InvestSMART Chief Strategist Evan Lucas says Donald Trump is "the first president in the post war era to put political pressure on the US Federal Reserve".
The US President's son has intervened in the Australian political debate by criticising the Labor Party for attempting to ban a conservative speaker from the country.
Canadian police are scaling back their search for two teenagers suspected of killing an Australian backpacker, his girlfriend and a British Columbia botanist.
New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has appointed building industry expert David Chandler as building commissioner to tackle the apartment defect issue that has crippled the industry.
Former vice president Joe Biden has come under attack from fellow Democratic Party candidates on the second night of the presidential debate in Detroit.
Telstra CEO Andy Penn has called for the removal of high wholesale costs imposed by the National Broadband Network, warning that without lower prices telcos will be forced to bypass NBN altogether.