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Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here , and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletter Morning everyone. Our exclusive top story reveals how Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce claimed expenses to attend fundraising and donor events on board a luxury cruise ship, hosted by the mining billionaire Gina Rinehart. With a noisy backlash under way against Labor’s tax changes, we follow the money to see who is behind the campaign against the reforms. Rugby league | New South Wales have secured the first whitewash in Women’s State of Origin since the series shifted to three matches in 2024, after grinding out a 12-4 victory over Queensland in game three. Exclusive | Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce billed taxpayers more than $3,000 to attend fundraising and donor events on board the luxury cruise ship The World, hosted by the mining billionaire Gina Rinehart. Taxing question | Ninety per cent of young Australians will be better off under the Albanese government’s tax proposals, the Treasury claims , as Labor moves to pass its changes into law. Ban’s ‘lessons’ | The UK’s online safety minister says he has spent a week in Australia learning the “practical lessons” of the country’s under-16s social media ban amid concern that many teenagers are bypassing the law. Abbott switch | Tony Abbott will step down from his role advising the rightwing advocacy group Advance as the conservative prepares for his high-profile role as the Liberal party’s new federal president. Continue reading...
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