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Phil Kafcaloudes with news from Australia
Time to chat to our Melbourne correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes. Audio
Diggers outraged by axing of Lone Pine service
The Australian government says it will no longer conduct annual Anzac commemoration services at Lone Pine, the scene of a rare victory for Australian troops during the ill-fated Dardanelles campaign. Audio
Jim Parker in Australia
And after a brusing 2015 where the mining and resoruce sector took a hammering and consumer sentiment suffered accordingly, the new year has started better . Audio
Questions over refugee resettlement efforts in PNG
Refugee advocates and a local MP have disputed the Papua New Guinea government's claims about resettlement of refugees held on Manus Island. Audio
NZ in trouble at Basin Reserve
New Zealand finished day three of the opening cricket Test against Australia in the poorest possible fashion with the loss of captain Brendon McCullum in the final act of the day.
Voges in fine form at the Basin
An unbeaten 176-run knock from Adam Voges has given the Australian cricketers a commanding lead over the Black Caps.
Injured baby from Nauru will not be released - doctors
Doctors at a Brisbane hospital have refused to release a one-year-old girl, badly burnt at a detention centre on Nauru, until they are happy with where she will live.
Police pursuits
The General President and CEO of the Queensland Police Union Ian Leavers discusses what a no-pursuit policy has meant for his state. Audio
Earnings season underway in Australia
There's a view that the major Australian banks may feel the heat from low oil prices and the fall in the mining sector. Audio
Clarke plays down a return to international cricket
Former Australian captain Michael Clarke has poured cold water on speculation he is positioning himself for a return to the international cricket arena.
Australian churches offer sanctuary to Nauru refugees
As many as 100 Australian churches have promised sanctuary to 267 refugees facing imminent transfer to Nauru after a recent High Court verdict. 37 of them are just babies. Audio
Tony Abbott And 'Fake' Rolexes - Elle Hunt
Have you heard the one about the 'fake' Rolexes, the instant noodle billionaire and the Australian Prime Minister? Well Tony Abbott and some of his Liberal Party colleagues are in hot water after… Audio
PNG processes most Manus refugee claims
Papua New Guinea's government says most of the asylum seekers held on Manus Island have had their refugee status determined.
Legal cannabis cultivation on cards in Australia
The cultivation of cannabis for medical or scientific purposes may become legal in Australia with legistlation to be introduced by the Federal Government today.
Jim Parker in Australia
To Australia and our correspondent Jim Parker, who reports on the liberties that at least one person was willing to take in a creative tax return that they filed. Audio
Asylum seekers offered safe haven in Australian churches
Clergy in Australia are offering sanctuary to asylum seekers who face being sent back to the Nauru detention centre, even if authorities come to knock the doors down. Audio
First Nauru asylum seekers to be returned within days
Some of the dozens of asylum seekers waiting to go back to Nauru are suffering from cancer and terminal illnesses, a senior Australian immigration official says.
Craig brought into Test squad
The Otago off-spinner Mark Craig has been brought into the New Zealand cricket squad for the first Test against Australia, after Mitchell Santner was ruled out with a foot injury.
Smith confident Test series will be played in good spirit
Australia skipper Steve Smith insists a hostile finish to the trans-Tasman ODI cricket series won't boil over to the two-Test series that starts on Friday.
Phil Kafcaloudes with news from Australia
Time to chat to our Melbourne correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes. Audio
