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Hello readers. Fears swimmer Shayna Jack was a victim of a doping ‘facilitator’, and the vehicles finding favour with Australian drivers.

Shayna Jack and inset, Ligandrol

Why ASADA kept quiet on Jack test

Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority withheld information about swimmer Shayna Jack’s blood tests — which turned up a positive result for a prohibited drug — to protect the integrity of its investigation including whether a third party “facilitator” had preyed on the rising star.

Meanwhile, Will Swanton writes — even before Shayna Jack turned the whole thing into the biggest mess since sandpapergate, if Mack Horton had won, would he still have refused to be on the podium with Sun?

Energy Minister Angus Taylor in Question Time in the House of Representatives Chamber, at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Senate blocks Taylor probe

The senate has blocked an inquiry into Energy Minister Angus Taylor’s business interests, as Labor continued to attack him in question time today.

*** COURIER MAIL SPECIAL - Barnaby Joyce in his office at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

The reality behind Joyce’s pay

Barnaby Joyce says he struggles on $211,250, but he takes home more money than that.

22 year old Bree Bleasdale from Sippy Downs with her new Toyota Hilux at Ken Mills Maroochydore. Photo Lachie Millard

Brakes tapped on car regos

As some old friends fall behind, new figures show which vehicles are finding favour with Australian drivers.

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ACCC’s struggle to rein in Big Tech

The competition regulator’s mammoth investigation into Google and Facebook has produced a comprehensive, world-class dissection of the tech giants’ economic power. But it took a leaf out of the inquiry handbook in recommending new or strengthened “codes”, sidestepping decisive recommendations that would have altered the legal and economic landscape, writes Adam Creighton.