Barnaby Joyce apologises for calling Australia's prime minister a "hypocrite and a liar" in a text.
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'I turned away and my little sister was gone'
A toddler snatched from a busy beach, a brother's guilt and a new search for answers - the disappearance of Cheryl Grimmer.
![Australia celebrate wicket against England](https://web.archive.org/web/20220206230313/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/{width}/cpsprodpb/127B/production/_123113740_gettyimages-1238220818.jpg)
Australia romp to Ashes series win
Australia seal an Ashes series victory with a five-wicket win over England in the second one-day-international in Melbourne.
![Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, 23 June 2021](https://web.archive.org/web/20220206230313/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/{width}/cpsprodpb/13262/production/_123143487_gettyimages-1324985228.jpg)
Deputy keeps job despite calling Morrison a liar
Barnaby Joyce apologises for calling Australia's prime minister a "hypocrite and a liar" in a text.
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Australia revisited - a country changed by Covid
Nick Bryant returned to Australia to find a more inward and fractured nation than the one he left behind.
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Row erupts over location of Cook's HMB Endeavour
Australian experts say a wreck off the US coast is the famous ship, a claim dismissed as "premature".
![Andrew Forrest](https://web.archive.org/web/20220206230313/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/{width}/cpsprodpb/FE38/production/_123108056_gettyimages-1176483940.jpg)
Billionaire launches criminal case against Facebook
In a world-first case in Australia, Andrew Forrest takes aim at scam ads that used his image.
![Passengers from Australia are greeted by friends and relatives at Auckland Airport in Auckland, New Zealand. Photo: April 2021](https://web.archive.org/web/20220206230313/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/{width}/cpsprodpb/849B/production/_121774933_gettyimages-1313300682.jpg)
New Zealand unveils border reopening plan
It first allows fully jabbed New Zealanders in Australia to return, later expanding to other visitors.
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'I turned away and my little sister was gone'
A toddler snatched from a busy beach, a brother's guilt and a new search for answers - the disappearance of Cheryl Grimmer.
![Australia celebrate wicket against England](https://web.archive.org/web/20220206230313/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/{width}/cpsprodpb/127B/production/_123113740_gettyimages-1238220818.jpg)
Australia romp to Ashes series win
Australia seal an Ashes series victory with a five-wicket win over England in the second one-day-international in Melbourne.
![Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, 23 June 2021](https://web.archive.org/web/20220206230313/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/{width}/cpsprodpb/13262/production/_123143487_gettyimages-1324985228.jpg)
Deputy keeps job despite calling Morrison a liar
Barnaby Joyce apologises for calling Australia's prime minister a "hypocrite and a liar" in a text.
![Sydney Opera House](https://web.archive.org/web/20220206230313/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/{width}/cpsprodpb/05C9/production/_123118410_opera.jpg)
Australia revisited - a country changed by Covid
Nick Bryant returned to Australia to find a more inward and fractured nation than the one he left behind.
![An illustration of the HMS Endeavour laid on shore](https://web.archive.org/web/20220206230313/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/{width}/cpsprodpb/9592/production/_123109283_7188a8bc-626f-44f5-aa92-55a132db8f2a.jpg)
Row erupts over location of Cook's HMB Endeavour
Australian experts say a wreck off the US coast is the famous ship, a claim dismissed as "premature".
![Andrew Forrest](https://web.archive.org/web/20220206230313/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/{width}/cpsprodpb/FE38/production/_123108056_gettyimages-1176483940.jpg)
Billionaire launches criminal case against Facebook
In a world-first case in Australia, Andrew Forrest takes aim at scam ads that used his image.
![Passengers from Australia are greeted by friends and relatives at Auckland Airport in Auckland, New Zealand. Photo: April 2021](https://web.archive.org/web/20220206230313/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/{width}/cpsprodpb/849B/production/_121774933_gettyimages-1313300682.jpg)
New Zealand unveils border reopening plan
It first allows fully jabbed New Zealanders in Australia to return, later expanding to other visitors.
![Australia celebrate wicket against England](https://web.archive.org/web/20220206230313/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/{width}/cpsprodpb/127B/production/_123113740_gettyimages-1238220818.jpg)
Australia romp to Ashes series win
Australia seal an Ashes series victory with a five-wicket win over England in the second one-day-international in Melbourne.
![Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, 23 June 2021](https://web.archive.org/web/20220206230313/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/{width}/cpsprodpb/13262/production/_123143487_gettyimages-1324985228.jpg)
Deputy keeps job despite calling Morrison a liar
Barnaby Joyce apologises for calling Australia's prime minister a "hypocrite and a liar" in a text.
![Sydney Opera House](https://web.archive.org/web/20220206230313/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/{width}/cpsprodpb/05C9/production/_123118410_opera.jpg)
Australia revisited - a country changed by Covid
Nick Bryant returned to Australia to find a more inward and fractured nation than the one he left behind.
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