Australia

Australian filmmaker whose new documentary, Ukraine is Not a Brothel, is screening at the New Zealand International Film Festivals Audio

Adelaidean rap trio Hilltop Hoods are one of Australia's biggest hip hop exports, but their meat and potatoes boom bap has yet to cut through in New Zealand. Hilltop Hoods' MC Suffa tell us why he… Audio

Paul Mayley is the National Security Correspondent for The Australian newspaper, who broke the story about the New Zealander killed by a drone strike in Yemen last year. Audio

Raucous Australian rock duo DZ Deathrays were in town last week to perform with local partners in crime Die! Die! Die! at Auckland's Kings Arms. Joe Nunweek chats to bandmembers Shane Parsons and… Audio

Kate Camp discusses For the Term of His Natural Life, the nineteenth-century novel by Australian writer Marcus Clarke. Audio

Inspired to learn from jazz great Mike Nock, New Zealand pianist Gerard Masters moved to Australia after hearing his album Ondas - an album that's had a deep impact on him. Gerard has gone on to… Audio

Remi Kolawole, better known as REMi, is a Melbourne based MC who won the Australian unsigned band competition Triple J Unearthed in 2013. REMi has just released Raw x Infinity, an album produced by… Audio

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton - Chief Political Correspondent for SBS - on Prime Minister Tony Abbott in Indonesia, the budget, and the turnaround on drug testing policies. Audio

Neill Duncan has made his living as a musician for much of his life. He is a saxophonist with an incredible story. The former member of the Spines, Six Volts, current saxophonist in the Jews Brothers… Audio

Australian-based journalist and author Stop Press: the Last Days of Newspapers. Audio

Indonesia and Australia are at loggerheads over asylum-seekers; the introduction of the one-punch law; court case over chaplains in state schools; the Australian budget is coming out soon; and… Audio

Monash University's Senior Lecturer in the School of Political and Social Inquiry - a regular commentator on Australian politics - talks about next week's anticipated tough budget. Audio

An unlikely friendship between Australian musician Ben Salter and Grey Lynn punk-poet Tourettes was struck up when the likely lads crossed paths on their respective OE's in Iceland. They've reunited… Audio

Australian writer, editor and journalist who is contributor for political news website No Fibs, where he has been writing about asylum seekers and issues of free speech for public servants. Audio

Alice Springs-based painter and photographer who has written two memoirs, The Hard Light of Day, and One Thousand Cuts: Life and Art in Central Australia. Audio

The new Australian budget is set to be released by the government, including possible income tax rises. Audio

The Royal tour, and the resignation of New South Wales premier Barry O'Farrell. Audio

Fairfax correspondent, Peter Munro, talks about funding cuts to the ABC and to other parts of the government. Audio

The storm that devastated Solomon islands and parts of Papua New Guinea heads for Australia, the royals hit the water and in Dateline Pacific Niue prepares for elections. Audio

Bernard Keane discusses Australian politics. Audio