Your afternoon Briefing: Lion Air evidence finally found

Good afternoon, readers. Key piece of evidence from Lion Air crash finally found and Alex Hawke says GetUp donations are ‘deeply concerning’.

Good afternoon, readers. A key piece of evidence from a Lion Air crash has finally been recovered and Liberal MP Alex Hawke says GetUp’s foreign donations are ‘deeply concerning’.

Parts of an engine of the ill-fated Lion Air flight JT 610 are recovered from the sea during search operations in the Java Sea, north of Karawang on November 3, 2018. - An Indonesian diver died while recovering body parts from the ill-fated Lion Air plane which crashed into the sea killing 189 people, an official said on November 3. (Photo by AZWAR IPANK / AFP)

Key find from doomed flight

The cockpit voice recorder from a Lion Air crash that killed 189 people has finally been found, along with human remains.

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A logo for the GetUp! group

Foreign donation for GetUp ‘concerning’

Liberal MP Alex Hawke suggests the left-wing activist network GetUp ignored tough new laws just days before they were introduced.

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Workers on The Jewel site this afternoon. CFMEU flag still flying at this stage. Picture Glenn Hampson

Union strike puts heat on PM

Unions look to increase pressure on the government in the lead-up to the federal election, as they chase a controversial pay rise.

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Four friends drinking soda in a bar with colorful straws

Drinks giant joins war on straws

The nation’s biggest maker and distributor of soft drinks has declared it will no longer distribute plastic drinking straws.

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Man wearing cowboy hat carrying snowshoes over shoulder walks through snowy woods and forest while hiking and camping

Now masculinity ‘harms men’

The world’s largest professional body for psychiatrists is accused of launching a war against men after it denounced traditional masculinity.