• Federal Politics

The Labor senator has apologised for asking a Chinese linked company to pay his debt saying he acted first and thought later. Courtesy ABC News 24.

• Interest Rates

The Reserve Bank leaves rates unchanged, but another cut might be on the cards for November, says Peter Martin.

• Federal Politics

Attorney General George Brandis has to hand over his diaries to Labor's Mark Dreyfus after losing his bid to keep his meetings secret. Courtesy ABC News 24.

• Federal Politics

There are strong calls for donation reform from various sides of politics following the Sam Dastyari affair.

• Federal Politics

The Attorney General has brushed off comparisons of Sam Dastyari's $1600 gift from a Chinese linked company to cover his debts, to political donations. Courtesy ABC.

• Cory Bernardi

You know you've made it in politics when illustrators and cartoonists start lampooning you. Some of Fairfax's best.

• Federal Politics

Malcolm Turnbull has met with British PM Theresa May to discuss a post Brexit free trade agreement. Courtesy ABC News 24, Reuters.

• Federal Politics

The Government is turning up the heat on Bill Shorten over his response to Sam Dastyari receiving money from a Chinese linked company. Courtesy ABC News 24.

• 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.