The Latest Breaking News from Rex Patrick

A boy being held in Perth’s Casuarina Prison has been rushed to hospital after he swallowed glass, and Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek intends to block Clive Palmer’s proposed Queensland coalmine.

Latest report to US Congress reveals the superpower will struggle to meet its own submarine-building targets for decades

PM opts to continue to prevent release of documents related to meetings with state leaders despite his previous criticism of the practice

Issue of Collins class obsolescence before nuclear replacement enters service is defence minister’s top priority

As the Albanese government works on getting legislation ready for its highly anticipated corruption watchdog, calls are growing for it to boost protections for whistleblowers and drop criminal prosecutions against Richard Boyle, David McBride and Bernard Collaery, and to advocate for Julian Assange.

French company Naval Group says its $830 million compensation deal for the scrapped future submarine program is "fair and equitable", as debate continues over whether Australia has paid too much to make things right.

Human error has been officially blamed for a dramatic incident in which a RAAF Super Hornet pilot and a weapons officer ejected from their aircraft during an aborted take-off.

New analysis says major programs often end up costing more than is budgeted for and predicts inflation will impact on defence budgets

Greens and independents back calls for Mark Dreyfuss to withdraw commonwealth consent to all charges in Timor-Leste bugging case