Melbourne protests to continue; ADF medals stripped after Ben Roberts-Smith SAS event attendance; Elon Musk lashes Labor social media ban [Video]

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To conclude, here’s a look back at the day’s major stories:

• Twelve government officials involved in the robo-debt disaster breached public service rules nearly 100 times but only two have been identified in the final inquiry into the unlawful welfare clawback program, released on Friday morning.

• The long-time academics’ union boss appointed to help clean up the Victorian CFMEU branch suddenly resigned today, just weeks after his appointment.

• Banks, telcos and social media companies could be fined up to $50 million for failing to protect Australians from scammers under proposed laws to tackle scams released today.

• In NSW, state Liberal leader Mark Speakman has lost his battleto convince his federal counterpart Peter Dutton that two women must serve on the committee appointed to oversee a takeover of the troubled state division …