The World Today

Rangers at the world-heritage listed Kakadu National Park have opted to do away with active toad management strategies. It comes as native fauna in the area has started to regenerate after taking an initial hit when the pests arrived several years ago.

After sticking with South Africa's President, Jacob Zuma through years of scandals, the African National Congress has finally ordered him to resign and to hand the reins to the new party leader, Cyril Ramaphosa.

America's intelligence chiefs have unanimously agreed the threat of Russian meddling and cyber attacks remains as strong as it was in 2016, and have warned it's likely to be a factor in the upcoming 2018 midterms.

Oxfam Australia says a small number of donors have withdrawn support in the wake of a sex scandal engulfing the organisation's UK arm.

Some medics are concerned that codeine and opioid users are falling through the cracks of the medical system, since the drugs were taken off the shelves.

The axe fell on Mr Umbers after the Myer board said it was impatient to turn around the company's bad performance given the rise of online competitors.

One Nationals MP has talked publicly about replacing his leader, following revelations about his relationship with a former staff member.

On today's program: Will the Deputy Prime Minister bow to pressure and step down? Donors abandon Australian NGOs in the wake of the Haiti sexual misconduct revelations at Oxfam; and chronic pain sufferers say they're falling through the cracks since Codeine was withdrawn from pharmacies' shelves.

Perth's desalination plant supplies half its water, but there remains debate that Sydney and Melbourne desal plants are expensive insurance.

The deputy chief executive of Oxfam has resigned over the aid agency's failure to appropriately respond to allegations of sexual misconduct in Haiti.