Your noon Briefing: Drug fight: Hanson gets personal

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Hello readers. Pauline Hanson makes the drug fight personal, bringing in Jacqui Lambie’s son’s struggles with ice, and the deadly games Brenton Tarrant played online.

Senator Pauline Hanson during a doorstop at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Gary Ramage

Drug fight: Hanson gets personal

The One Nation leader questions Jacqui Lambie’s opposition to random drug tests, pointing to the Tasmanian senator’s son and his struggle with ice addiction. Keep up with the latest from parliament in our live blog, PoliticsNow.

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MPs reject Boris’ early poll

British MPs once more reject Boris Johnson’s demand for an early election, meaning it can’t be held until late November.

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LONDON - OCTOBER 20: Actress Gwyneth Paltrow and Harvey Weinstein at the 50th Anniversary Gala of the National Film Theatre on October 20, 2002 at The National Film Theatre, in London. The National Film Theatre is one of the most respected and prestigious establishments in the British Film Industry, and it celebrates it''s 50th Anniversary with a special Gala Evening. Picture: Getty Images

Revealed: Weinstein chief informant

Just as Woodward and Bernstein had an informant, the journalists who investigated Harvey Weinstein had a vital but anonymous source. Her name: Gwyneth Paltrow.

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Facebook photo on MUA's profile of Sally McManus, John Setka, Emma Walters, Joe McDonald and Troy Gray on April 13, 2018.

Dark times for unions under McManus

It’s no surprise that Bob Hawke lamented what had become of the ACTU, writes Troy Bramston of the dark times for unions under Sally McManus.

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Tarrant Part 3 - 16 . 9

The long read: Playing a deadly game

In Part III of our series The Killer Within, Mark Schliebs examines how Brenton Tarrant lost himself in a world of online gaming and extremist ideology.

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