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On tonight's PM: A military veteran's carer tells PM how they're coping with post traumatic stress disorder; Official interest rates remain on hold: And the Federal Government has announced further funding to help older people stay in their homes.

The death toll from Friday's earthquake and tsunami on the Indonesian Island of Sulawesi has climbed to over 800 people. As rescuers desperately search for more survivors, questions are being asked about the area's warning systems.

Pressure is mounting on the Federal Government to change the way ABC board directors are appointed, following a tumultuous week for the national broadcaster.

Today the Northern Territory became the first Australian jurisdiction to have an alcohol floor price. The minimum charge is set at $1.30 per standard drink, and will mainly affect the cost of cask wine.

On Monday's PM: Why didn't tsunami warnings save more lives in Sulawesi?; Indigenous Australians in the Top End hit by telco bills for thousands after dodgy sales techniques; and are 16- and 17-year-olds ready to vote?

While the Brisbane Broncos are busy clearing a space in the "pool room" for the inaugural women's rugby league championship trophy, talk is turning to whether the NRL clubs can afford to extend the 2019 women's season.

In Australia 16- and 17 year-olds can drive, leave school and enter the workforce - so should they also be allowed to vote?

In remote communities around Australia, financial counsellors have uncovered at least 74 cases of people signing up to phone contracts and unknowingly accumulating thousands of dollars worth of debt.

The ABC has a new acting chair, picked from the existing board, she's Doctor Kirstin Ferguson. She replaces Justin Milne, who resigned yesterday amid accusations he'd interfered with the ABC's editorial independence.

Australia's financial services sector is driven by a culture of greed and the pursuit of short term profit ahead of the interests of customers. In the banking Royal Commission interim report, Commissioner Kenneth Hayne has also criticised the key financial regulators ASIC and APRA where misconduct either went unpunished or the consequences failed to match the crime.