Australia
Australia launches new links with Pacific schools
The Australian Government is launching its Bridge School Partnership Programme in the Pacific. Audio
First non-stop flight from Australia to UK
The first non-stop flight between Australia and the UK has arrived in London.
Australian cricketers caught tampering with ball
Australia captain Steve Smith says he is embarrassed and takes responsibility for the actions of his side after they were charged with attempting to change the condition of the ball in the third…
Australian cricketers cop verbal abuse in Cape Town
Cricket Australia has sent a letter of complaint to their South African counterparts over what coach Darren Lehmann called "disgraceful" verbal abuse aimed at his players by the crowd in the third…
Mass whale stranding sparks shark alert
A mass whale stranding at a beach in Western Australia has sparked a shark advice alert.
Dutton defends plan to resettle South African farmers in Australia
Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has brushed off claims of racism over his plan to resettle "persecuted" white South African farmers in Australia.
Court orders ill child refugee be brought to Aust from Nauru
An Australian federal court has ordered a mentally unwell 10-year-old refugee boy on Nauru be taken to Australia for acute psychological treatment.
Auckland man arrested in 18-year-old Australian cold case
An Auckland man has been arrested over the death of Robert Sabeckis in South Australia 18 years ago.
Migrants told to show their Australianness before citizenship
Apparently joining a rotary club is enough to prove you have integrated into Australian life. Audio
Australia correspondent Peter Munro
The banking royal commission opens with a bang; retirees are under fire on the election battleground; and a public debate has erupted over the problems caused by Australia's soaring population growth.
…New melanoma self-test could save your life, say experts
A "highly accurate" online skin cancer test that can identify people at high risk of melanoma in 90 seconds has been developed by Australian researchers.
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton
The scandal surrounding Australia's former deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce refuses to die down, with doubts surfacing over the paternity of his girlfriend's unborn child; calls to ban hazing in… Audio
Warner and de Kock charged by the ICC
Australia vice-captain David Warner and South Africa batsman Quinton de Kock have been charged by the ICC for their heated off-field exchange in the first cricket test in Durban.
Peters expects Canberra to 'pick up game' in Pacific - expert
Foreign Minister Winston Peters is in Samoa and has refused to elaborate on his comments to Australia's Lowy Institute, suggesting some countries' aid programmes in the Pacific are "not for the best"… Audio
Lyon fined by ICC
Australia spinner Nathan Lyon has been fined 15 percent of his match fee by the International Cricket Council for breaching the code of conduct in a highly-charged first test against South Africa.
Australia beat Proteas in first Test
Australia needed just 22 balls and 20 minutes of play on the fifth day at Kingsmead to secure a 118-run triumph over South Africa in the opener of their four-match Test series.
Deadly Kabul bomb targeted Australian convoy - reports
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has confirmed two embassy security contractors were injured in the blast which killed up to three Afghan civilians.
Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio
NZers deported from Aus
New Zealand born prisoners are being sent back from Australia. How well are they being looked after? Many are uprooted from the only support they have. We talk to Helen Murphy of PARS. Audio
Australia correspondent Bernard Keane
The beleaguered Barnaby Joyce has quit as Deputy Prime Minister in the wake of a sexual harassment allegation, replaced by the little-known NSW MP Michael McCormack; and Government now has to start… Audio
