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Tasmanian town in shock after death of five children in accident
An unthinkable tragedy. Tasmania's community of Devonport is shaken and in mourning after five children died after falling from a bouncy castle that was swept into the air by a gust of wind.
The… Audio
Perlina Lau's must-see streaming TV for December
Post-apocalyptic Shakespeare, a new show from Mindy Kaling, murders in an English back garden and a return to the rarefied world of Sex in the City - Perlina Lau has the recommendations for your best… Video
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NSW braces for major Covid surge after biggest day of cases
New South Wales is bracing for a major surge in Covid 19 cases - after recording its biggest ever day of cases.
There were 1700 new infections today and health authorities say it's going to rise… Audio
Early study suggests Omicron could evade Pfizer vaccine
An early study suggests the new Omicron Covid variant may be able to evade the Pfizer vaccine.
Scientists also believe Omicron can spread more easily and could out-compete Delta to become the… Audio
Australia joins US in boycotting China over Uighur abuses
Australia is joining the US in a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympic games in February over human rights abuses against Uighur minorities in China.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says… Audio
Television Critic: Perlina Lau
Perlina reviews Yellowjackets, which tells the narrative of a team of wildly talented high-school girls soccer players who survive a plane crash deep in the Ontario wilderness. Audio
'Kiribati should control their own fisheries': marine scientist
The government of Kiribati is planning to open up the Phoenix Island Protection Area to commercial fishing.
The area, declared in 2008, is about 1.5 times the size of New Zealand.
A no-take zone was… Audio
Rioting in Honiara has left more than 50 businesses torched
The rioting in Honiara has left more than 50 businesses torched and looted, and more than 1,000 workers jobless.
The clean up is continuing with people cleaning up the streets and removing burnt… Audio
NZ TV series Creamerie to stream on US channel Hulu
In exciting entertainment news, a New Zealand TV series set eight years after an unexplained virus has wiped out the world's men and boys, has been picked up in the US and will stream exclusively on… Audio
Three white men guilty of murder of black man Ahmaud Arbery
To the US, where three white men have been found guilty of murdering black man Ahmaud Arbery while he was jogging last year.
The men claimed they acted in self-defence during a citizen's arrest - but… Audio
Perlina Lau's must-see TV
There's plenty of good TV on the streamers this month, says RNZ's Perlina Lau, who gives her take on five of the best to check out in November. Video
Workers Fed calls on Fiji and Phillipines to protect seafarers
The International Transport Workers Federation is calling on Fiji and the Philippines to uphold and protect the rights of seafarers.
The move comes as a group of Filipino sailors stranded in Fiji -… Audio
Alleged abductor of Cleo Smith kept room full of dolls
It's emerged the man accused of abducting four year old Cleo Smith in Western Australia, had a room full of dolls in his house.
Terence Darrell Kelly has appeared in court charged with forcibly… Audio
Four-year-old Perth girl found alive after 18 days missing
An astonishing outcome - the four-year-old girl who disappeared almost three weeks ago from a remote Australian campsite has been found alive.
Police broke into a locked house in the early hours of… Audio
Emotional reunions at Sydney Airport with isolation-free return
There have been emotional reunions at Sydney Airport with people able to travel home quarantine free for the first time in 20 months.
Hotel quarantine and the cap on arrivals have been scrapped for… Audio
Australia opens to limited international travel in just over a week
Australia is throwing open its doors to international travel with flights resuming in as soon as 10 days.
It comes as Victoria and New South Wales hit 70 and 80 percent double dose levels, ease… Audio
Proud of You
TV and film creatives Roseanne Liang and Perlina Lau join James to chat about parental validation, professional validation and personal validation Produced by Charlie Bleakley. Video, Audio
Queensland to reopen as state nears 80 percent vaccinated
Christmas is back on in Queensland with the Premier announcing once the state reaches 80 percent double vaccinated, the border will reopen to fully-vaccinated arrivals, who will be able to do home… Audio
NSW to reopen border for visitors, but PM says otherwise
New South Wales' new Premier says the state will soon do away with hotel quarantine.
From the November 1, fully vaccinated travellers will be allowed in without having to isolate in a hotel or at… Audio
Fiji confirms November border reopening
Fiji's international border will re-open to its travel partner countries from November 11. Audio