Your afternoon Briefing: Pratt tops The List — Australia’s Richest 250

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Pratt tops The List

Anthony Pratt named Australia’s richest person, topping the inaugural edition of The List — Australia’s Richest 250 with a fortune of $13.14 billion.

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Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) Secretary Sally McManus is seen during a press conference in Melbourne, Monday, February 5, 2019. The ACTU will address revelations under FOI Act that there was collusion between Scott Morrison and the banks ahead of an announcement of a Royal Commission. (AAP Image/David Crosling) NO ARCHIVING

Unions forced to retreat on Lib attack plan

Australia’s union movement has been forced to back down on its “put the Liberals last” election campaign and retract material from key Victorian seats, after Bill Shorten directed union bosses to turn their attention to punishing One Nation and Queensland senator Fraser Anning.

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Queensland Senator and One Nation leader Pauline Hanson (centre), flanked by party officials James Ashby (left) and Steve Dickson, speaks during a press conference in Brisbane, Thursday, March 28, 2019. Mr Ashby and Mr Dickson were caught in an al-Jazeera investigation which used hidden cameras and a journalist posing as a gun campaigner to expose the far-right party's extraordinary efforts to obtain funding in Washington DC in September. (AAP Image/Dan Peled) NO ARCHIVING

ABC stained by Hanson sting

Mocking Pauline Hanson isn’t difficult, writes Chris Kenny. But the One Nation team was clearly lied to, deceived, set up and entrapped by Al Jazeera.

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A real estate advertising board is seen next to a house in Canberra, Friday, March 1, 2019. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Future proofing negatively geared property

With the ALP announcing the start date for negative gearing changes, it’s time to act.