Checkpoint for Tuesday 30 September 2008

6:56 PM.If adopted by the Australian government taxpayers would foot the bill. Audio

6:55 PM.The BBC's Emma Jane Kirby reports from Paris. Audio

6:50 PM.Professor Garnow has today released his final report setting out how Australia can become a lower emissions economy. Audio

6:44 PM.Preliminary tests show chocolate made in the company's Beijing factory contain melamine. Audio

6:41 PM.Ehud Olmert has said Israel will have to withdraw from nearly all of the land it occupied in the 1967 war if it wants peace. Audio

6:37 PM.Gang leaders say they want to steer children away from jail, but police fear it will be a gang recruitment centre. Audio

6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:20 PM.The drop is being attributed to the hike in petrol prices. Audio

6:18 PM.A senior economist at UBS Investment Bank, Robin Clements lets you know. Audio

6:14 PM.Just one member of the Standard and Poors 500 Index escaped the sell-off: Campbell Soup. Audio

6:07 PM.Our correspondent in New York, Nathan King talked to Wall Street workers about the big drop and the failure of the bailout plan. Audio

5:58 PM.But sadly it was too late for one of the litigants. Audio

5:54 PM.At least ten teenagers are charged with altering or using forged IDs. Audio

5:51 PM.The BBC's Amber Henshaw has more from Khartoum. Audio

5:49 PM.The council says the rent raise is necessary to cover maintenance. Audio

5:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

5:44 PM.45-year-old Atonio Simone has been sent to jail for ten years after being found guilty of raping a 12 year old. Audio

5:40 PM.Meridian and TrustPower have already put their prices up and Auckland's Mercury Energy raises its prices from tomorrow. Audio

5:35 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

5:29 PM.The number of building consents issued for new houses and apartments has plunged to the lowest monthly total since 2000. Audio

5:25 PM.Here to tell us what the group wants, is our health correspondent, Karen Brown. Audio

5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

5:16 PM.In a brazen escape in May, Aaron Stephen Forden used knotted bed sheets to climb down the prison wall. Audio

5:09 PM.Sharemarkets around the world have taken a hammering today as they reacted to the shock defeat in the United States. Audio