Your afternoon Briefing: PM unveils small business pitch

Good afternoon, readers. Scott Morrison vows to give small business more tax incentives and unions win on election campaign spending.

Good afternoon, readers. Scott Morrison reveals his small business pitch and the unions have had a big win on election spending.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison during a press conference at Nowra Golf & Recreation Club. Furious Liberals have accused Prime Minister Scott Morrison of betraying party members after he orchestrated a backroom deal to install former Labor Party boss Warren Mundine as the Liberal candidate in the key seat of Gilmore. Picture: Jonathan Ng

PM’s $750m pitch to small business

More than three million businesses could be eligible for an expanded tax incentive, which Scott Morrison says will fuel investment.

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Secretary of Unions NSW Mark Morey at a Darlinghurst rally aimed at abolishing the work for the dole scheme.

Union win on election spending

The unions have had a big win over attempts to ban third parties from spending more than $500,000 on election campaigns.

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A woman uses her smartphone while walking past advertising outside a Huawei store in Beijing on January 29, 2019. - Asian markets fell on January 29 as the charging of Chinese giant Huawei in the US cast a shadow over upcoming trade talks, while investors were also tracking a Wall Street sell-off fuelled by concerns corporate profits. (Photo by WANG ZHAO / AFP)

Huawei rejects US charges

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has rejected US charges including fraud and conspiring to obstruct justice.

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Less on his plate, Hayne tucks in

His work done, the man of the moment and one half of Melbourne’s top legal couple noodles away a few hours.

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Snow covers the grounds of Covington Catholic High School in Park Hills, Ky., Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. The school has received national attention in the wake of videos showing students from the school mocking Native Americans outside the Lincoln Memorial after a rally in Washington. (AP Photo/Lisa Cornwell)

Reporter trolls Christian schools

A writer got more than he bargained for when he sought out an expose, receiving an outpouring of support for the schools.