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Pauline Hanson is seen speaking to a journalist after donating a marquee to the local Young Veterans organisation in Caboolture, Brisbane, Friday, May 18, 2018. (AAP Image/Glenn Hunt) NO ARCHIVING

Hanson sinks tax plan

Pauline Hanson has dealt what appears to be a fatal blow to the government’s company tax cuts by withdrawing support for the package and producing a list of near impossible demands, declaring that Malcolm Turnbull has failed to sell the reform’s benefits. Keep up with all the latest developments as they happen from parliament in our live blog, PoliticsNow.

“The people in general don’t want it. It has not been well ­received. The government has not been able to sell the package to the people and they haven’t cut through.”

Pauline Hanson

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Meghan Markle and Prince harry

Official snaps

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have thanked well-wishers as they release official photographs of their big day. However, author, academic and Muslim Randa Abdel-Fattah told a fiery edition of ABC’s Q&A program that the British monarchy is ‘sick at its core’ and has been ‘enriched by corruption, imperialism, racism and slavery’.

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NO ONLINE UNTIL ROLLOVER on 21-05-2018. Marcelo Santoro with his two children in Copacabana, Brazil. He claims to have had nothing to do with the murder of expatriate Brazilian mining executive Cecilia Haddad in Sydney. Ms HaddadÕs body was found floating in the Lane Cove River on the same weekend Mr Santoro suddenly returned to live in Rio.Picture: Alex Ribeiro/ News Corp Australia

Ex-lover spotted

A person of interest in the Sydney murder of Brazilian mining executive Cecilia Haddad insists he did not know about her death until police contacted him. Mario Marcelo Santoro, Ms Haddad’s former business partner and lover, flew out of Sydney Airport hours before her weighted body was found floating in the Lane Cove River three weeks ago. Yesterday, the 40-year-old was photographed with his two children near the famous Copa­cabana beach in Rio de Janeiro.

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Entrepreneur Steve Baxter is seen at the Myriad tech and innovation festival in Brisbane, Thursday, May 17, 2018. (AAP Image/Glenn Hunt) NO ARCHIVING

Shark weak

Shark Tank star Steve Baxter has lifted the lid on why the TV show has delivered few winners, saying the businesses largely aren’t up to scratch. Speaking on the sidelines of the Myriad technology festival in Brisbane, Mr Baxter said the Channel 10 show cost him about $300,000 a year because he had to hire about four staff full-time to complete due diligence on deals.

“My whole business is about investing, so if I don’t do any deals, I have all the expenditure but no revenue. That’s not something I want, but at the same time, I’m not going to invest in stupid things.”

Steve Baxter

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ROME, ITALY - MAY 20: Rafael Nadal of Spain returns a backhand in his Mens Final match against Alexander Zverev of Germany during day 8 of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia 2018 tennis at Foro Italico on May 20, 2018 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

Cassius of clay

Rafael Nadal returned to the world No 1 ranking yesterday when he beat Alexander Zverev 6-1 1-6 6-3 in a compelling final of the Italian Open, writes Will Swanton. His on-again, off-again, on-again, off-again spot at the top of the rankings was on again as Roger Federer skipped the entire clay court season.

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Johannes Leak’s view

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