Checkpoint

An ancient whale fossil is offering up new clues about the evolution of such mammals. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

The shipwreck hunter who's just found the Australian hospital ship torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in World War Two says the success is down to the skill of the sunken vessal's war-time navigator. Audio

Journalists have come under direct attack in Pakistan after a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the Press Club in the volatile city of Peshawar. Audio

The Government plans to get tougher on long-term beneficiaries next year, as it tries to weed out of the system those it suspects are abusing benefits. Audio

The father of a police officer shot in the line of duty says his son is in pain - but happy to be alive. Audio

A prestigious choir from Cambridge has effectively been banned from performing on Christmas Eve at one of the world's most famous churches. Audio

40,000 people are set to spend Christmas in evacuation centres as one of the country's most active volcanoes threatens a major eruption. Audio

A dangerous high-seas squabble has broken out between environmental activists and a japanese whaling crew in the Southern Ocean. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

The Government's latest offer to those with leaky homes is being criticised as a non-announcement, which doesn't put homeowners in any better a position. Audio

In South Australia, several towns around Adelaide have been effectively branded death zones as authorities face the worst bushfire risk since the"Black Saturday"fires in Victoria early this year. Audio