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Your afternoon Briefing: ABC attacked over Labor policy analysis

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TWAM-20190511  EMBARGO FOR TWAM 11 MAY 2019NO REUSE WITHOUT PERMISSION FEE APPLIESJohn Anderson on his farm Pic : Paul Matthews
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ABC attacked over Labor policy analysis

Former deputy PM John Anderson has hit out at the public broadcaster, also warning unclear costings will fuel a breakdown of trust in politics. Follow the latest in the lead-in to the election with our live blog, PoliticsNow.

Greens candidate for Barton, Connor Parissis, middle, seen in a 2017 video shouting at Christian students.
Greens candidate for Barton, Connor Parissis, middle, seen in a 2017 video shouting at Christian students.

‘Your beliefs are a joke’

Damning footage of Greens candidate for the south Sydney seat of Barton has emerged, showing the “left wing” and “mental health” activist trying to shout down Christians giving out free food at Sydney University.

An engineer talks to Labor leader Bill Shorten about high income tax relief.  NEWS2019ELECTION 23/4/2019. DAY 13Opposition Leader Bill Shorten talking to workers at GPC with Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Brendan O’Connor, Shadow Minter for Immigration, Shayne Neumann, Shadow Minister for Trade, Investment, Resources and Northern Australia, Jason Clare and Labor candidate for Flynn, Zac Beers at Gladstone Port in  QLD. Picture Kym Smith
An engineer talks to Labor leader Bill Shorten about high income tax relief. NEWS2019ELECTION 23/4/2019. DAY 13Opposition Leader Bill Shorten talking to workers at GPC with Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Brendan O’Connor, Shadow Minter for Immigration, Shayne Neumann, Shadow Minister for Trade, Investment, Resources and Northern Australia, Jason Clare and Labor candidate for Flynn, Zac Beers at Gladstone Port in QLD. Picture Kym Smith

Probe ordered into port worker

An internal Treasury investigation has been ordered into the move by the Labor government-owned Gladstone Port Corporation to suspend a worker who put Bill Shorten on the spot over his tax plans at a campaign event.

The scene at Campbelltown Station where a man was shot. Picture: 7NEWS
The scene at Campbelltown Station where a man was shot. Picture: 7NEWS

Man shot by police at Sydney train station

A man has been rushed to hospital under police escort after he was shot by police during an operation at Campbelltown station in Sydney’s southwest.

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