Your afternoon Briefing
Good afternoon, readers. Companies have written to senators saying they will create jobs if corporate tax cuts are passed and why Facebook should scare you.
Good afternoon, readers. Companies have written to senators saying they will create jobs if corporate tax cuts are passed and why Facebook should scare you.
‘Pass tax cuts and we’ll create jobs’
Ten of the nation’s biggest companies have committed to investing more in Australia if Malcolm Turnbull’s corporate tax cuts pass the Senate.
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Unions declare war on ‘stacked’ workplace
ACTU secretary Sally McManus has vowed to fight the ‘Unfair Work Commission’ and big business on ‘wage theft’.
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‘Sugar daddy’ lured drug mule
A Canadian woman who pleaded guilty to her part in importing $21m of cocaine into Australia tells the court of her “holiday cover story’’.
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Why Facebook should scare you
The story of the Facebook data mining scandal shows how easy it is to steal details of our lives. Chris Griffith explains how you can protect yourself.
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ABC journalist to dictate Pell notes
ABC journalist Louise Milligan has been ordered to read her “unreadable” personal, shorthand notes from alleged victims of George Pell.
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‘Two years ago I was terrified’
The Weekend Australian Magazine editor Christine Middap recommends subscribers read Damon Kitney’s feature on James Packer from October. Mental health was an “obvious subtext” in the article, Middap says.
China’s great wall of silence
China deliberately concealed information about the coronavirus, and now it is fighting an inquiry. So what is Beijing hiding?
Your noon Briefing
Your 2-minute digest of the day’s top stories.