New Zealand has announced it will not withdraw its funding of Nauru's judicial system, despite the island government sacking its only magistrate and cancelling the visa of the chief justice.
'Bad news' on closing gapTony Abbott delivers his first report card on progress being made to reduce Indigenous disadvantage.
Government talksChina and Taiwan are holding their highest-level talks for the first time since a civil war ended 65 years ago.
Malaysia warns of dengue spikeDeaths from dengue fever have nearly tripled in Malaysia this year compared to the same period in 2013.
Fishermen feared drownedPNG's foreign affairs minister investigating reports that five Indonesians may be dead after navy deliberately sank their boat.
Bushfire crisis easesHundreds of firefighters are taking advantage of calmer conditions as they try to extinguish 18 blazes still burning across Victoria.
'We did the best we could'
A note from a volunteer firefighter provides a poignant glimpse into the struggle to save homes.
From start to finish
Reporter Cameron Best details the long road from inception to demise of Victoria's car industry.
Backyard zoo
A suburban home has become a temporary zoo for animals being evacuated from a farm in Victoria.
Reward to slap Malaysian MP
An NGO offers a reward for anyone who slaps a Malaysian MP over a controversial Chinese New Year video.
New parliament year
Australian PM Tony Abbott's government is preparing big spending cuts, but restoring damaged ties with Indonesia will be a high priority.
Pacific 'mosquito fair'
Health officials are warning about the rise in mosquito-borne diseases across the Pacific region this year.
Toyota quits Australia
Japanese car maker Toyota has confirmed it will end car production in Australia in 2017. But was the decision inevitable?
Report slams rail project
A report has found a project to repair Cambodia's rail system has left hundreds of impoverished families worse off.
Mother, kids shelter in dam
Dramatic pictures show a family forced to shelter in a dam during the Victorian bushfires.
Smog capital
South Asia correspondent Michael Edwards, wires
New research has suggested that air pollution in India's capital, New Delhi, is worse than in Beijing.
Close encounter with a croc
A Top End surfer has described his close-encounter with a crocodile in the waves off a Darwin beach.
Land of the Unexpected
Liam Cochrane, the ABC's new correspondent in PNG, gets a taste of the vibrant colour and - at times - chaos of life on the road.
Social media photo wall
See the Winter Olympics through the eyes of Australian athletes chasing gold in Russia.
The Depression-era child star who went on to become a US diplomat dies aged 85 at her California home.
The Commonwealth Bank's first-half profit surges 16 per cent to $4.2 billion, helped by cost cutting.
Britain's PM warns stricken communities are "in it for the long haul", with flooding in the Thames set to worsen.
US President Barack Obama has praised France as a model ally in a world.
The Reserve Bank sees rising house prices as a normal response to lower interest rates, writes Greg Jericho.
The Depression-era child star who went on to become a US diplomat dies aged 85 at her California home.
Sydney's Mitchell Library Reading Room should be kept as a place of books and readers and intellectual exchange, not transformed into a social hub.
Torah Bright and a number of other snowboarders have slammed the Sochi halfpipe, describing it as sub-standard.
All the best images from the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games.
