Your noon Briefing: ACCC urges overhaul of tech giants

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Hello readers. The ACCC wants ongoing monitoring of the tech giants, and Graham Freudenberg, speechwriter to the likes of Whitlam and Keating, has died at 85.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, July 25, 2019. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Overhaul tech giants: ACCC

In a report Josh Frydenberg calls a world first, the ACCC recommends ongoing monitoring of Google and Facebook over how they prioritise news and adverts and manage privacy details.

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Watchdog chief to stand aside

Alan MacSporran is to stand aside from assessing complaints about Jackie Trad.

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26/07/19 Gangland figure Faruk Orman, convicted of murdering underworld heavy Victor Peirce, walks free from the Melbourne court of appeal after being implicated in the lawyer X scandal. Aaron Francis/The Australian

Lawyer X scandal: getaway driver freed

The Lawyer X scandal has seen its first conviction quashed with gangland getaway driver Faruk Orman released from jail.

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Graham Freudenberg in The Scribe

Freudenberg dies aged 85

Graham Freudenberg, speechwriter to Labor leaders including Whitlam and Keating, has died.

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Cropped shot of a senior married couple coming from surfing

The long read: At risk of early retirement

Finding other meaningful endeavours can prevent the ill-effects of leaving paid work. Damian Whitworth reports.