Morning Mail: Angus Taylor’s role in energy price report, China’s ‘Spamouflage’ threat, Burt Bacharach dies

Angus Taylor denied knowing before the election that energy prices would rise. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Morning, everyone. Our exclusive story today reveals how the Coalition government minister Angus Taylor was behind the decision to delay telling voters about energy prices rises until after last May’s election. There are also more car-crash revelations from the robodebt inquiry. And, in sad news away from politics, the songwriter Burt Bacharach has died.

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