New South Wales
Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst
Annika joins Kathryn to look at the Covid crisis in New South Wales, where a record 356 new cases were identified, 254 of whom were infectious while in the community. Hundreds of people have been… Audio
New South Wales' covid crisis deepens
In New South Wales they're in the middle of a Covid-19 crisis: 356 new cases found in the 24 hours to 8:00pm last night, and three more deaths. Twenty-nine people have died from Covid-19 in the state… Audio
Australia Correspondent Karen Middleton
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to look at how Covid infection rates remain stubbornly high at about 200 daily in New South Wales, while the situation is deepening the social… Audio
NZers face anxious wait for extra lifeline flights from NSW
The government is looking at rejigging MIQ so it can make space for more people coming back from New South Wales.
New Zealanders in Australia have until Friday to get on a flight back, before the… Audio
NSW hits new record with 124 Covid-19 cases
New South Wales has today reported a new high of 124 Covid-19 cases, with close to 90 of those people wandering in the community while infectious.
Greater Sydney is in the fourth week of a lockdown… Video, Audio
Cabinet holds urgent meeting over trans-Tasman bubble
Cabinet ministers are meeting right now to decide the fate of the trans-Tasman bubble.
The meeting has been called just hours after New South Wales recorded 124 new Covid-19 cases - a record high in… Video, Audio
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton
Karen joins Kathryn for an update on Australia's lockdowns in Sydney, Melbourne and now Adelaide as Covid case numbers continue to rise, and the vaccine rollout takes its toll at the polls for Scott… Audio
Sydney braces for lockdown extension with $4b business support
Australia correspondent Chris Niesche joins Kathryn to talk about Sydney's Covid outbreak after 89 new cases were recorded yesterday. Audio
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton
Karen joins Kathryn for the latest on the Covid outbreaks in Australia as it's expected Sydney will face another week of lockdown, the NRL reels from another scandal as it was revealed 13 players from… Audio
Porter drops ABC defamation case and mouse plague!
Australia correspondent Chris Niesche joins Kathryn for an update on the Covid outbreak in Victoria, as New South Wales posts sites of concern following a visit from a Covid-positive person. Former… Audio
NZ's bubble with NSW paused for 48 hours
Travel between New Zealand and New South Wales will be paused from 11.59pm tonight. Audio
NSW on alert with community Covid-19 case
NSW has recorded one new locally acquired COVID-19 infection and expects more cases to be confirmed. Authorities believe the man, who has not been vaccinated, has been infectious since Friday. NSW… Audio
Flooded Farms
New South Wales farmer Graham Forbes says stock have died and lots of milk has had to be spilled because of widespread flooding near his farm at Gloucester. Audio
Flooded Farms
New South Wales farmer Graham Forbes says stock have died and lots of milk has had to be spilled because of widespread flooding near his farm at Gloucester.
AudioFurther rain forecast for flooded New South Wales
Over two thousand people have been evacuated in New South Wales as record breaking floods wreak havoc across the Australian state.
Today's forecast for heavy rain has many more residents standing by… Audio
Professor Michael Baker: 'Dangerous period ahead for NZ'
It's Christmas and everyone is feeling suitably festive after what has been the most trying of years, but now is not the time to let our guard down against the omnipresent threat of Covid-19, says… Audio
NSW Premier's secret, covid set-back, Pell and the Pope
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton unwraps the scandal surrounding competent and popular New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian, who confessed to a secret five-year relationship with a… Audio
My Current Song: Jan Preston - 'Honky Tonk Song'
Jan Preston used her time during lockdown to get into the studio and lay down tracks for her new album, Piano Boogie Woman. Now, on this side of the Tasman, Jan is ready to hit the road for a 20-date… Audio
Covid-19: Case numbers in Melbourne finally dropping
Covid-19 numbers in Victoria are finally dropping. Meanwhile, Australia PM Scott Morrison says he is open to the idea of Christchurch mosque gunman serving out his sentence across the Tasman. Rebekah… Audio
Australian correspondent 'It's feeling grim here in Melbourne'
Australian correspondent Rebekah Holt joins the show from Melbourne off the back of a week in which Victoria recorded its most deadly day in the Covid-19 pandemic and the overall case load for the… Audio