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
22 Oct 2014:
Government to fulfil one of Labor’s preconditions for passing bill as Greens slam Labor for ‘waving through draconian laws without proper scrutiny’
An Australian teenage runaway has appeared in an Islamic State video, telling the prime minister, Tony Abbott, jihadists will not stop until the notorious black flag of Isis is flying above every nation
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:
A Senate hearing is attempting to establish why Australia’s prime minister said in April that he was ‘very confident’ pings were coming from the black box
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