Your afternoon Briefing

Good afternoon, readers. Here's what made news this Monday.

Good afternoon, readers. Here’s what made news this Monday.

Senator Derryn Hinch in the Senate Chamber at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Hinch in pedophile push over tax

Senator Derryn Hinch is demanding changes to a taxpayer-funded scheme that has paid $500,000 in legal costs for accused pedophile and child killer Peter Scully, who is on trial in the Philippines.

It’s understood Senator Hinch wants an immediate overhaul of the Serious Overseas Criminal Matters Scheme as a condition of his support for the government’s corporate tax cuts.

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Dutton faces au pair question

In Question Time, Peter Dutton has faced questions over his intervention to grant a visa to an au pair, after using his ministerial powers to intervene in her case.

Follow our live coverage here.

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Childcare workers to walk off work

Thousands of childcare workers will embark on national industrial action tomorrow with their union warning the “biggest early education walk off in Australian history” will cause rolling closures of centres.

United Voice said 6500 workers would take industrial action in protest at “government inaction on equal pay”.

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(FILES) In this file picture taken on February 20, 2016, Steve Smith (L) captain of Australia and teammate David Warner (R) wait to start the days play during day one of the second cricket Test match between New Zealand and Australia at the Hagley Park in Christchurch. Steve Smith and David Warner will stand down as captain and vice-captain for rest of Australia's third Test match against South Africa, Cricket Australia said on March 25 as it investigates a ball-tampering scandal. / AFP PHOTO / Marty MELVILLE

Star players could lose sponsors

Damage to the reputations of stood-down Australian cricket captain Steve Smith and vice-­captain David Warner is likely to outlast the taint to the sport’s standing in Australia, brand and crisis management experts say, in the wake of the ball tampering affair.

Cricket Australia is coming under pressure from some of its key sponsors, including Qantas, the Commonwealth Bank and fund manager Magellan.

Qantas, whose brand is highly visible on the players’ shirts, described the scandal as “deeply disappointing”.

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The business class cabin is all comfort.

I survived Qantas’s 17-hour trip to London

We sent Aviation Editor Annabel Hepworth on the inaugural flight of the longest haul in the Qantas network: a 14,498km flight from Perth to London’s Heathrow.

Did the science aimed at helping passengers avoid the full brunt of jet lag actually work?

“The much-hyped passenger-comfort features of the Dreamliner help on this journey. The higher cabin humidity that means my night-and-day contact lenses, which I left on during the flight, don’t feel dry on my eyes. Boeing have cut the cabin altitude equivalent to 6,000 feet on the Dreamliner, compared to some 8,000 feet on other jetliners, which also helps,” writes Annabel.