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Calls for police probe into Gillard adviser leak
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Australian Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is calling on the Prime Minister to publicly explain the events that led to protesters breaching security around the political leaders on Australia Day.
Cyclone watch for Western Australia
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The Bureau of Meteorology predicts Tropical Cyclone Iggy off the West Australian coast will intensify to a category-four system by tomorrow night.
More cargo ship oil washing up on Christmas Island
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Oil from a stricken cargo ship has again started washing up at Flying Fish Cove on Australia's Christmas Island.
Capsized cruise ship passengers offered nearly $14,000 compensation
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The Italian company that operated the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship has offered passengers nearly $14,000 each in compensation.
Philippines flags greater US military presence
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The Philippines has announced plans to allow a greater US military presence.
Somare silent on failed PNG mutiny
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There is still no word from Papua New Guinea's ousted prime minister Sir Michael Somare, despite a statement released by his daughter claiming he orchestrated a failed military mutiny.
Refugees face life in detention after ASIO assessment
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Australia's security organisation, ASIO, is refusing to explain why it ruled four refugees are a threat to security.
Djokovic prevails in five-set epic against Murray
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Gutsy world number one Novak Djokovic will shoot for a slice of tennis history in Sunday night's Australian Open men's final after outlasting Scot Andy Murray in a five-set thriller on Rod Laver Arena.
Car bomb in Iraq kills 28: medic
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Reports from Iraq say an explosion has killed dozens of people outside a Baghdad hospital.
![Around 200 protesters marched up to Parliament House chanting that Australia would always be Aboriginal land. [ABC News: Simon Cullen]](http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/3797056-1x1-150x150.jpg "Around 200 protesters marched up to Parliament House chanting that Australia would always be Aboriginal land. [ABC News: Simon Cullen]")
Australian PM aide quits over protest leak
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One of the Australian Prime Minister's media advisers has resigned, after admitting they told someone about Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's presence near the Aboriginal tent embassy in Canberra on Thursday.
![The sale is valued at $150 million. [ABC]](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201111/r848157_7988484.JPG "The sale is valued at $150 million. [ABC]")
NZ approves dairy farm sale to China
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The New Zealand Government has approved the controversial sale of 16 dairy farms to a Chinese company.
![The letter was sent to Lord Tu'ivakano in December last year by the Australian and New Zealand High Commissioners to Tonga. [en.wikipedia.org]](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201201/r886018_8836107.jpg "The letter was sent to Lord Tu'ivakano in December last year by the Australian and New Zealand High Commissioners to Tonga. [en.wikipedia.org]")
Tonga asked to return aid money
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A leaked letter shows that the Australian and New Zealand governments asked the Tongan Prime Minister to return an amount of aid money.
![Samoa's Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele says Pacific nations should oppose what is happening in Fiji. [AFP: Omar Torres]](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201201/r877396_8634352.jpg "Samoa's Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele says Pacific nations should oppose what is happening in Fiji. [AFP: Omar Torres]")
Samoan PM sceptical of Fiji election promise
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Samoa's prime minister says he does not believe a scheduled election in Fiji in 2014 will actually happen.
![Radio Australia's transmitters have been switched off in Fiji since 2009. [Radio Australia]](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201201/r885952_8834972.jpg "Radio Australia's transmitters have been switched off in Fiji since 2009. [Radio Australia]")
Fiji considers switching Radio Australia back on
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Fiji's coup-installed military government has suggested it is looking at allowing Radio Australia to broadcast there again.
![The compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan where Osama Bin Laden was killed during a raid by U.S. special forces in May 2011. Rockets have been fired on a military academy nearby. [ABC]](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201105/r762458_6420836.jpg "The compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan where Osama Bin Laden was killed during a raid by U.S. special forces in May 2011. Rockets have been fired on a military academy nearby. [ABC]")
Rockets fired at Pakistan's top military academy
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Officials in Pakistan say nine rockets have been fired at one of the country's top military academy in Abbottabad.
![The flooding has forced more than 3,400 people to take refuge in evacuation centres. [www.met.gov.fj]](http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/3792612-1x1-150x150.jpg "The flooding has forced more than 3,400 people to take refuge in evacuation centres. [www.met.gov.fj]")
Flooding sets back progress in Fiji
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Fiji's permanent secretary for the Ministry of Information says the damage caused by this week's floods is heartbreaking for farmers in the Western Division.
![Some of Sharapova's shrieks are said to have reached above 100 decibels. [Radio Australia: Tony Trung]](http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/3789088-1x1-150x150.jpg "Some of Sharapova's shrieks are said to have reached above 100 decibels. [Radio Australia: Tony Trung]")
Fans prepare for loud Australian Open women's final
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Fans are bracing for a noisy Australian Open women's final at Melbourne Park, with two of the loudest players on the tour, Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova, going head to head on Saturday.
![Tendulkar departs for the final time in a Test match in Australia. [Brandon Malone: Reuters]](http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/3797528-1x1-150x150.jpg "Tendulkar departs for the final time in a Test match in Australia. [Brandon Malone: Reuters]")
Australia on the brink of Test series whitewash
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Australia is four wickets away from a four-nil series whitewash against India at stumps on day four of the fourth cricket Test in Adelaide.
![Boracay island, where a tourist boat capsized on Thursday. Three local crewmen are still missing. [ABC]](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200811/r310957_1368095.jpg "Boracay island, where a tourist boat capsized on Thursday. Three local crewmen are still missing. [ABC]")
Tourist boat capsizes in the Philippines
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Tourist police on the Philippine resort island of Boracay are searching for three local crewmen who have been missing since their boat capsized on Thursday afternoon.
![The bags of cocaine were delivered to the United Nations in New York. [Getty Images]](http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/2909944-1x1-150x150.jpg "The bags of cocaine were delivered to the United Nations in New York. [Getty Images]")
Cocaine sent to UN headquarters
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Authorities in the United States are investigating how two bags containing more than 16 kilograms of cocaine arrived at the United Nations' headquarters in New York.
Tensions high after PNG landslide
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Aid agencies are reporting grim living conditions in the town affected by Tuesday's massive landslide in PNG's Southern Highlands.
![Burma pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi meets her son Kim Aris at Yangon Airport. [ABC]](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201106/r786380_6807991.jpg "Burma pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi meets her son Kim Aris at Yangon Airport. [ABC]")
Suu Kyi calls on world leaders to support Burma
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Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has told delegates at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland that her nation is on the cusp of a rare and precious opportunity.
Cardiac medicine recalled in Pakistan after 100 deaths
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The owners of three Pakistani drugs companies have been arrested, after more than 100 people died from taking contaminated caridac medicine in Punjabi Province.
![Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan is upbeat about Australia's economic position. [ABC]](http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/3702086-1x1-150x150.jpg "Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan is upbeat about Australia's economic position. [ABC]")
IMF downgrades Australian growth forecast
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A senior economist says he expects Australia's Reserve Bank to cut its 2012 forecasts for the Australian economy because of the impact of the European debt crisis.
![Micro blogging site Twitter will censor posts from some countries. [ABC]](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201109/r834798_7729956.jpg "Micro blogging site Twitter will censor posts from some countries. [ABC]")
Twitter to censor tweets
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Twitter has announced it will begin restricting tweets in certain countries, marking a policy shift for the social media platform that helped propel the popular uprisings recently sweeping across the Middle East.
Gates donates $US700 million to charity
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Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has donated $US750 million to the Global AIDS Fund, and has urged governments to continue their support.
![A woman feeds her cattle at a farm in Kawamata, 45 kilometres west of the Fukushima nuclear power plant. [AFP]](http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/3796650-1x1-150x150.jpg "A woman feeds her cattle at a farm in Kawamata, 45 kilometres west of the Fukushima nuclear power plant. [AFP]")
Japan loses track of radioactive cows
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Japanese authorities have lost track of nearly 3,000 cows suspected of containing high levels of radioactive caesium.
![US President Barack Obama delivering his State of the Union speech this week. His administration is to cut the US military budget. [ABC]](http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/3793494-1x1-150x150.jpg "US President Barack Obama delivering his State of the Union speech this week. His administration is to cut the US military budget. [ABC]")
US to cut military budget
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The Pentagon unveiled a 2013 budget plan that would cut $US487 billion in spending over the next decade by eliminating nearly 100,000 ground troops, mothballing ships and trimming air squadrons in a bid to create a smaller, agile force with a new strategic focus.
![Michael Reid wants to return the Japanese flag to its original owner. [Supplied]](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201201/r885787_8831149.jpg "Michael Reid wants to return the Japanese flag to its original owner. [Supplied]")
Search for clues to WWII mystery
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A sailor in the US Navy is trying to find the owner of a Japanese flag brought home from the Philippines by his late grandfather after World War Two.
![France is the heads of Maori people it has had for more than 200 years. [ABC]](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201105/r764313_6451248.JPG "France is the heads of Maori people it has had for more than 200 years. [ABC]")
Maori may preserve tattooed heads
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A New Zealand professor says that Maori are talking about the possible revival of the ancient practice of preserving tattooed heads.
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