Annika Smethurst

Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst talks about the $4b remote housing package for the Northern Territory aimed at building hundreds of homes in Indigenous communities. Audio

Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst looks at how the arrival of an asylum seeker boat in Western Australia has renewed debate over detention policies. Audio

Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst discusses moves to tighten visa processes, and also why an Australia Day event in London is not going ahead. Audio

Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst joins Susie to talk about the determination of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to push ahead with the referendum on the Indigenous Voice, despite polling… Audio

Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst joins Kathryn to talk about how the cost of a working holiday maker visa will jump by $130 on Saturday to $640 - with the potential it could be cut to one… Audio

Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst joins Kathryn to talk about the Royal Commission of Inquiry underway into the country's Robodebt scheme - an automated debt recovery programme introduced in… Audio

Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst joins Kathryn to talk about suspected visa scams that have brought 100,000 workers into the country, new figures show who the biggest spenders were among… Audio

Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst joins Kathryn to talk about why no Covid-19 vaccines have been ordered for 2024, the huge data breach affecting Optus customers and the shape of the first… Audio

Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst joins Kathryn to talk about the bombshell revelation that former Prime Minister Scott Morrison had himself sworn in as Minister on a number of portfolios -… Audio

Today's correspondent is Annika Smethurst in Australia, where there's been no let up in the rain falling in southern parts of New South Wales - what further help might be on offer for communities that… Audio

Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst joins Kathryn to look at the year's worth of rain that fell in parts of Queensland, amid criticism the weather forecasts weren't up to scratch. Australians of… Audio

Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst joins Kathryn to detail the extraordinary exchanges at COP26 between the French president Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Audio

Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst joins Kathryn to talk about Prime Minister Scott Morrison's trip to Washington following the announcement of the AUKUS security alliance, how New South Wales… Audio

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

Annika Smethurst joins Kathryn for the latest on the Covid outbreak across Australia which has sent parts of four states into lockdown, efforts by Scott Morrison's government to make the AstraZeneca… Audio

Annika joins Kathryn to look at the speed of the Covid vaccine rollout and whether it might get Australians travelling sooner, as business complains about the borders being closed through to 2022. Audio

Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst looks at how news of a trans-Tasman travel bubble has been received in Australia, with the quarantine-free travel set to begin on April 19 with all states… Audio

Political Editor of The Age newspaper Annika Smethurst joins Kathryn with the details of a turbulent week in Australian political news. She also has her eye on the beginning of the vaccination process… Audio

Annika joins Kathryn to talk about the big stories from Australia - including reaction to plans to have a "travel bubble" in place with New Zealand before April next year, Prime Minister Scott… Audio

Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst looks at the fallout from a tweet depicting an Australian soldier holding a knife to the throat of an Afghan child, as Scott Morrison took to WeChat to press… Audio