Ian Macdonald and Barry O’Sullivan were so busy interrupting and talking over the Human Rights Commission president, they seemed to overlook a grave point

Senate committee told human rights chief was asked to resign and offered a different job, potentially an illegal inducement, but PM comes out fighting

The long-awaited McClure report recommends welfare benefits be streamlined into five payments, Labor refers the Triggs allegations to the police, and the New Zealand prime minister announces more Australian troops are bound for Iraq. All the developments from Canberra, live

Australian federal police confirm investigation of attorney general George Brandis’s offer of a job in exchange for Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs’s resignation

Tony Abbott wants a cabinet submission on food labelling changes and speaks to his Indonesian counterpart to protest against planned executions as the House sits and Senate estimates hearings continue. All the developments from Canberra, live

MPs return to Canberra for the parliamentary sitting week and Senate estimates hearings – as the prime minister outlines new measures to deal with counter terrorism threats. All the developments from Canberra, live