Your afternoon Briefing

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

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

The Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Peter Dutton during Question Time in the House of Representatives in Parliament House Canberra.Picture Gary Ramage

’They work with the CFMEU’

Peter Dutton has told Question Time the government has cancelled 181 visas of people who are in bikie gangs.

Dutton says hitting outlaw motorcycle gang will limit drug dealing, and also accused bikie gangs of consorting with the CFMEU.

“They work with the CFMEU because many elements of the CFMEU are also criminal in nature and they are involved in extortion on building sites around the country,” Dutton said.

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Carolyn Flanagan tells the banking royal commission of her history with Westpac.

Westpac tried to evict pensioner

The banking royal commission has heard how Westpac tried to force the sale of a pensioner’s house to recoup funds.

Witness Caroline Flanagan suffers from glaucoma and is legally blind - she cannot read documents unassisted.

She has also had cancer, depression, osteoporosis, diverticulitis, pancreatitis, chronic obstructive airway disease and is recovering from a fractured pelvis.

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NSW policeman Joshua Paroci, inset, who was killed rafting near Queenstown, New Zealand.

NSW cop dies in NZ

An Australian man who died during a rafting trip in New Zealand’s South Island has been named as 31-year-old NSW policeman Joshua Paroci.

The NSW native was one of six Australians on the raft, which overturned on rapids at Skippers Canyon near Queenstown on Saturday.

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Telstra Unlimited ad. Source: Supplied

Telstra outage impacts 000

NSW Police have warned the current Telstra network disruption could prevent people from reaching emergency services.

We’re being told to call triple-0 or the police assistance line 131 444 from a landline phone if we have trouble getting through.

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Princess Eugene gets married later this year.

Spare a thought for Eugenie

As Britain dries its eyes — and let’s be honest, who didn’t have a little weep? — the camera crews pack up their kit and the Windsor clean-up teams move in, spare a thought today for Princess Eugenie who will walk down the aisle in October.

Because, really, how do you follow that?