Australia

Solomon Airlines has started its weekly service to Sydney, flying out of Honiara on a Monday and returning on Tuesday. Audio

Tony Abbott and his front bench have rebuffed attempts in Parliament this afternoon to uncover more about the people smugglers payments controversy. Audio

Melbourne correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes. Audio

Calls are growing for Australia's auditor-general to investigate claims people smugglers were paid by the Government to turn their boat around. The boats in question were originally on course to New… Audio

John Key says the government had been told the boat might be able to reach New Zealand but strongly denies any involvement or knowledge of any payments there might have been. Audio

Australian Greens' immigration spokeswoman, Sarah Hanson-Young. Audio

Australia's Labor Party is calling on their Auditor General to investigate claims that Australian officials paid people smugglers to take a boat of asylum seekers to Indonesia. Audio

Across the Tasman, and the surge in Sydney house prices has attracted a warning from the Reserve Bank of Australia. Audio

Australia's Labor Party is calling on their Auditor-General to investigate whether the government paid people smugglers to turn around a boat full of asylum seekers. Audio

Art fraud is a serious crime and with forgeries flooding the market, it has decimated the multi-million dollar market for Aboriginal. Sydney has hosted a symposium on art crime, including a speech… Audio

He's a former public health specialist, he's worked in Aboriginal health and is now the new leader of the Australian Green Party. Audio

The Australian Prime Minister has refused to deny his officials have paid people smugglers to go away saying they'll stop the boats by 'hook or by crook'. Audio

Let's have a chat to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

An Indonesian police chief is backing claims from a Bangladeshi refugee, first heard on Morning Report, that an Australian customs officer paid the captain and crew of a people-smuggling boat to leave… Audio

An Australian senate inquiry into serious allegations of abuse and poor conditions at the Nauru detention centre has heard medical staff were told not to report psychological health problems suffered… Audio

The Australian Government is cracking down on foreign investors circumventing Australian law to buy up property. Audio

In Australia an inquest has heard how a paramedic jumped off a cruise ship to try to save his girlfriend, plunging six stories into the ocean. Audio

The Australian government is investigating nearly 200 cases of foreign investment and is offering a grace period for lawbreakers who turn themselves in. Audio

Time to chat to our Melbourne correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes. Audio