That’s the end of our live blog for Sunday. December 15.

Many thanks for following along.

Here’s how the day unfolded:

Dutton’s nuclear plan represents a $4 trillion hit to the economy: Chalmers The assumptions behind the Coalition’s nuclear policy represent a $4 trillion hit to the economy, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said.

New RBA board members may be announced on Monday Treasurer Jim Chalmers said he would like to announce his appointments to the Reserve Bank board as soon as Monday.

Taylor says Chalmers has a ‘sack and stack’ plan for RBA board Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor said anything other than putting the entire current Reserve Bank onto the new “rate-setting” board politicises the bank.

ABC America to pay Trump $24m to settle defamation suit ABC News will pay Donald Trump $US15 million ($24 million) to settle a defamation lawsuit the president-elect brought against the network and anchor George Stephanopoulos in March.

Trump mulls selling US Postal Service after $15b loss US president-elect Donald Trump has recently expressed a keen interest in privatising the US Postal Service – three people with knowledge of the matter said – a move that could shake up consumer shipping and business supply chains and push hundreds of thousands of federal workers out of the government.

Trump vows to scrap ‘very costly’ daylight saving time Donald Trump has pledged to scrap “inconvenient” daylight saving time (DST) when he enters the White House next month.

Britain joins Australia in 12-nation trade pact in its biggest post-Brexit deal Britain officially became the 12th member of a trans-Pacific trade pact which includes Japan, Australia and Canada on Sunday as it seeks to deepen ties in the region and build its global trade links after leaving the European Union.