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Australia Votes - Live election special
Live Australian election Insight special hosted by Philippa Tolley Audio
Australia votes - with a colourful cast of characters
A beginner's guide to what looks like - from the outside - a chaotic and complicated Australian voting process. Audio
Australia votes - with a colourful cast of characters
A beginner's guide to what looks like - from the outside - a chaotic and complicated Australian voting process.
AudioAustralian election: Game changer needed to sway disaffected voters
Opinion - The Australian federal election has been called and will put to the test the newly minted Scott Morrison who became the prime minister after a fraught party room battle.
Shorten uses Chinese social media to limit 'Asians with PhDs' damage
The Australian Labor Party leader has taken to Chinese social media to distance himself from comments from a former party leader that provoked an outcry.
Medivac bill a victory for refugees
Refugees detained offshore by Australia have had their first political victory in Australia's parliament. Audio
Jacinda-mania reached Australia, says Labor counterpart
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she will bring up issues around New Zealand citizenship across the Tasman while dining with the Australian Labor leader.
Dutton blasted for 'extraordinary' immigrant comments
Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has blamed a previous government's immigration policy for the country's terrorist attacks.
Eva Orner: asylum seekers and detention centres
Kim Hill talks to Australian film director and producer Eva Orner, whose documentary Chasing Asylum, an exposé of the detention centres established by the Australian government on Nauru and Manus… Audio
John Clarke: the Australian election campaign
Formerly known to many as Fred Dagg, the New Zealand satirist, comedian, writer, and long-time resident of Australia, John Clarke, casts what he describes as an anthropological eye over the Australian… Audio
Van Badham: privilege in Australia
Kim Hill talks the Australian theatre-maker, novelist, social commentator, and columnist for Guardian Australia, who has written widely about privilege and politics. Audio
Shorten still believes Labor has chance in Aus election
The Australian Education Minister, Bill Shorten, believes Labour still has a chance of winning the election if it can convince enough people a Coalition Government would make serious cuts to public… Audio
"Common sense restored"
Qantas planes are set to fly again after a bitter stand-off between the carrier and three unions was brought to an end by an independant tribunal, which has ordered both sides to return back to the… Audio
