1There is a top level move to split the age for drinking, meaning 18 year olds will be able to drink on licensed premises but will not be able to purchase alcohol from an off-license until they are 20. Analysis.
2Act Party Deputy Leader Heather Roy has been sacked for repeated attempts to undermine Act Leader Rodney Hide, and replaced with John Boscawen. Analysis.
3Other news.
4A former tennis star and a former television journalist are opposing each other in the key marginal seat of Bennelong in Australia.
5The United Nations has called a special General Assembly in a bid to fast-track aid to flood-ravaged Pakistan.
6Other news.