The flights will take off from "priority areas" around the world and will be organised by the Commonwealth over the next few months.

SENIOR Liberals admit the Defence Minister’s comment about the SA-based shipbuilder have hurt in the Fisher by-election.

TONY Abbott has revealed he wants the nation to vote for ­constitutional change to recognise indigenous Australians in 2017.

An Australian woman charged with poisoning her friend must be ­executed if found guilty, says the victim’s father.

It is an offence in Queensland to carry an unconcealed gel blaster in public from February 1, with police urging owners of the toy guns to be fully aware of their responsibilities or face harsher penalties including jail time.

A REPORT on income management has declared there is no evidence it has resulted in changes in spending or consumption.

The sacking of the ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie has brought her often challenging, sometimes tumultuous, two-year tenure at the top of the national broadcaster to an end.

Firefighters in SA are now contending with a grassfire near Rapid Bay, after more than 120 fires broke out on Monday burning nearly 40,000 hectares.

THE notorious US anti-communism campaigner Joe McCarthy would be proud of the Australian Senate.

THE focus on high test scores is masking the failure of schools to improve their students’ learning.