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New budget analysis finds the Australian Defence Force is receiving less "core funding" than before the last election, with parliament this week set to also scrutinise recent controversial overseas military spending decisions.

In Ukraine, they call her Witch, but the origins of Olha Bihar's call sign remain almost as secretive as the start date of Ukraine's long-awaited counteroffensive.

Psychic scam artists are extorting hundreds of thousands of dollars from vulnerable Australians who realise too late they've been duped. Now, a former cop-turned-psychic-fraud fighter is calling for the criminal justice system to take it seriously.

A District Court judge has described the actions of Kathleen Griffiths, a respected community member who secretly stole $750,000 over a decade in WA's south west, as that of "quiet, sustained rebellion".

An Adelaide man has been sentenced to up to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple sexual crimes against his daughter. WARNING: This story contains details readers may find distressing.

Crown Prosecutor Rebecca Marks tells a Supreme Court jury there had been years of hostility between the two boys which stemmed from their association with a teenage girl.

Crystal Leanne Hanley — who was arrested over the neglect and manslaughter of her six-year-old daughter — is taken back into custody after breaching her bail conditions twice. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains the first name and image of a person who has…

Russia's interior ministry has put US senator Lindsey Graham on a wanted list, Russian media reports, citing the ministry's database.

Graeme Kimball learnt Queensland's Attorney-General would not appeal the sentence given to the 17-year-old driver of the car his son was a passenger in when journalists called him.

WA judges make an historic pledge to right the wrongs of the past and work to build trust and confidence in the justice system among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Attempts to cut down the number of councils in Tasmania have failed dismally in the past. Now, what a reduced number could look like has been released for public comment.