Julie Bishop strengthens ties with Boris Johnson

• SKETCH

Boris Johnson works hard to appear as if he has just got out of bed after a rough night. Enter Australia's Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop.

Abbott calls it; Turnbull won't be provoked. Not half . . .

If the Liberal Party were a schoolyard - and really, it is, isn't it? - there'd be excitable kids rushing about yelling that oldest of rallying cries: "fight, fight, fight".

In a time of hot, angry air, simple pleasures rule

I attended a country show a couple of weeks ago.

'Smoke-free' cigarette seems unlikely to ignite in Australia

Cigarette giant Philip Morris, which is professing it wants a smoke-free future, is facing major obstacles to its plan to introduce to Australia a new cigarette that eliminates smoke by heating tobacco rather than burning it.

PM lights up backbench with savage attack on 'parasite' Shorten

As he unloaded on the nearest target, Malcolm Turnbull's colleagues couldn't get enough of him.

Cory Bernardi's leaving? Phhht. So's the Gold Card, and MPs weep

A pall settled across Parliament House. MPs might come and go, but the Gold Card was supposed to go on forever.

Cory Bernardi, seeking a mysterious majority, throws a tantrum

The altitudinous Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi, who fears a move towards bestiality if the 21st century is allowed to have its head, is striking out alone, seeking like-minded companions - a space he has inhabited for his entire political career.

Trumbull: Is there any greater insult for the PM?

• SATIRE

It's been a challenging week for the Prime Minister – will the humiliations ever end?

Drawing a line in the whitest of sand

More than 1200 square kilometres around Shelburne Bay near the tip of Cape York Peninsula, including the only untouched area of pure-white sand dunes in Australia, has been handed back to the Wuthathi Indigenous people