Australian Detention Centres

The situation at the Christmas island detention centre has deteriorated again overnight with more fires being lit and more damage to being done to buildings. Audio

Denise has been in regular contact with her partner, an inmate at the centre... Audio

Late yesterday authorities on Christmas Island reported they had gone back into the detention centre and taken control of offices and the health clinic and started providing food for the inmates. Audio

The ABC's political reporter Anna Henderson is with us. Audio

The unrest on Christmas Island is dominating debate in Australia's Federal Parliament, with the Government under pressure to say what is going on. Audio

A detainee at the Christmas Island detention centre says it's a scary place and he fears for his life amid the violence. Audio

Detainee Tuk Whakatutu, formerly of Foxton, has witnessed the mayhem but is choosing to stay out of it. Audio

The Christmas Island detention centre remains out of control tonight after a day of fires and vandalism - with New Zealand detainees braced for guards to try to get back in. Audio

A New Zealander is fighting to get out of immigration detention in Sydney to look after his partner who's dying of lung cancer. Audio

Carmel Stanwell is dying from lung cancer while her partner wrestles to get out of immigration detention to care for her. Audio

A New Zealand man, who is suffering from a brain tumour, has been moved off Christmas Island to another detention centre in Western Australia. Audio

Australia remains steadfast on its policy to deport about a thousand New Zealanders, despite a meeting between the two Prime Ministers where that issue was top of the agenda. Audio

The Government is reluctant to say whether it'll back Australia's bid for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council. Audio

An Australian lawyer says it beggars belief politicians on both sides of the Tasman are encouraging New Zealanders in Australian detention centres to return home. Audio

New Zealanders being held on Christmas Island have told the Labour MP, Kelvin Davis, they are planning to pool resources and launch a class action case against the Australian Government. Audio

An Australian lawyer says John Key's suggestion that detainees should sign up to be deported then fight their cases from New Zealand is plain wrong. Audio

Labour MP Kelvin Davis is on Christmas Island where 40 New Zealanders are being held at the Australian detention centre. Audio

The Labour Party MP Kelvin Davis says the situation for New Zealanders being held at the Christmas Island detention centre is dire. Audio

Australia's new prime minister arrives in New Zealand shortly for a first-up meeting with John Key under the shadow of mass deportations and detentions across the Tasman. Audio

Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull arrives in New Zealand today amid growing anger at his government's tough lithe detention and deportation of New Zealand criminals. The ABC's political… Audio