Your noon Briefing: Labor cancer plan ‘already free’

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Hello readers. PM says Labor’s cancer plan ‘already free’, and why your cat knows its name ... but doesn’t care.

PM Scott Morrison emotional during a press conference on NDIS at Parliament House in Canberra.Picture Kym Smith

Labor cancer plan ‘already free’

Scott Morrison says many treatments in Labor’s cancer plan are already free. Bill Shorten says an out-of-pocket problem remains. Keep up with the latest from Canberra in our live blog, PoliticsNow.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 19, 2017 Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks on the balcony of the Embassy of Ecuador in London. - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who was behind a massive dump of classified US documents in 2010, has been charged in the United States, WikiLeaks said on November 15, 2018. (Photo by Justin TALLIS / AFP)

Assange expelled ‘in hours’

Julian Assange is reportedly to be expelled from the Ecuadorean embassy “within hours to days”.

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(FILES) This file photo taken on August 24, 2009, shows the sign of an Aldi store in Alexandria, Virginia. The German discount grocery store giant unveiled a major US expansion plan on June 12, 2017, aiming to make it the third-largest US grocery chain in five years. The planned $3.4 billion expansion will add nearly 900 additional stores and 25,000 new jobs, the company said in a statement. / AFP PHOTO / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / ALEX WONG

Supermarket wars

A less aggressive rollout of Aldi and Kaufland stores has eased pressure in the sector, says Morgan Stanley.

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black cat with green eyes; close-up

‘I hear you, I just don’t care’

In news that will surprise few cat owners, a study reveals your feline friend knows its name, it just doesn’t respect you.

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04/04/2019. Eddy Failla, President of Alfa Romeo Owners Club in Sydney, with collectors car Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprintspeciale 1959. Photographed at the Alfa and Fiat Service Centre in Ashfield, Sydney. Britta Campion / The Australian

The long read: Yet to lead the charge

Electric vehicles are coming but not as quickly as Labor would like, writes Philip King, while Sascha O’Sullivan meets Eddy Failla, who says there’s no romance in electric cars as driving is about the interaction between the driver and the car and the rev of the engine.