Australian Detention Centres

Anna Henderson of the ABC is at the federal parliament in Canberra. Audio

Our political editor, Jane Patterson is in Wellington, where Labour MPs walked out after the Speaker of the House refused to censure John Key. Audio

Labour MPs have stormed out of Parliament after John Key said they were 'backing rapists' over the Christmas Island riots among detained New Zealanders. Audio

Dr Bryce Edwards talks about Labour MP Kelvin Davis confronting John Key over the Christmas Island detainees. Audio

Armed guards have stormed the Christmas Island Detention Centre, to take control of it from a group of rioting detainees. Audio

Labour MP Kelvin Davis has been in touch with New Zealanders in the detention centre and says he's hearing distressing accounts of what's happening.. Audio

There are chaotic scenes again at Christmas Island detention centre Audio

The Prime Minister, John Key, is being urged to step in following rioting on Australia's Christmas island detention centre. Audio

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