The immigration minister and officials were quizzed today about the Migration 5 network by MPs at a select committee, the minister's Labour Party counterpart, however, says M5 data-sharing has been operating under a cloud of secrecy, Gill Bonnett reports.

While bans on some Australian exports to China have been lifted, there's been an uncomfortable focus on the presence of an Australian journalist recently released after serving three years in a Chinese prison, Australia correspondent Peter Ryan speaks to Lisa Owen.

News from the business sector, including a market report.