Your afternoon Briefing

Good afternoon, readers. Border force boss Roman Quaedvlieg loses $620,000-a-year job and how the “next Steve Jobs” went from billionaire to bust.

Good afternoon, readers. Border force boss Roman Quaedvlieg loses $620,000-a-year job and how the “next Steve Jobs” went from billionaire to bust.

Roman Quaedvlieg, Commissioner of Australian Border Focre during a Senate estimates hearing at Parliament House in Canberra.

Border force boss axed over misconduct

Roman Quaedvlieg has been sacked over allegations he abused his power by helping his partner get work at Sydney Airport.

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A still from Nick Xenophon's latest camapign ad.

Xenophon’s new corny ad, but no costings

Nick Xenophon refuses to publish a comprehensive costings document but SA-Best releases its final cheesy campaign ad.

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The leader of the federal opposition Bill Shorten (right) and Labor's candidate for Batman, Ged Kearney, visit the East Reservoir Health Centre in Melbourne, Thursday, March 15, 2018. A by-election for the Australian House of Representatives electoral seat of Batman will be held on March 17.(AAP Image/Julian Smith) NO ARCHIVING

Labor tax hit ‘becoming a circus’

Scott Morrison says Labor policy is “incompetent’’ as Batman candidate Ged Kearney stands by the plan despite voter backlash.

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A supplied undated image obtained Thursday, March 15, 2018 of murdered eight-year-old boy Brodie Moran (left) and his father Lee Moran. (AAP Image/Supplied by Victoria Police) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Father tells of ‘biggest regret’

The father of an eight-year-old boy allegedly murdered by his mother reveals the torment at being unable to prevent his death.

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FILE - MARCH 14, 2018: Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes, who has been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with "massive fraud" involving more than $700 million, will give up control of the company and much of her stake in it in an agreement to resolve the claims, according to published reports. PHILADELPHIA, PA - OCTOBER 05: Elizabeth Holmes, Founder & CEO of Theranos speaks at Forbes Under 30 Summit at Pennsylvania Convention Center on October 5, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Lisa Lake/Getty Images)

From billionaire to bust

Elizabeth Holmes, billed the “next Steve Jobs”, claimed she would revolutionise blood testing. But it was a huge fraud.