Afternoon Update: Gina Rinehart gets apology from ABC; Angus Taylor mentioned again at Icac; and a forbidden novel

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here, and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletterGood afternoon.The ABC’s managing director, Hugh Marks, has issued an apology to Gina Rinehart after she threatened the public broadcaster with legal action over crude comments aired in its Race Around the World program.Texts suggest Angus Taylor ‘paid money to the Reformers … or was refusing to’, Icac inquiry hearsGood Samaritan dies days after being attacked while trying to stop Melbourne shopliftersNews Corp subscriptions fall in Australia as company takes aim at ‘slimy’ AI slopPregnant woman dead and toddler found unharmed after outback Queensland siege ends in apparent murder-suicideMan arrested at Trump’s California golf course wore earpiece and took photos, police say Continue reading...