The Federal Government has won a grudging victory on its march toward a finalised National Energy Guarantee policy. Labor state governments agreed to continue negotiations, despite misgivings about the Government's plan to reduce both power prices and carbon emissions.

Emma Husar says she doesn't believe the allegations about her inappropriate behaviour towards staff should have cost her her job as a Labor MP. A report into her behaviour has concluded there are no grounds for her to resign, despite finding some of the allegations against her to have merit.

The Financial Services Royal Commission has raked wealth manager IOOF over the coals for not acting in its super fund members' best interests.

Pacific foreign ministers have toughened their language on security in the region and on climate change at a meeting in Samoa today. International Development Minister Concetta Fierravanti-Wells speaks with PM.

Documents have revealed Adani, the company behind the coal export terminal at Abbot Point in Queensland's north, knew of an imminent pollution spill that could break the law before it happened.

Hopes of Zimbabweans for a brighter future after Robert Mugabe's despotic 37-year rule seem dashed. Dewa Mavhinga of Human Rights Watch says the arrest of opposition leader Tendai Biti is political persecution and the ZANU-PF Government is "using the same old tactics of repression and brutality."

On Friday's PM: a report clears Labor MP Emma Husar of sexual harassment, but finds she showed unreasonable management behaviour; IOOF raked over the coals at the Royal Commission; and Adani accused of trying to cover up its knowledge of a pollution spill before it happened.

An association representing general aviation owners and pilots has criticised CASA, saying it's dragging its feet when it comes to regulating drones. Currently, registration is only required for drones weighing more than two kilograms.

For Australians struggling with energy bills at home and in their businesses, will tomorrow's meeting of state and federal ministers to discuss the National Energy Guarantee make any difference?

A new book warns Asia is sliding towards war. Author Brendan Taylor compares the flashpoints of Taiwan and North Korea with Europe before the two world wars, when a series of lesser crises precursed something far greater.