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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Charlotte Graham-McLay

Morning Mail: Amazon acts on party drug loophole, Credit Suisse takeover deal, Perrottet talks pokies

Use of the fake eyelash remover as a recreational drug had caused overdoses.
Use of the fake eyelash remover bought off Amazon as a recreational drug had caused overdoses. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock

Good morning. A fake eyelash remover has been removed from sale on Amazon and was banned from parties during Sydney WorldPride after its use as a party drug emerged. Guardian Australia understands that police confiscated revellers’ bottles of the product, which was being used like the drug GBL – a precursor to GHB – and could be sold under a loophole that allows for industrial use.

Elsewhere, Vladimir Putin visits the wreckage of Mariupol in occupied Ukraine, the Swiss government has brokered a deal to save Credit Suisse by selling it to UBS amid fears for the stability of the global banking system, and Dominic Perrottet tells our reporter why he risked his career on gambling reforms.

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