Australia

The muddy fun of hooning around in a dunger on dirt roads in Australia to raise money for cancer research, with Adelaide-based rally founder James Freeman. Audio

In Australia, there's a sign investors are turning off the housing market. Audio

The Australian Football Federation says there are 50 reasons why it won't get involved in any bid to co-host a FIFA World Cup with New Zealand. Audio

Tony Abbott says parents who don't immunising their kids will lose out on child benefits, including taxpayer funded childcare. Is punishing parents also punishing children? Audio

Time to chat to our Melbourne correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes. Audio

The Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, has announced parents who refuse to vaccinate their children will be denied up to 15-thousand dollars in childcare rebates Audio

Across the Tasman, and Australia's business community has called on all sides of politics to tackle policy reforms amid increasing signs the once bullet proof economy is faltering. Audio

Celebrated Australian writer, best known for her novel, The Secret River. Her new book is a non-fiction homage, One Life: My Mother's Story. Audio

Point scoring across the ditch with ABC sports presenter Paul Kennedy. Audio

A Muslim leader says young Muslims are being systemically discriminated in Australia - and that's what is pushing them to want to join Islamic State. Audio

The family of three children who died after their mother's car plunged into a Melbourne lake on Wednesday says she felt dizzy before the crash. Audio

Let's have a chat to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

Residents of a Melbourne district could be fined 5-hundred dollars if they leave their rubbish and recycling bins out on the roadside for too long. Audio

Hot on the heels of a landmark Australian case allowing a film company to demand payment from illegal downloaders, Australia has launched an anti-piracy code similar to New Zealand. Audio

A New Zealand exporter burnt by the soaring kiwi against the Australian dollar says the exchange rate has turned the market across the Tasman toxic. Audio

Questions still surround how an 11-year-old autistic boy managed to survive five days lost in the Australian bush with just the clothes on his back. Audio

Downloaders and internet police are keeping a close watch on an Australian Federal Court decision forcing six internet companies to hand thousands of people's details who pirated the movie, The Dallas… Audio