Australia

The Prime Minister, has told his post Cabinet news conference, he personally does not want to see New Zealanders detained on Christmas Island, in part because that separates them from their families. Audio

The Silver Ferns will take on the Diamonds for the first Test of the Consteallation Cup series. They'll be wanting to prove their World Cup pool win over Australia was not just a one-of. Audio

Queensland police have started searching for traces of blood at the Gold Coast home of a New Zealand woman believed to have been killed six years ago. Audio

New Zealand has its Wayne Barnes hate club and the South Africans vilify Bryce Lawrence for game-changing Rugby World Cup calls. Add to that Scotland, with fans livid at referee Craig Joubert for the… Audio

Labour MP Kelvin Davis is on Christmas Island where 40 New Zealanders are being held at the Australian detention centre. Audio

A Somali woman who became pregnant after she was allegedly raped on Nauru and brought to Australia for an abortion has been suddenly flown back to the island. Audio

Jim Parker reports that consumers in Australia are starting to show a bit more confidence, but there's a bit of a twist in the survey. Audio

Time to chat to our Melbourne correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes. Audio

Two days after the Australian Prime Minister promised more compassion for New Zealanders in detention, the Labour Party MP Kelvin Davis says the situation remains dire for those being held on… Audio

Hundreds of people turned up to remember the Lower Hutt woman who lost her life trying to save a drowning boy in New South Wales. Audio

The closeness of New Zealand's relationship with Australia didn't extend to any special deals for New Zealanders caught up by tough new immigration laws across the Tasman. Audio

To Australia correspondent, Jim Parker now, and the major bank, Westpac, has sparked a backlash among customers by raising its mortgage rates outside any move in the Reserve Bank's cash rate. Audio

The National Union for Students is frustrated with the Australian government's plan to make student loans available for long-term New Zealand residents, saying it isn't generous enough. Audio

Australia's new prime minister arrives in New Zealand shortly for a first-up meeting with John Key under the shadow of mass deportations and detentions across the Tasman. Audio

The mass deportation and detention of New Zealanders from Australia is top of the agenda for John Key when he meets Malcolm Turnbull for the first time as Prime Minister in Auckland tonight. Audio