Your noon Briefing: PM warns retirees: Shorten’s coming for you

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Hello readers. PM warns retirees that Bill Shorten is coming for their cash, and first pictures inside Notre Dame after the blaze.

NEWS2019ELECTION 15/4/2019. DAY 5Opposition Leader Bill Shorten holding a press conference after visiting Casey Hospital in Melbourne. Picture Kym Smith

Shorten’s coming

The PM has warned self-funded retirees Labor is coming after Australians’ money, and starting with them. Keep up with the latest from the campaign trail in our live blog, PoliticsNow.

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Solar panels at Windlab's Kennedy Energy Park near Hughenden.

Solar could overload grid

The rapid take-up of rooftop solar across Australia’s electricity system will place stress on the national grid sooner than expected.

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The pieta remains standing after the fire. Picture: Twitter.

Notre Dame inferno

The first pictures from inside Notre Dame show catastrophic damage after it was engulfed in flames, collapsing the central spire.

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CBA's Matt Comyn (left), BHP's Andrew Mackenzie (centre) and ANZ's Shayne Elliott will be shedding thousands of jobs in the coming years. Picture: The Australian

The great white collar wipeout

The biggest white-collar retrenchment program in our history is just getting underway, writes Robert Gottliebsen.