Australia

Vanuatu's government says it expects Australia to advance the concerns of Pacific Islands states now that it has a seat on the UN Human Rights Council.

Australia will introduce random searches of airport workers as it increases security after a recent foiled terrorism plot, officials have said.

The police in Australia are offering a record $A6 million worth of rewards will help find a serial killer who has murdered six women.

The Australian Government has been forced to shelve university funding plans that would have doubled or tripled tuition fees for New Zealanders.

A much-loved Australian teacher was attacked by armed men on a motorbike and fatally shot during a robbery in the Kenyan capital this week.

Australia has been criticised by the United Nations Human Rights Committee for chronic non-compliance with its findings.

The Australian government is not abandoning plans to overhaul citizenship laws despite a major defeat in the Senate.

Too many low-level offenders are being swept up by an Australian immigration clampdown that's affected hundreds of New Zealanders, police officers there say.

The Highlanders first five Lima Sopoaga will start for the All Blacks in Saturday night's third Bledisloe Cup Test against Australia in Brisbane.

Hopes are fading for six fishermen missing in waters off the east coast of Australia after their trawler capsized on Monday night.

Perhaps sick of the relentless sandflies, an intrepid Fiordland penguin has travelled 5000km to the south coast of Western Australia.