DEFENCE Minister David Johnston is reportedly facing likely replacement in a cabinet reshuffle to be announced today by Prime Minister Tony Abbott.

So little money, so few options. Everything about this budget promises to be modest, except what it’s expected to achieve.

The works will help counter China's increasing reach into the region and will be completed with the help of the US navy, the head of Papua New Guinea's Defence Force says.

CLIVE  Palmer’s media adviser Andrew Crook was yesterday ­granted bail after being charged with a kidnapping.

Equinor's decision to scrap its proposed drilling in the Great Australian Bight has come as a shock to supporters and critics alike, with some energy analysts pointing to factors such as climate change as the reason behind it.

ONLY one in five Year 9 students can figure out the area of a floor surface even with a calculator.

HILLSONG Church’s founder should be referred to police for not reporting abuse carried out by his father, a senior counsel says.

Isobel Marshall was about to enter her final year of high school when she and her best friend came up with an idea to support women and girls at home and abroad.

Tensions between the two countries are still high, and Beijing still has not ended the diplomatic freeze on top-level meetings with Chinese leaders.

The deputy leader of the Nationals says the party has struck a deal to allow more foreign workers into Australia to work on farms, hinting that an agriculture-specific visa could soon be announced.