Lyn Dawson was alive and sharing wine and Jim Beam in a pub with a stranger after her 1982 disappearance - that’s the remarkable claim made by the defence’s solo witness in the Chris Dawson murder trial.

Plus, more skilled migrants are urgently needed - so how does Labor stand up to the unions’ wishes?

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Ex-crim ‘drank with Lyn Dawson’, and Labor’s reality check