Australia
Australia: Student loan relief, China flares, Bonza dramas
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton looks at $3b in relief for tertiary students in next week's federal Budget because of what had become an alarmingly steep indexation rate. Audio
Q and A: ANU's Stephen Howes on Australia's Pacific Engagement Visa quotas
Australian National University's Development Policy Centre head, Stephen Howes, says Papua New Guinea has emerged as a big winner for the program.
Australia releases details of new Pacific Visas
Pacific people who want to move to Australia now have a chance to be one of 3,000 people to join a ballot for the Australian Engagement Visa. Audio
Search for passenger overboard on Pacific Adventure cruise ship
Police remain 'hopeful' they will find a man alive after he was reported missing from a cruise ship off the Sydney coast near Bondi early this morning.
Charges laid after bodies found in Mexico in search for missing Australians
Charges have been laid against three people being questioned in Mexico in connection with the disappearance of two Australian brothers reported missing there.
Tonga volcano continues to generate research - two years after eruption
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcanic eruption in Tonga continues to generate research, two years after its violent outburst. Audio
Update on Oz with Brad Foster
Brad Foster reports on rallies held around the country on gender-based violence against women in Australia over the weekend, the Prime Minister visiting Alice Springs to discuss ways to overcome youth… Audio
Australia's Pacific Engagement Visa registration opens on 3 June
The program will use an online ballot to select participants, who can then apply for permanent residency annually.
Albanese and Marape walk Kokoda Track ahead of Anzac Day
After an elaborate tribal welcome to the mountains of PNG, the Australian PM spent the night camping on the Kokoda Track in an Anzac Day trek aimed at drawing the two countries closer.
Australia's Defence Minister unveils $50b defence spending increase over next decade
Australia's projected defence spending will increase by another AU$50 billion over the next decade.
Australia: Bruce Lehmann verdict, Bondi Junction stabbing fallout
Australia correspondent Chris Niesche on a rare win for the media in a high-profile defamation case, the fallout of the Bondi stabbings, and why the Woolworths CEO has been threatened with jail time.
…Bird flu: what is it, and why has it been found in US dairy cows?
There are few places in the world the high pathogenicity bird flu has not yet reached, and scientists say the world is in an animal pandemic.
'I thought I was going to die' - Witnesses on Bondi centre attack
Witnesses have described chaotic, confronting and confusing scenes as multiple people were stabbed before an armed man was killed by police.
Horrific act of violence' - Six dead, suspect slain at Sydney shopping centre
A mother stabbed alongside her nine-month-old baby is among the victims of an attack at a shopping centre, according to reports. Video
Qantas reroutes Perth-London flights due to Middle East tensions
The move comes as expectations that Iran will attack Israel rise, the airline says.
Australia: Gaza latest Higgins saga, Aukus with a J
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has indicated Australia could move to recognise a Palestinian state, and a judgment is pending in a defamation case connected to a rape allegation at Parliament House. Audio
'A pain you can't describe' - Australia's haunting shame
Last year saw record numbers of Aboriginal people die in police custody in Australia, and families want answers.
Australia: Defamation case raises ethical concerns
Australia correspondent Peter Ryan speaks to Susana Leiataua about a high stakes defamation case hearing explosive new evidence that has raised ethical concerns about what commercial news programs do… Audio
AFL illicit drug policy thrust into the spotlight
The AFL, its clubs and its players are under a media spotlight regarding the drug policy in Australia's richest sports league.