On tonight's program: A report that Chinese army operatives have installed secret chips into computer hardware used by major tech companies. PM asks if it’s possible to protect critical information from that sort of spying?; Also adults who've spent their childhood in state care say privacy rules are blocking them from tracing their past.

On tonight's program: Tensions could well intensify with China, the US Vice President is about to ramp up the rhetoric and the US navy's preparing for a show of strength; Former ADF Chief Admiral Chris Barrie warns it’s easy to see the path to a shooting conflict; And tensions with China over science too, but academics tell us they don't see why they should limit sharing with Chinese counterparts.

On tonight's program: Women's sanitary products will finally get a price cut, as state and federal treasurers agree to drop the so called 'tampon tax', but the states will wear a $30 million cost as a result; And the drought, it's savaging rural economies and now Queensland mayors are calling for federal help just to help maintain basic services like roads.

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.

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?

On today's program: An acting chair appointed to the ABC, Kirstin Ferguson will join PM, but she's still facing calls for the full ABC board to resign over this week's political interference claims; 'Profits before people' - the Banking Royal Commission interim report finds executives were motivated by greed.

On today's program: The ABC's continuing 'firestorm' as the broadcaster's chairman steps down denying claims he tried to have senior journalists fired under political pressure; Also a reminder that the show goes on, from prominent ABC broadcaster Richard Fidler; And part two of our series on palliative care in Australia - what services are available, who is missing out and how to ensure everyone gets the care and the death they want.

On today's program: Chaos at the ABC, calls for the chairman of the public broadcaster to step down amid claims he tried to get a journalist sacked after government pressure; Energy giant AGL stands firm on its commitment to close the company's aging coal fired power stations; And it’s time we started talking about how to deliver more people a "good death” not just an end to life, the beginning of a special series on palliative care.

On today's program: The Prime Minister has rankled some with his idea for a new national holiday to celebrate Indigenous culture without consulting the first peoples. He is winning some support but PM hears what Aboriginal people think such a day should really be about; Donald Trump is expected to sack his deputy Attorney-General. What's it mean for the Mueller Russia investigation?

On Monday's PM: rescuers find an injured solo sailor, stranded in bad weather in the Indian Ocean; the ABC board sacks managing director Michelle Guthrie; and a second woman alleges historic sexual assault against US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.