Australia

The Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's woes are worsening, with one Coalition MP saying he will back a leadership contest. Audio

Less than a week after the New Zealand central bank kept interest rates here unchanged, its Australian counterpart has surprised many by cutting its interest rates for the first time in a… Audio

An Australian liberal back bencher has pleaded with his collegues to unite behind the Prime Minister as speculation mounts about Tony Abbott's future. Audio

Passengers on an Australian domestic jet moving a Tamil asylum seeker yesterday joined in with a protest against the man's forced deportation. Their refusal to sit down and do up their seat belts… Audio

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott will face up to his cabinet today as criticism of his leadership grows within his Liberal Coalition party. Senior ministers Julie Bishop and Malcolm Turnbull are… Audio

Indonesia has confirmed two convicted Australian drug smugglers will be among the next to face a firing squad. Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan have exhausted all legal avenues to overturn their 2006… Audio

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott heads into a two day cabinet meeting today saying he is determined to stay on despite rumblings that he's a liability to his party. The Liberal National coalition… Audio

The Australian Prime Minister has faced down his critics and is refusing to step down as leader, delivering what some of his colleagues have described as a "make or break" speech. Audio

Phil Kafcaloudes talks about Labor's victory in Queensland. Audio

A New Zealand pollster who worked with the Australian Labor Party which gave the ruling conservative party a surprise drubbing at the polls in Queensland on the weekend says the opposition had its… Audio

Australia's Tony Abbott says he's determined to continue as Prime Minister despite reports the Queensland election result has doomed his leadership. Audio

Across the Tasman, and there is an intense focus on the Reserve Bank of Australia's first monthly board meeting of the year this week amid growing concerns about the economy. Audio

Yesterday's state election in Queensland was watched closely by the Mithaka people - Aboriginal traditional owners of some of the iconic landscapes known as Channel Country in south western… Audio

Point-scoring across the ditch with ABC sports presenter Paul Kennedy. It's summer time so tennis, cricket... Audio

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

It's been confirmed at a coroner's inquest that one of the victims in last month's Sydney seige was killed by police gunfire. Audio

A conservative commentator in Australia has warned Tony Abbott's Prince Philip knighthood decision could be fatal for the Prime Minister. Audio

Graphic details have emerged at the start of the Sydney cafe siege inquest about how two hostages were killed. Audio

Australia's national science agency is predicting global warming will cause Australia to heat up at a rate faster than the global average. Audio

Criticism of PM Tony Abbott's decision to award a knighthood to Prince Philip, leading to speculation about his leadership of the Liberal Party. Audio