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Your 2-minute digest of the day’s top stories and a long read.

Hello readers. Solomon Lew says Labor must pass on tax cuts now or hurt economy, and ‘digusting jiggery pokery’ mars the Tory leader race.

Businessman Solomon Lew and his wife Roza photographed at Parliament House in Canberra after the treasurer delivered the 2019 Budget. Picture by Sean Davey.

Pass cuts now: Lew

Solomon Lew has taken a swipe at the Federal Opposition for refusing to heed the results of the recent election and failing to immediately pass the Morrison government’s tax reform package

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Senator Cory Bernardi speaking on a suspension motion in the Senate Chamber in Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Bernardi return stalls

A reconciliation between defector Cory Bernardi and the SA Libs appears to be stalling, as an MP says he doesn’t think the move will happen.

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Israel Folau has launched a GoFundMe page

First donor revealed

A conservative Christian blogger was the first person to donate to Israel Folau’s GoFundMe page as donations for his legal costs continue to pour in. In his first interview, Folau says there was no clause prohibiting him from sharing religious beliefs. Alan Jones says those running rugby are ignorant or indifferent.

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Detective Chief Inspector Gary Jubelin (right) arrives at the Glebe Coroners Court in Sydney, Wednesday, December 19, 2018. (AAP Image/Erik Anderson) NO ARCHIVING

Tyrrell cop to be charged

Former NSW detective who led the William Tyrrell investigation faces several charges.

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A combination of pictures created in London on June 19, 2019 shows the remaining four contenders in the contest for leader of the Conservative party: (top L-R) Britain's Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary Michael Gove, former foreign secretary Boris Johnson, (bottom L-R) Britain's Home Secretary Sajid Javid and Britain's Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt. - Rory Stewart was knocked out of the race to become Britain's next prime minister on June 19, leaving four candidates led by former foreign secretary Boris Johnson. (Photo by STF / AFP)

Dirty race

As MPs filed in to the last round of voting, they could talk of little but “disgusting jiggery pokery” by rival camps.

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An Emergencies Ministry member walks at a site of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region, July 17, 2014. The Malaysian airliner flight MH17 was brought down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing all 295 people aboard and sharply raising the stakes in a conflict between Kiev and pro-Moscow rebels in which Russia and the West back opposing sides. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev (UKRAINE - Tags: TRANSPORT DISASTER POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1EA7I08OT01

The long read: ‘Birdie flying toward you’

Four men are the first charged over the shooting down of Flight MH17 five years ago, but it is only the start, writes Jacquelin Magnay.