Federal police have made an arrest over an SMS scam targeting victims of the Optus data breach.

Brittany Higgins says she felt pressured to drop her rape complaint because it could pose a 'political problem for the Liberal Party with women'.

WA's Health Department is being accused of a cover-up after a man was put into a body bag while still alive.

In sport, conditions at Mount Panorama are expected to worsen ahead of this weekend's Bathurst 1000, with up to 30 mills of rain predicted.

And in entertainment news, Britney Spears has bared all on a beach in Hawaii.

Federal police have made an arrest over an SMS scam targeting victims of the Optus data breach.
Brittany Higgins says she felt pressured to drop her rape complaint because it could pose a 'political problem for the Liberal Party with women'.
WA's Health Department is being accused of a cover-up after a man was put into a body bag while still alive.
In sport, conditions at Mount Panorama are expected to worsen ahead of this weekend's Bathurst 1000, with up to 30 mills of rain predicted.
And in entertainment news, Britney Spears has bared all on a beach in Hawaii.

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