Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong has labelled the Coalition's decision to rule out setting a 2030 climate target as a move that will increase Australian energy bills and risk further Chinese influence in the Pacific. 

Chinese Premier Li Qiang has arrived in Canberra after an earlier visit to Adelaide Zoo, where he confirmed China would lend the facility two new giant pandas.

North Melbourne and Richmond fans would be forgiven for looking to the draft as consolation after a weekend of heartbreaking losses. But with the looming introduction of the Tasmania Devils, is there still time to use the draft to launch back up the ladder? 

Min Woo Lee will join his superstar sister Minjee at the Paris Olympics after continuing his own irresistible rise to global fame with another fine US Open display in North Carolina.

Queensland names its squad for Origin II, with Selwyn Cobbo left out despite playing a crucial role in the Maroons' Origin I victory.