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Afternoon Update: NSW transport minister quits; Lattouf feared she was being followed; and when Oscar campaigns implode

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Jo Haylen has quit as the New South Wales transport minister after revelations about her use of a ministerial car for private purposes.

It emerged on the weekend that Haylen had asked her chauffeur to take her and some friends to a winery lunch that involved a 446km round-trip for the driver.

“I have made mistakes, people aren’t perfect,” Haylen said at a hastily arranged press conference. The premier, Chris Minns, has tightened the rules governing ministerial drivers to prevent the types of journeys that Haylen took.

Seven hundred dogs and more than 100 mushers from 10 different countries are taking part in the four-day Czech long sled dog race. The race includes overnight bivouacs or camps, the supplies and equipment for which must be brought by the participants themselves.

“I thought I was being followed and ran into a cafe.”

On day two of the unfair dismissal case between Antoinette Lattouf and the ABC, the journalist revealed she had suffered from paranoia and sleeplessness in the year since she was removed from her presenting role at the broadcaster.

Warnings about alcohol’s cancer risks have been made obligatory on drink packaging in Ireland and South Korea. Should Australia follow suit?

In 2003, Martin Scorsese’s chances of winning the best director Oscar for Gangs of New York were undermined by a disingenuous puff piece. Whether it’s tricky past social posts, news meltdowns or PR teams trying too hard to make an impact, Oscar campaigns can easily go off-script.

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