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

The ABC’s managing director, Hugh Marks, says the broadcaster will change its policies after apologising to Gina Rinehart over a joke aired in its Race Around the World program. Photograph: Hollie Adams/Reuters

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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.