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The Federal Government changes the rules for what Australia's two renewable energy agencies are allowed to invest in; Unemployment tipped to reach its highest level in two decades; And the National Museum buys a massive collection of Australiana.

Australian Federal Police seize the communications of top Chinese diplomats and name a Chinese consular official in a warrant

The Federal Government reveals an ambitious plan to open new gas supplies and back the building of a gas-fired power station; Donald Trump refuses to acknowledge the role climate change is playing in record breaking fires on the US west coast; And the discovery of a rare gas in the clouds of Venus raises the tantalising question of whether our closest planetary neighbour might host life.

A Chinese company company with links to the country's military and intelligence networks has compiled profiles of 35,000 Australians;

A former Australian fighter pilot is accused of planning a secret operation to help a Libyan warlord;

And Victorian businesses battling COVID-19 restrictions get some long awaited financial support.

Australia's relationship with Beijing sank to new lows this week, after a tit-for-tat involving each other's journalists. Saturday AM asks how much worse it could get.

The future of the NSW Government hangs in the balance over infighting about a koala protection policy; Trade and Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham joins AM to discuss tensions with China; And the new research showing how extremely premature babies now have a drastically improved chance of surviving.

The veteran investigative journalist, Bob Woodward, says the US President knew six months ago just how deadly the coronavirus was, but played it down because he didn't want to create panic.

China has slammed an Australian government foreign interference investigation that's embroiled a group of Chinese academics and journalists in Australia.

And after months of being shut down, the curtin's going back up in the live theatre industry in many part of the country, in front of socially distanced audiences.

China says an Australian television anchor being detained in Beijing is suspected of "criminal activities", as two other Australian journalists are rushed out of the country; Julian Assange continues his legal fight against extradition to the US; And teenagers mounting an unusual legal case arguing the environment minister has a "duty of care" to protect them from the effects of climate change.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange fails to win a delay to his hearing about possible extradition to the United States on espionage charges; Confusion over whether Australian women and children have been removed from a refugee camp in Syria; And residents in regional Victoria frustrated at continued restrictions even as coronavirus cases remain low.

Victoria's long road out of the coronavirus crisis