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Australia: Peacekeepers for Ukraine considered, Tasmanian ferry woes
Australia correspondent Chris Niesche joins Kathryn to talk about where Australia is positioned on the issue of sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine. Audio
'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.
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton
Cyclone Jasper has caused the worst flooding in and around Cairns in far north Queensland. Karen Middleton says the Bureau of Meteorology is facing strong criticism for failing to forecast the massive… Audio
Update on Oz with Brad Foster
Brad Foster reports on the unseasonable hot weather in Sydney and the high fire danger on the south coast that sees 20 schools closed on Tuesday, what is expected in the NSW Budget out today, and the… Audio
Australia: Defiant chief, police callout failure, Sydney fire
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about why Australia's Defence Force chief is resisting calls to hand in his meritorious service medals for having presided over Australian… Audio
Australian Correspondent Brad Foster
Sydney based correspondent Brad Foster has the latest on the deluges across the city, with many suburbs recording a month's worth of rain over a few days. He also talks about the Wallabies beating… Audio
Hundreds in Sydney Covid-19 testing bungle tested positive
The announcement from SydPath came as NSW recorded another 6062 Covid-19 cases and one death.
Sydney on edge as Omicron spreads
In Australia, Sydney and the Central Coast are on edge, waiting to discover just how far and wide the Omicron Covid variant has spread.
Exposure sites are increasing, after at least five positive… Audio
What's happening across the ditch
Sydney based Brad Foster talks to Jesse about their COVID response and how a predicted surge of cases hasn't materialised. He also shares how Australia's climate change approach has been roundly… Audio
What's happening in Australia with Brad Foster
Sydney-based correspondent Brad Foster tells us about the latest news in Australia. Audio
Ron Brierley jailed for 14 months over child sex abuse images
Disgraced retired businessman Ron Brierley has been sentenced to 14 months in prison with a seven-month non-parole period.
The 84-year-old appeared in a Sydney court today, having pleaded guilty in… Audio
Sydney faces another month of lockdown as Delta spreads
Persistently high case numbers means- Greater Sydney's lockdown is extended by another month.
As Worldwatch's Perlina Lau reports - tougher restrictions are being enforced too. Audio
Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst
Annika joins Kathryn to look at the Covid crisis in New South Wales, where a record 356 new cases were identified, 254 of whom were infectious while in the community. Hundreds of people have been… Audio
Wild dads: Zoo expert Erna Walraven on animal paternal behaviour
Erna Walraven is an Australia-based wildlife specialist and consultant who spent 12 years as a keeper at Sydney's Taronga Zoo before moving on to be a senior curator for the next two decades where she… Audio
NSW hits new record with 124 Covid-19 cases
New South Wales has today reported a new high of 124 Covid-19 cases, with close to 90 of those people wandering in the community while infectious.
Greater Sydney is in the fourth week of a lockdown… Video, Audio
Two more weeks' lockdown for Sydney, but what is lockdown?
Covid-19 lockdown just got two weeks longer in Sydney, as cases grow there.
But Premier Gladys Berejiklian has signalled there may be more restrictions to come.
There are 97 new cases on Wednesday… Video, Audio
Covid-19 in Sydney more serious, with 38 new cases
The weight of Sydney's Covid-19 crisis is starting to really hit home. New South Wales has detected 38 new local cases, 11 of which had been infectious in the community for some time.
The daily tally… Audio
Covid-19 Delta: Sydney regional lockdown extended a week
The lockdown in greater Sydney is being extended for a week, as the Covid-19 situation shows little sign of easing.
Twenty-seven new cases have been detected in New South Wales today - only 13 of… Video, Audio
Wellington Covid-19 testing centres ready for surge of more tests
Covid-19 testing numbers have dropped from the heights recorded last week, but centres and GPs in Wellington are gearing up for another surge.
People who were at the same place as the Sydney… Video, Audio
Parts of Sydney lock down tonight to control Covid-19
The Director-General of Health, Ashley Bloomfield, says the results to date are good news in Wellington with no community cases of Covid-19 reported today, but the full picture won't be known until… Audio
