Your afternoon Briefing

Good afternoon, readers. Derryn Hinch seeks a fresh deal for pensioners in return for his support for tax cuts and 150 whales are stranded on a beach in WA.

Good afternoon, readers. Derryn Hinch seeks a fresh deal for pensioners in return for his support for tax cuts and 150 whales are stranded on a beach in WA.

Justice Party Senator Derryn Hinch in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, March 22, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Hinch seeks fresh deal for pensioners

The Senate crossbencher Derryn Hinch is seeking new concessions in return for his support for the government’s company tax cuts.

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United States President Donald J. Trump, left, shakes hands with with Charlie Kirk, Founder and Executive Director of Turning Point USA, right, after participating in a panel discussion , at the Generation Next Summit at the White House in Washington, DC on Thursday, March 22, 2018. 22 Mar 2018 Pictured: United States President Donald J. Trump. Photo credit: RS/CNP/MPI/Capital Pictures / MEGA TheMegaAgency.com [phone]

Tariff exemption has May 1 deadline

US to slap quotas on Australian steel, aluminium, and the tariff exemption granted Malcolm Turnbull is for now only temporary.

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More than 150 short-finned pilot whales have stranded en masse at Hamelin Bay, 10km north of Augusta early this morning.Around 75 whales have died after beaching themselves. Parks and Wildlife Service staff are onsite and veterinary assistance has been organised to assess the health and wellbeing of the remaining live whales - 50 of which are on the beach and 25 which are in the shallows. Support and equipment is being rushed to the scene to assist the rescue attempt to return the surviving whales to deeper water. Credit: Parks and Wildlife Service.

Shark warning as whales strand

About 75 whales have died after beaching themselves in southern Western Australia, while another 50 are still alive.

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Louise MilliganLouise Milligan is an investigative reporter for the ABC TV 7.30 program, based in Melbourne. Supplied

‘No consent’ on Pell story

ABC journalist and author Louise Milligan published despite the mother of one of the Cardinal’s alleged victims withdrawing her consent, court hears.

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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews faces the media in reaction to Labor Rorts Report. Special Minister of State Gavin Jennings and Attorney-General Martin Pakula by his side. Picture: Alex Coppel.

Apologies are in a sorry state

In light of the Facebook data and Labor rorting scandals, Jack the Insider writes a guide to the ‘non-apology apology’ and other crisis management techniques.