Australia
Boat crew paid to take refugees elsewhere
A Bangladesh refugee claiming to be in an Indonesian detention centre, says Australian officials paid the boat crew and captain to take the 65 asylum seekers away from Australia. Audio
Australian banks are under attack.
Across the Tasman, and Australian banks are under attack. Sydney correspondent Jim Parker reports. Audio
Christine Forster - Australian marriage equality
Gay rights campaigner and Sydney city councilor on the journey to marriage equality across the Tasman, in the time of a conservative government led by her brother Tony Abbott. Audio
Sport Australia
Point scoring across the ditch with ABC sports presenter Paul Kennedy... Australia's new male tennis players, and in cricket, Australia is touring West Indies and getting ready for Ashes, plus the… Audio
Questions about false evidence given to Sydney siege committee
Australia's opposition is demanding a Senate hearing about the Sydney gun seige be reconvened after revelations that a senior official from the Attorney General's office gave false evidence. Audio
Senator "looked after" on Nauru - Aus PM
Australia's Prime Minister has rejected suggestions a Greens senator was being spied on while in Nauru, saying she was instead being looked after.
Australia to send surgeon to treat Nauru child
Nauru says an Australian medical team will be sent to Nauru to operate on the broken arm of a refugee boy.
Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
Let's have a chat to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio
The latest on the search for MH370
Australian officials have signalled the end of the search for the missing Malaysian airliner MH370. Audio
Aus detention centre workers could be jailed if they speak out
Doctors and teachers working in Australia's controversial immigration detention centres could be jailed for up to two years if they speak out against them. Audio
Australia's Nauru refugees arrive in Cambodia
Four refugees who had been in the Australian detention camps in Nauru have now arrived in Cambodia.
Sport: Australia keen to become a permanent fixture at the Pacific Games
Australia is keen to become a permanent fixture at the Pacific Games and believes a larger continental-style meet is a natural progression.
Australia correspondent Bernard Keane
Bernard Keane reports from Australia where the cabinet is split over the government proposal to strip the citizenship of non-dual national citizens suspected of terrorism. Audio
PNG to call for more coordination on Bouganville aid
The Papua New Guinea Foreign Minister says he will be talking to his Australian counterpart on how to better coordinate aid to Bougainville.
Law restricting detention centre whistleblowers "appalling"
A whistleblower into the conditions of the Australian-run detention centre on Nauru says a new law restricting what immigration workers can say about the facilities is appalling.
Aust detention centre whistleblowers to be criminalised
Australia has passed a law criminalising whistleblowers who speak out against conditions at the offshore immigration detention centres.
More blocks for Aust man over Nauru deportation
A former high ranking official in the Nauru government is facing more legal blocks in his attempts to overturn his deportation.
PNG confirms no Australian foreign mission to Bougainville
Australia has backtracked on its plans to open a foreign mission in Bougainville, following PNG's strong reaction. Audio
Australia backtracks on Bougainville mission
Papua New Guinea says Australia has backtracked on opening a foreign mission in Bougainville.
Anti-whisteblower law in Aust detention centres
Those working in Australia's detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island, including NGOs and doctors, could soon face jail time for speaking out about what they have seen in the course of their work.
