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Early voting begins in Australia
Early voting begins in Australia
Early voting opens across Australia on Tuesday for the federal election on 7 September. Overseas voting starts on 26 August.
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Fight for recognition of Australia's South Sea Islanders
Audio 20 Aug 2013The push for recognition of Australia's South Sea Islanders community, which the University of Sydney says is a human right for a forgotten people. Audio
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Abbott preferred PM in 2 key NSW marginals
Abbott preferred PM in 2 key NSW marginals
In Australia, and for the first-time since the federal election was called, the Opposition leader Tony Abbott has overtaken Kevin Rudd as preferred prime minister.
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Big bequest to be paid into public purse
Big bequest to be paid into public purse
A bequest of £520,000 to the ruling party in Britain is to be paid into the public purse.
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WA premier walks out of parliament
WA premier walks out of parliament
WA Premier Colin Barnett walked out of the state parliamentary chamber on Wednesday when a backbencher took the party to task over the 2013/14 budget.
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The Panel with David Farrar and Dita de Boni (Part 1)
Audio 14 Aug 2013Topics - the semi finals of the Next Generation debates are happening tonight in Auckland, tonight's topic is New Zealand should be going for population growth. A new independent poll released today… Audio
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Voter ID required in North Carolina
Voter ID required in North Carolina
The US state of North Carolina now requires voters to show photo IDs when they go to the polls.
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New president announced in Mali
New president announced in Mali
After a year of unrest, Mali has a new president: former prime minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.
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First debate of Australian election campaign held
First debate of Australian election campaign held
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Opposition leader Tony Abbott have held their first debate of the 2013 election campaign. Audio
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PM spent day as taxi driver in Oslo
PM spent day as taxi driver in Oslo
Norwegian prime minister Jens Stoltenberg spent an afternoon working incognito as a taxi driver in Oslo in June. None of the passengers was charged for the ride.
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Fiji Labour Party wants caretaker administration before polls
Fiji Labour Party wants caretaker administration before polls
The Fiji Labour Party has called for a caretaker government to be formed to oversee the elections promised for next year. The call was made at the party's annual conference...
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Candidate mistakes Islam for country
Candidate mistakes Islam for country
An Australian election candidate who referred to Islam as a country during a television appearance has withdrawn from the campaign. Stephanie Banister's interview has gone viral on social media.
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Opposition challenges Zimbabwe election in court
Opposition challenges Zimbabwe election in court
Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change has filed papers in the country's highest court saying the election that returned Robert Mugabe to power was rigged and calling for a re-run of the…
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National goes into conference buoyed by polling
National goes into conference buoyed by polling
The National Party begins its annual conference in Nelson on Saturday unfazed by controversy over the GCSB bill and buoyant about its polling. MP Cam Calder says the party's very healthy and in very…
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Serious mistakes admitted in Zimbabwe elections
Serious mistakes admitted in Zimbabwe elections
Zimbabwe's Electoral Commission has for the first time acknowledged serious mistakes in last week's elections. It says nearly 305,000 voters were turned away during the elections, which the opposition…
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National buoyant ahead of annual conference
Audio 9 Aug 2013The National Party begins its annual conference tomorrow in Nelson, unfazed by controversy around the GCSB bill and buoyant about its polling. Audio
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Promie by Taliban leader
Promie by Taliban leader
Mullah Omar, the spiritual leader of the Taliban, has issued a statement saying the Taliban will not seek to monopolise power when foreign forces leave Afghanistan next year.
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The Panel with Graham Bell and Simon Farrell-Green (Part 2)
Audio 6 Aug 2013Topics - With all the dramas happening lately involving Members of Parliament, it's no surprise they have ended up at the bottom of a new Trust and Confidence poll. Lest we forget, because we do… Audio
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Labor still behind as Australian election campaign begins
Audio 6 Aug 2013The Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd's personal popularity has slumped, in a new poll released on the first day of the election campaign. Audio
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Election campaigning underway in Australia
Election campaigning underway in Australia
Political parties in Australia swung into campaign mode on Monday with the economy the key focus for both sides.
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NZers have best money-management skills in Asia-Pacific region
NZers have best money-management skills in Asia-Pacific region
MasterCard says a survey on financial literacy has found New Zealanders have the best basic money-management skills in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Support for Rudd takes a hit: Newspoll
Support for Rudd takes a hit: Newspoll
The latest Newspoll shows support for Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Labor has fallen.
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Were GCSB emails sent by mistake?
Audio 5 Aug 2013We speak with our Political Editor Brent Edwards about the GCSB emails being sent by mistake to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and National's recent drop in the polls. Audio
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Support for National falls in latest poll
Support for National falls in latest poll
Support for the National Party has fallen in the latest One News Colmar Brunton Poll, while the Green Party's popularity has jumped.
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Rudd sets election date
Rudd sets election date
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has called a general election for 7 September, six weeks after he toppled former leader Julia Gillard in a party-room vote.
