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Foreign minister says no specific threat to the Australia parliament – politics live

Live 23 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
The day in politics – as it happened

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
Tributes to Gough Whitlam – in quotes

21 Oct 2014: Australians from many different backgrounds have paid tribute to the former Labor prime minister – here is a selection
Gough Whitlam's political friends and foes pay tribute to his achievements

21 Oct 2014: Leaders of all political stripes praise former prime minister as a giant of public life whose social reforms transformed Australia
Bill Shorten on Gough Whitlam: 'A giant of our movement' - video

Video (3min 25sec), 21 Oct 2014:
Labor leader Bill Shorten pays respects to Gough Whitlam, the former Labor prime minister who died today aged 98
Labor increases its lead over the Coalition to 53% to 47%, poll shows

21 Oct 2014: Coalition’s primary vote drops three points to 38% – its lowest level in three months – while Labor’s remains steady
Poll doldrums for the Coalition as Tony Abbott returns to Canberra – as it happened

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
Speaker Bronwyn Bishop faces questions on 'burqa ban' – politics live

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
Ebola: Labor renews calls for health workers to be sent to west Africa

19 Oct 2014: Tanya Plibersek says Australia would be in ‘big trouble’ if it waited for virus to spread to Asia Pacific before offering help
Mathias Cormann denies his 'economic girlie-man' insult is sexist

19 Oct 2014: Penny Wong says the finance minister’s jibe sends a message that girls are ‘somehow less confident, weak’
Mathias Cormann calls Bill Shorten an 'economic girlie man'

18 Oct 2014: Finance minister channels Arnold Schwarzenegger while trying to fend off budget attacks from Labor
Australian defence force wanted more pay but avoided 'battle', hearing told

15 Oct 2014: Defence force remuneration tribunal hears ADF gave in to Abbott government demands to avoid back-pay issues
Tony Abbott’s threat to ‘shirtfront’ Putin ‘immature’, Russian official says

14 Oct 2014: Embassy official says Australian-Russian relations at a ‘historic low’ and Abbott more interested in ‘muscle flexing’ than investigating MH17
Mining exports benefit industry rather than the people, Australians feel

14 Oct 2014: The prime minister has publicly backed the future of coal but new poll shows many think it benefits the few
National security laws: Labor has got the balance right, says Bill Shorten

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