David Speers interviews Shadow Foreign Minister Penny Wong.

Mike Bowers talks pictures with Guardian Australia’s Amy Remeikis.

A mid-ranking Chinese Foreign Ministry official tweeted a fake image this week of an Australian solder killing an Afghan child. In less than an hour an angry Scott Morrison held a press conference to condemn the outrageous slur and demand an apology. It sparked a week of debate about whether China had over-reached and damaged itself or achieved exactly what it wanted with this Twitter bait. And whether the Prime Minister's fire-up was appropriate or better left to someone more junior. All legitimate questions, but the big one that remains unanswered is what, if anything, can be done to stop this broken relationship going from bad to worse.

David Speers interviews Trade and Finance Minister Simon Birmingham. Mike Bowers talks pictures with Mad as Hell’s Tosh Greenslade. On the panel are The Herald Sun’s James Campbell, Katharine Murphy from Guardian Australia and 6PR’s Gareth Parker.

The Herald Sun’s James Campbell, Katharine Murphy from Guardian Australia and 6PR’s Gareth Parker discuss the issues of the week.

David Speers interviews Trade and Finance Minister Simon Birmingham.

This week we saw the economic recovery gather some pre-Christmas momentum with most borders opening or about to do so. Meanwhile, more Australians stuck overseas joined the queue to come home.

Mike Bowers talks pictures with Mad as Hell’s Tosh Greenslade.

David Speers interviews Defence Force Chief General Angus Campbell and Shadow Employment Minister Brendan O’Connor. Mike Bowers talks pictures with Cartoonist Cathy Wilcox. On the panel are ABC political editor Andrew Probyn, The Saturday Paper’s Karen Middleton and Network Ten and The Australian’s Peter van Onselen.

David Speers interviews Defence Force Chief General Angus Campbell.