• Brexit

With Britain preparing to leave the EU, Malcolm Turnbull is enthusiastic about an Anglo-Australian free trade agreement. Courtesy ABC News 24.

• China

President Xi Jinping has pressed Malcolm Turnbull on Australia's foreign investment policy during bilateral talks in Hangzhou. Courtesy ABC News 24.

• PBS

A new deal struck between the government and pharmaceutical companies will cut the price of around 2,000 common medicines. Courtesy ABC News 24

• Parliament

Buoyed by their tactical victory in parliament on Thursday, Labor frontbenchers are stirring the pot, predicting the government won't run full term.

• Racial Discrimination

The government will be desperate to reconnect to its base next year, and will support changes to the Racial Discrimination Act, predicts conservative Senator Cory Bernardi.

• Defence

Military escalation in the South China Sea is having a powerful influence on Australia's strategic environment, explains David Wroe.

• Federal Politics

The Opposition leader has blasted Malcolm Turnbull saying he has no control over the Parliament or his party members. Courtesy ABC News 24, 3AW.

• Federal Politics

After some Coalition MPs left early on Thursday night, Labor pounced and the Government lost three votes in the House of Representatives.

• Federal Politics

There are continuing concerns over the Labor Senator asking a business with links to the Chinese Government to pay part of a travel bill.

• Marriage equality

A strong majority of Australians support same-sex marriage, but voters split along party lines when it comes to the best method of achieving it.

The Government's 'working majority' is undermined after Labor and the crossbench win divisions in the House of Representatives

• Federal Politics

New media laws will scrap the reach rule and two-out-of-three rule, taking the media landscape out of the analogue era, according to the Communications Minister.

New Liberal MP Tim Wilson get emotion when he thanks his fiancé in his first speech in Federal Parliament.

After years of political animosity, the One Nation leader and former PM stage a make-up chat in front of a camera.

• Question Time

Labor attempts to use a meeting between Tony Abbott and Pauline Hanson to highlight government divisions during question time.

• Federal Politics

Bob Hawke has launched a book about Anthony Albanese's political and personal life including the moment he found out his dad hadn't died in a car crash and was actually still alive.

• ISIL

Changes to Australian law will allow more aggressive targeting of ISIL infrastructure in Iraq and Syria, with government and opposition support.

'I spent the first ten years of my life as a non-citizen' says Shadow Minister for Human Services Linda Burney.

Why would the Coalition government cut Newstart? Fairfax's Peter Martin explains.

• Federal Politics

There have been fiery scenes in the Senate over revelations Labor Senator Sam Dastyari asked a Chinese donor to help pay one of his travel bills.