Australia
Sydney Muslims experience three times as much racism
Muslims in Sydney encounter racism and verbal slurs at three times the rate of all other Australians. Audio
Pensions hot topic in Australia
To Australia, and the rising pension costs are in the spotlight. Audio
Australia to spend $300m to fight Meth 'epidemic'
Australia's government is to spend more than $A300 million on a new strategy for tackling methamphetamine.
Australian anti-IS fighter freed without charge
An Australian man who was detained by police after returning home from fighting Islamic State militants in the Middle East, has been released without charge.
Jim Parker in Australia
To Australia now, and our correspondent, Jim Parker, reports that exports are keeping the country's struggling economy in the black. Audio
Children drive for help in Australian bush
Two children drove 35km for help in remote New South Wales after their father died and their mother fell into a well trying to help him.
Drugs blamed for Australian festival deaths
One man is dead and two people are in a critical condition in hospital after taking drugs at music festival Stereosonic in Adelaide, Australian police say.
ICC says umpire's decision was wrong
The International Cricket Council has admitted third umpire Nigel Llong's decisive decision in the day-night Test in Adelaide was wrong.
Spotlight on private equity investors
In Australia, two major profit downgrades have thrown a spotlight on the role of private equity investors who buy public companies, restructure them and then sell them back onto the market. Audio
Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
Let's have a chat to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio
Detainee struggled to see dying wife
A New Zealander being held in an Australian detention centre says the authorities made it difficult for him to see his terminally ill wife before she died this week.
Tasmanian bikie fights deportation to NZ
A former Rebels bikie boss jailed for trafficking methamphetamine is fighting deportation to New Zealand.
China blamed for cyber attack on Australia
China is being blamed for a major cyber attack on computers at the Bureau of Meteorology, which has compromised sensitive systems across the Federal Government. Audio
Road rage murder accused 'devastated' - lawyer
A New Zealander who was due to be married next week has been charged in Queensland with a road rage murder. Audio
Murder charge over Queensland truck death
A New Zealander is facing a murder charge, after Australian police say another man was pushed into the path of a truck in a road rage incident. Audio
NZer accused of murder over Brisbane man crushed by truck
A New Zealander who was due to be married next week has been charged in Queensland with a road rage murder. Audio
Australia correspondent, Karen Middleton
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is on his way back from the climate change summit in Paris and is heading into a viper's nest in the final week of Parliament for the year. Audio
Australia breaks ranks
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is desperate to present a more environmentally-friendly image than his predecessor Tony Abbott. Audio
Has the Lucky Country, Australia, run out out of luck?
The tide of migration to Australia is turning, with more New Zealanders choosing to stay here or come home, says Jane Patterson in this week's Power Play.
'Sovereign citizens' listed as terrorism threat in Australia
Anti-government extremists known as "sovereign citizens" are a potential terrorism threat in Australia, according to a confidential police report.
