Your noon Briefing: ‘Voters will know true cost of Labor taxes’

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Hello readers. Voters now know the ‘true cost’ of Labor’s new taxes ($387bn), says Josh Frydenberg, and Shorten to stop accountant ‘tax rort’.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is seen during a press conference in Melbourne, Friday, April 12, 2019. (AAP Image/David Crosling) NO ARCHIVING

‘True cost of Labor taxes’

Josh Frydenberg says voters now know the “true cost of Labor’s new taxes” after the release of costings from Treasury. Keep up with the latest in our live blog, PoliticsNow.

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NEWS2019ELECTION 12/4/2019. DAY 2Opposition Leader Bill Shorten getting ready to go on air with a cross to the Today show after visiting the Sydney Markets in Homebush, on the 2019 Election campaign . Picture: Kym Smith

‘End accountant tax rort’

Bill Shorten attacks the ability of wealthy people to claim tax deduction for accountants’ fees. says he’ll stop the ‘rort’.

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Alan Jones has defended Israel Folau.

‘Free speech corrupted’

Alan Jones has defended Israel Folau and attacked Rugby Australia’s decision to terminate the high-profile player’s $4m contract.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 07, 2019 (FILES) In this file photo taken on March 07, 2019 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the media at the national press gallery in Ottawa, Ontario. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on April 5, 2019, warned of the risk of interference by Russia in Canadian parliamentary elections scheduled for this fall. "We've seen over the past number of years an increase in the interference or the implication of foreign actors in democratic processes," Trudeau told a news conference in Toronto. (Photo by Lars Hagberg / AFP)

Trudeau’s rethink

Canada plans to stop migrants from seeking asylum if they have already done so in another country.

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Champion race horse Winx has her last gallop at track work ahead of her final race in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Royal Randwick this weekend. Trainer Chris Waller walks back to the mounting yard with Winx and jockey Hugh Bowman on board. Picture: Toby Zerna

Known unknowns

Two things will remain unknown. Firstly, whether Winx could have won the Melbourne Cup. Hugh Bowman says she would have run rings around ’em if she’d been taken to Flemington in the Novembers of 2015 and 2016. And secondly, we’ll never know if she could have gone to England to Royal Ascot and beat the Poms in their own backyard.

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FILE - This April 3, 2019 file photo shows actress Felicity Huffman arriving at federal court in Boston to face charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal. Huffman is facing a prison sentence after agreeing Monday to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy and fraud for paying a consultant $15,000 disguised as a charitable donation to boost her daughter’s SAT score. Prosecutors are seeking four to 10 months of confinement, and experts different on whether the plea, and Huffman’s subsequent apology taking full responsibility for her actions, will lead to a career rebound or retreat. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

The long read: Degrees of desperation

Those at the top will do anything to ensure their children are not overtaken. Gerard Baker reports.