Your afternoon Briefing: ‘Advocate doctors are calling the shots’

Your two-minute digest of the day’s top stories.

Hello readers, here’s your two-minute digest of the day’s top stories.

Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton speaks to the media during a press conference in Sydney, Thursday, June, 20, 2019. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING

‘Advocate doctors are calling the shots’

Peter Dutton has declared doctors are dictating which asylum-seekers and refugees on Manus Island and Nauru should come to Australia.

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Chis Dawson is seen leaving the Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney, Thursday, June 20, 2019. Dawson, who was extradited from Queensland, is accused of murdering his wife Lynette in 1982. (AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi) NO ARCHIVING

Dawson charged with carnal knowledge

Chris Dawson, who this morning pleaded not guilty to murdering his wife Lyn, has been charged with a sex offence relating to his time working as a teacher on Sydney’s northern beaches.

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Qantas CEO Alan Joyce with Chief Executive of Qantas's loyalty business Olivia Wirth at the SCG on the 20th of June 2019. Qantas has announced changes to their Frequent flyers program. Photographer: Adam Yip

Qantas trumps Chairman’s Lounge

Qantas is giving its most frequent of flyers an exclusive new status to which to aspire — lifetime platinum.

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Hamish McLaren, left, and some of his victims Bec Rosen, Karen Lowe and Tracy Hall. Picture: Supplied/Adam Yip

Conman jailed for ‘reprehensible’ crimes

The crimes of Hamish McLaren were the most “reprehensible” of any financial crimes that can be committed, a judge said as he handed the fraudster who stole more than $7 million a 16-year sentence.

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Belle Gibson arrives at the Federal Court in Melbourne, Thursday, June 20, 2019. Cancer con artist Belle Gibson is facing court over failure to pay a $410,000 penalty. (AAP Image/David Crosling) NO ARCHIVING

Tears of a cancer faker

Cancer con woman Belle Gibson has cried in a Melbourne court as she was quizzed about her role caring for a mystery woman.