Joshua Boscaini

YouTube agrees to comply with Australia's under 16s social media ban but repeats its criticism of the law and says it "won't keep teens safer online".

The acting prime minister says the United States is fully supportive of AUKUS and has thanked it for providing a review.

Australia is monitoring a Chinese task group in the Philippine Sea, Defence Minister Richard Marles says.

The federal government's overhauled national environment laws have passed parliament.

Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce quits the Nationals. Meanwhile, Labor is grilled on power prices in the final Question Time of 2025.

Federal politics: MPs in the dark as lights switch off during Question Time — as it happened

A self-imposed deadline to have reforms to Australia's environment laws passed before Christmas is inching closer as minister Murray Watt looks to clinch a deal with either the Coalition or the Greens. Follow live. 

The opposition leader has accused Chris Bowen of being a "part-time energy minister" after he stuck a deal to take up a negotiator role for COP31. 

Australia has ceded the COP31 climate summit to Türkiye, but Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen will be the president of the summit pending Ankara's approval. Take a look back at the day's coverage here.

State and territory leaders express concern about how the federal government is approaching its public hospital funding negotiations. Take a look back at the day's coverage here.