Australia
Are passports about to expire?
Passports may become a thing of the past, as Australia looks at making radical changes to international airports. Audio
The Dissection Connection
Ever wondered where the animals used in school dissections come from? Meet Debra Cook AKA Miss Vivi Section, co-owner of Dissection Connection which sources and vacuum packs animal organs (and whole… Audio
Australia correspondent Bernard Keane
Australian attempts to press ahead with a pacific trade pact & anti-renewable energy forces within the government move to kill off the Renewable Energy Target. Audio
Manus detainees think US resettlement a hoax
Refugees detained on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island are sceptical of news they'll meet immigration officials from the United States next month.
Family mourn baby killed in Melbourne car rampage
The three-month-old victim of Melbourne's Bourke Street rampage has been identified as a "perfect little baby", who his family say was the light of their lives.
Australian cricketer of the year to miss NZ series
Australian batsman David Warner and Usman Khawaja will miss the Chappell-Hadlee one day cricket series in New Zealand next week.
Heat records tumble in NSW town
New Zealand's summer gales and downpours may be continuing but across the Tasman a northern New South Wales town is sweltering in a record-breaking heatwave.
Actor fatally shot during music video filming in Brisbane
An actor has died after being shot while filming a music video in the Australian city of Brisbane.
Five murder charges laid over deadly Melbourne crash
The man accused of killing five people and injuring dozens of pedestrians by driving into a crowd in central Melbourne has been charged with five counts of murder.
FFA to look at tackling Pacific's "blue boat" problem
Illegal unregulated and unreported fishing by so called Vietnamese "blue boats" in the Pacific will be the subject of a regional meeting to be hosted by the Forum Fisheries Agency in the first or…
'War Boy' has high hopes for 2017
Former Sudanese child soldier, Deng Adut, talks to Kathryn Ryan about his homeland, and being forced to fight in a war he eventually escaped. He is now a refugee advocate & lawyer in Sydney - and is… Audio
Vigil for Melbourne car rampage victims
A vigil will be held in Melbourne tonight for the victims of a car rampage which killed five people - including two children.
Deadly Melbourne crash 'likely deliberate'
The driver of the car which killed four people in Melbourne's CBD did not hesitate, witnesses say, in what police believe was a deliberate act.
Melbourne CBD crash: Three dead, 20 injured
A young child is among three people killed when a car was deliberately driven into pedestrians in Melbourne's CBD, police say.
Ken Wyatt to become Australia's first indigenous minister
An Aboriginal MP from Western Australia will become Australia's first ever indigenous minister.
Vegemite to return to Australian ownership
Vegemite is set to return to Australian ownership as part of a wider $480m deal between Bega and Mondelez International.
UN calls for inquiry into Manus Island asylum seekers' beating
Two Iranian men who were injured by police in Papua New Guinea have returned to court after being arrested for a second time.
Sinking illegal 'blue boats' not enough of a deterrent - advisor
Blowing up, burning and sinking Vietnamese "blue boats" for illegally fishing in Pacific countries and Indonesia has not stopped them coming, a fisheries adviser says.
'Tragedy': Australian territory open to formal apology for Chamberlains
Australia's Northern Territory is willing to consider a formal apology to the family of nine-week-old Azaria Chamberlain, who was killed by a dingo in 1980.
Yahoo email hack affected Australian politicians
Thousands of government officials, including high-profile politicians and senior defence officials, are among the data breach's one billion victims.