Karen Middleton

Karen reports in on government ministers brawling over the new budget, what the new average Australian looks like according to the census and mourning on the other side of the Tasman for the loss of… Audio

Australia Correspondent Karen Middleton on the aftermath of Cyclone Debbie, and a Chinese extradition treaty embarrasses Malcolm Turnbull. Audio

How the death of cartoonist Bill Leak has launched a new debate over freedom of speech and the prospects for Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party after a spectacular defeat in Western Australia. Audio

Karen Middleton on a big week there for international visitors, including the first ever by a serving Israeli leader. Audio

Karen Middleton on fires in NSW, energy ructions and the lack of progress on Closing the Gaps on indigenous peoples' disadvantages. Audio

US travel bans; Australia's summer. Audio

How the mid-year budget update has plunged yet another dagger into the political heart of Tony Abbott. Audio

A court case over the election of an MP, a conservative revolt over climate change policy and the death of two tourists in bizarre circumstances. Plus the Australian reaction to John Key's… Audio

The Australian government grapples with president-elect Trump and the immigration minister is under fire for profiling Lebanese-Australians as terrorists. Audio

Karen discusses the long-running debate on whether to have a national vote on same-sex marriage, the latest on the government's controversial lifetime ban on some asylum seekers and strange spring… Audio

Karen Middleton on Australia's immigration policy. Audio

Karen Middleton discusses the prospects of changing the law to allow same-sex marriage, the inquest into the death of young star cricketer Philip Hughes, and a new report on the high rate of… Audio

Karen Middleton on the stalemate over a plebiscite on legalising same-sex marriage in Australia, the PM's struggle in the polls, spring floods and a shark attack. Audio

Karen Middleton on Australia's planned plebiscite on same sex marriage and Malcolm Turbull's one year anniversary as PM. Audio

An inquest into the Lindt Cafe siege raises suggestions that the military should be in similar incidents in future, an illegal explicit photo sharing website is shut down and the fallout from… Audio

Karen Middleton on Australia-China relations and fresh calls to close Nauru detention centre. Audio

Controversy over the census, a proposal to acknowledge indigenous Australians in the Constitution and a bit of gloating over the Rugby Sevens result at the Rio Olympics. Audio

Kevin Rudd seeks backing for nomination for UN Secretary General, unconfirmed reports PM helping out own party, Muslin migration. Audio

Karen Middleton talks about the controversey surrounding media personality and AFL boss Eddie Maguire over his 'jokes' about drowning a female footbal journalist ..and the home stretch of the Ozzie… Audio

The east coast of Australia and the southern island state of Tasmania have been hit by record flooding, causing several deaths and leaving a trail of destruction. It's also been a bad couple of weeks… Audio