The under-pressure prime minister spoke candidly about the treacherous domestic and global political environment as the Reserve Bank prepares to hike rates.

David Shoebridge declared all women should feel safe and called for an end to Russian “blood money” during his first National Press Club appearance.

The woman accused by the Greens senator of harassment says she never consented to having intimate details made public after an inquiry was launched into his conduct.

Senator Fatima Payman invoked the attack on independent MP Helen Haines while asking Senator Don Farrell why she’d been denied extra staff to deal with threats.