accountancy firm that has overseen the counting of the Oscars ballots for 83 years, has apologised and promised to investigate the error after Warren Beatty ended up with the wrong envelope. How did it even happen? We piece together the sequence of events that led to the chaotic scenes. Here's the full list of Oscar winners, and you can find even more stories on our Oscars tag page. Keep reading for the rest of the top stories this morning, with more news from around Australia and the world.

Headlines More voters see Malcolm Turnbull as out of touch and arrogant, Essential poll shows But prime minister scores well on intelligence and work ethic as latest survey puts Labor ahead of Coalition 53% to 47% Donald Trump's first budget: big hike for defense spending as most agencies cut White House officials say Trump will uphold campaign promise to build up military, at the expense of foreign aid and environmental programmes Q&A recap: penalty rates decision and Tony Abbott 'hypocrisy' prompt debate Labor MP defends Bill Shorten previously claiming he would back decision of Fair Work, while Abbott's commitment to 'no undermining or sniping' queried Man sent as child from UK to Australia tells abuse inquiry: name the villains Chair Alexis Jay asked to name and shame perpetrators of abuse of British children shipped abroad from 1947 to the 1970s High energy bills here to stay but jobs heading overseas, industry group warns Ai Group report warns steep price rises will become 'the new normal' based on declining coal-fired generation and gas production shortages Australian news and politics Cory Bernardi invites Tony Abbott to join Australian Conservatives Former Liberal senator tells Andrew Bolt that the former prime minister's ideas 'are absolutely spot on' Liberal senator appears to describe asylum seekers as 'fleas' in Senate estimates David Fawcett says he was being metaphorical and description was 'not intended to apply' to refugees CEFC approached about coal-fired power station but says plant not 'financeable' Clean Energy Finance Corporation says project would need to be indemnified against future risk of carbon price being introduced Labor targets Malcolm Turnbull over cut to penalty rates – as it happened Malcolm Turnbull shows frustration after Tony Abbott manifesto and latest poll shows government trails Labor 45-55%, which could spook the government backbench as parliament resumes Universities 'actively covering up' sexual assault and harassment, report says End Rape on Campus Australia report says unis fail to support victims and delegate responsibility to untrained staff Centrelink recipient's data released by department to counter public criticism Andie Fox wrote article about difficulties dealing with welfare agency after she received calls from a debt collector Bipartisan report may put 18C hate speech changes back in Turnbull's court Exclusive: Joint committee on human rights moves towards bipartisan report with plenty of options for changing Racial Discrimination Act Around the world Article 50 day won't be cut-off date for EU migrants, No 10 suggests Downing Street indicates deadline for EU nationals to register right to live in Britain will be part of Brexit negotiations US drone strike in Syria kills top al-Qaida leader, jihadis say Abu al-Khayr al-Masri, a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden, was implicated in deadly 1998 African embassy bombings Rumbling Balkans threaten foreign policy headache for Trump In Kosovo, Serbia, Bosnia and Macedonia, signs of ethnic tension are on the rise again Texas county pulls out of program for local police to act as immigration agents Activists celebrate a victory in resisting Trump's crackdown on undocumented immigrants but Republicans are weighing other methods to force compliance Paris mayor hits back at Trump over 'unfriendly' comments about capital Anne Hidalgo tweets picture of Mickey and Minnie Mouse at Eiffel Tower after US president said friend refused to visit city

One last thing Justin Trudeau: how did a Canadian PM become a style superhero? He seems like a decent enough guy, but he has been propelled to internet stardom mostly because he doesn't look or act like a Batman villain. Have an excellent day and if you spot something I've missed, let me know on Twitter at @earleyedition.

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