Australia
Bronwyn King: tobacco free investment
Kim Hill talks to Dr Bronwyn King, CEO of Tobacco Free Portfolios and a practising radiation oncologist at Epworth HealthCare and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne. She is leading a global… Audio
Wilson's departure signals another blow for offshore detention
An Australian NGO says Wilson Security's announcement that it will not renew its contract for security at detention centres in Papua New Guinea and Nauru is yet another blow for offshore detention.
British MPs call on Australia to review its actions in Norfolk
A cross party delegation of British MPs has called on Australia to review its decision to remove the autonomy of Norfolk Island. Audio
Bizarre Australian missing person case 'like a movie'
A father is still missing after children ditched their parents who were "fleeing something" on a family trip without passports or phones in NSW.
Australian earnings season a disappointment
Sydney correspondent Jim Parker reports on Australia's company earnings season. Audio
Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
It's Friday so we cross the Ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio
NZ asked to help save detainee from deportation to Syria
A Melbourne woman is begging the New Zealand government to grant her partner a visa to save him from being deported to Syria.
NZ asked to help save detainee from deportation to Syria
An Australian woman is begging the New Zealand Government to step in to save her fiance from being sent to war-torn Syria. Audio
Wilson Security will not renew its Nauru-PNG contract
Wilson Security says it will not renew its contract to run Australia's offshore detention centres in Papua New Guinea and Nauru.
Retired Australian judge offers swap with refugee
A retired Australian judge has offered to swap places with a refugee held by Canberra in one of its offshore detention centres in Nauru or Papua New Guinea.
Australia sues Volkswagen over emissions
Australia is suing the local arm of Volkswagen, accusing it of misleading customers by selling modified vehicles that covered up emissions fraud.
Australia Correspondent Karen Middleton
An inquest into the Lindt Cafe siege raises suggestions that the military should be in similar incidents in future, an illegal explicit photo sharing website is shut down and the fallout from… Audio
British man injured in Queensland hostel stabbing dies
A British man who tried to save a woman from a stabbing attack at an Australian backpacker's hostel last week has died in hospital.
Australian state becomes first to permanently ban fracking
Victoria is to become the first Australian state to permanently ban fracking.
Detainee details 'degrading' conditions on Manus
A refugee forcibly transferred by Australia to the offshore processing centre on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea offers a unique insight into what life is like after three years of incarceration.
Pacific countries U-turn on seasonal work arrangements
Pacific Islands countries have reversed their position on proposals to make seasonal labour mobility in the region part of a trade deal. Audio
British MPs on Norfolk Island factfinding trip
A delegation of British MPs is visiting Norfolk Island this week at the invitation of the opponents of the Australian take over of the island.
Growing up Afro Caribbean in Australia
On the face of it, writer Maxine Beneba-Clarke had a quintessential Aussie childhood. Growing up in suburban Sydney, riding in the family Ford Falcon, vegemite in the cupboard. She is the author of… Audio
New teen pictured hooded, restrained in Australian prison
Images of a teenage prisoner with a spit hood over his head at a Brisbane jail have surfaced, as the fallout continues over another teen hooded at a Northern Territory youth detention centre.
Warning to NZ after Australian asbestos discoveries
Discoveries of asbestos in major new building projects in Australia have alarmed authorities there and triggered a warning to New Zealand.
