Live23 Oct 2014:
Enhanced police presence in Canberra following the parliament shooting in Ottawa. MPs gather for a sitting of the House and Senate estimates hearings. All the developments from Canberra, live
22 Oct 2014:
Politics-as-usual resumed after a day of tributes to the former Labor prime minister, Gough Whitlam. The Coalition proceeded with repeal of various regulations, as the House sat and Senate estimates hearings continued. All the developments from Canberra
20 Oct 2014:
The prime minister returns from Jakarta to find Labor still ahead in the opinion polls. The House sits and Senate estimates hearings continue. All the developments from Canberra
20 Oct 2014:
Parliament’s presiding officers reverse controversial decision to ban facial coverings in public galleris of parliament; foreign minister Julie Bishop signs off on the legal arrangements for the deployment of Australian special forces in Iraq; and the prime minister attends the inauguration of Joko Widodo in Jakarta; plus all the developments from Canberra, live
14 Oct 2014:
Embassy official says Australian-Russian relations at a ‘historic low’ and Abbott more interested in ‘muscle flexing’ than investigating MH17
13 Oct 2014:
Labor leader responds to Anthony Albanese’s comments that some new laws, particularly those allowing journalists to be jailed, may need to be wound back