i am in the philippines with my wife and our 8 month old son who was born here, i need advice/leads etc, on getting them to aus. i will go into detail later in the discussion

Any of you three who do not have Australian nationality should apply for a visa to travel to Australia. Start with reading this web page: www.immi.gov.au/e_visa

http://www.immi.gov.au/

Try this link first, when you have worked out what visa you want and have more specific questions then come back and ask

You talk about your wife, so I presume you are legally married. Contact your embassy about registering your child's birth and getting an Australian passport for him. Australia allows dual nationality.