Your noon Briefing: Chinese national steals AMP data

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

Hello readers. A Chinese national pleads guilty to theft of AMP data, and a transgender lobby group tries to shape how the media reports.

AMP logo on side of building

Data thief

A Chinese national and former contractor of AMP has pleaded guilty to downloading dozens of customer identity information.

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Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle is seen at the Melbourne Town Hall in Melbourne, Sunday, September 10, 2017. Victorian Liberal and National Party Members and Supporters officially launched their campaign for a YES vote in the Same Sex Marriage Postal Survey today. (AAP Image/Julian Smith) NO ARCHIVING

Sex allegations

Victoria Police are examining multiple sex crime allegations against Melbourne’s longest serving Lord Mayor Robert Doyle.

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On January 7th 2017, Evie Amati entered a 7-Eleven in Enmore carrying an axe. Supplied

The long read: Trans group’s media push

A lobby group is trying to shape reporting on transgender issues; but where is the line between relevant and gratuitous? Nicola Berkovic reports.

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Scott Buchholz during Question Time in the House of Representatives Chamber, Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

‘I behaved like an idiot’

A Coalition minister has apologised after being the subject of a complaint by a female ADF officer for “inappropriate” actions.