Karen Middleton
Trans-Tasman blindside by ScoMo?
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton looks at Scott Morrison's announcement Australia and New Zealand were proposing a voluntary set of reporting protocols to get social media companies to report… Audio
Alan Jones faces backlash, ScoMo wades into climate debate
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about the reaction to radio host Alan Jones' comments about Jacinda Ardern. She'll also talk about how Prime Minister Scott Morrison is… Audio
Citizenship brawling and Masterchef exit
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton reports on Scott Morrison and Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton asking parliament for the power to ban some Australian citizens believed to have been… Audio
China gatecrashes Australia military exercise
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton reports on Australian and US navy personnel involved in a biennial training exercise having to use minimal systems and signals after a Chinese spy vessel sailed… Audio
Media raids challenge, building cracks and Folau fundraising
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton reports on the decision by ABC and News Corp to mount legal challenges related to the police raids earlier this month, nervousness by new apartment residents… Audio
Darwin mass shooting, journalist raided and Morrison on the move
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton reports on the shooting deaths of four people at multiple locations in Darwin allegedly by a man police say is on parole. Audio
New leader for Labor and police grill terminal serial killer
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about how Prime Minister Scott Morrison is getting on with the job after his surprise win, Labor elects Anthony Albanese as its new leader… Audio
Oz election hits home stretch - and what, no Vogels?
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton reports on the 4-day home stretch to polling day, how religion's been injected into election debate thanks to Israel Folau, wellness fraudster Belle Gibson's… Audio
Election debates and a child killer gives evidence
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton reports on how the country's election campaign has just passed the midway point - what did the first election debate reveal? And 16 years after she was first… Audio
Easter election campaign truce
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton reports on the Easter truce by political leaders, the effect the campaign is having on the polls and the entry of former MP and mining magnate Clive Palmer. Audio
News Corp hits back and what to do with a terrorist's children?
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to look at the speech News Corp CEO Robert Thomson gave last night slamming the New York Times' recent 20,000-word investigation into the Murdoch… Audio
Budget Day or election campaign launch?
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to pick over yesterday's Budget. With an announcement expected shortly about a likely election date, the Opposition was calling it more of a… Audio
Australia's Senate to consider censure of egged politician
Karen Middleton reports from Canberra on the reaction to the mass killings in Christchurch by an Australian citizen, including the possible censure of Senator Fraser Anning, who was egged over his… Audio
More fallout from Cardinal Pell conviction
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton looks at how the fallout from the conviction of Cardinal George Pell for historical child sex abuse continues - his controversial lawyer, Robert "plain vanilla"… Audio
Outta Oz: The 'medivac bill' and who hacked Parliament
Our Australia correspondent Kate Middleton looks at the controversy over a law change designed to make it easier to bring ill asylum seekers and refugees to the mainland for treatment. And who was… Audio
Migrant incentives, cold cases and housing slumps
Australia correspondent, Karen Middleton has details on an easing of restrictions on unskilled workers, the cold case murder investigations that are gripping the country and the housing market is… Audio
More setbacks for Australia's PM
Australia correspondent, Karen Middleton reports on Scott Morrison being forced further into minority government after one of his backbench MPs suddenly quit his party to sit as an independent… Audio
Tough language after Melbourne attack
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton on the effect that last week's at in Melbourne is having on the city. Plus the latest on the Strawberry scare; a politician forced out of his job over groping… Audio
Malcolm Turbull becomes a special envoy?
Australia correspondent, Karen Middleton reports on Malcolm Turnbull's unusual new role as the Prime Minister's personal envoy, representing Australia at an oceans conference in Bali. There has also… Audio