Posted
| UpdatedAdelaide's main arterial route, South Road, is reopened to traffic, five days after a damaged tram overpass forced the closure of a 1.6-kilometre section used by up to 45,000 drivers a day.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, road-transport, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, sa, glandore-5037
Posted
| UpdatedPresident Donald Trump moves to mend his tumultuous relationship with the United States' spy agencies, travelling to CIA headquarters on his first full day in office and assuring officials, "I am so behind you".
Topics: defence-and-national-security, security-intelligence, government-and-politics, united-states
Posted
| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump's first full day in office is coming to a close. So, after a lengthy and fiery campaign based around lots of "day one" promises, what did he actually do?
Topics: us-elections, government-and-politics, world-politics, united-states
Posted
Turkey's parliament approves a constitutional reform bill that includes strengthening the powers of the presidency, a move that paves the way for a referendum this year that could see President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in office until 2029.
Topics: government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, turkey
Posted
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, united-states
Posted
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, united-states
Posted
| UpdatedVictoria's chief of police defends the force's handling of a car pursuit which ended with a man driving into a Melbourne mall yesterday, killing four people and injuring 30 others.
Topics: police, crime, law-crime-and-justice, state-parliament, government-and-politics, community-and-society, disasters-and-accidents, melbourne-3000
Posted
| UpdatedThe new US administration of President Donald Trump says its trade strategy to protect American jobs would start with withdrawal from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, united-states, asia, australia, japan, china
Posted
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, united-states
Posted
| UpdatedA wealthy Jordanian businessman behind the $1.85-billion proposal for a world trade centre in Perth snaps up prized pieces of property in and around the city, with his plan to build the city's tallest building receiving stage one approval.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, government-and-politics, perth-6000
Posted
| UpdatedAdelaide's main arterial route is set to remain closed for at least another day but in the meantime, one plucky pair take advantage of the situation by turning the strip into their own private tennis court.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, road-transport, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, sa, glandore-5037
Posted
| UpdatedSome of Australia's most high-profile medicinal cannabis advocates band together to launch a new campaign for better access to the drug, saying current legislation is leaving those needing it facing a "catastrophic event".
Topics: health, drug-use, laws, law-crime-and-justice, diseases-and-disorders, epilepsy, federal-government, government-and-politics, australia
Posted
| UpdatedEuropean nations this week had an early taste of what US foreign policy might look like under Donald Trump's incoming administration after he criticised NATO, berated German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and predicted the EU would continue to fracture.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, us-elections, united-states
Posted
| UpdatedHundreds of protesters have been arrested and six police officers injured as black-clad activists angry about US President Donald Trump's inauguration smashed stores and car windows in Washington DC.
Topics: activism-and-lobbying, us-elections, world-politics, government-and-politics, united-states
Posted
| UpdatedA Chinese-Australian man running for Pauline Hanson's One Nation in the West Australian election defends the party leader's comments, saying her "views are not reflective of what they are today".
Topics: government-and-politics, state-parliament, pauline-hanson, one-nation, wa, australia
Posted
US foreign policy will become unpredictable under President Trump and Australian should avoid "complacency" on national security, researchers say.
Topics: government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, defence-and-national-security, security-intelligence, united-states, australian-national-university-0200, australia
Posted
The WA Premier says there will be just one leaders' debate ahead of the March state election, but Opposition Leader Mark McGowan accuses him of being "scared" and calls for three.
Topics: states-and-territories, elections, government-and-politics, alp, liberals, state-parliament, perth-6000, wa
Posted
| UpdatedHang the bunting, raise the flags, polish the silverware — it's inauguration week in the US where President-elect Donald Trump will become POTUS and a new era in American politics will officially begin, writes Zoe Daniel.
Topics: us-elections, government-and-politics, community-and-society, world-politics, united-states
Posted
| UpdatedProposed industrial action by nurses at two of Adelaide's major public hospitals is called off after the union and SA Health are able to come to an agreement on the closure of a number of beds.
Topics: health-policy, health-administration, health, healthcare-facilities, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, adelaide-5000, sa
Posted
| UpdatedThe Federal Government announces an independent review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme to examine overall costs, value for money and its long-term sustainability.
Topics: disabilities, health, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia
Posted
Mike Baird's parliamentary secretary Catherine Cusack says social media is eating out the middle ground, and changing the nature of democracy.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, world-politics, social-media, sydney-2000, lismore-2480
Posted
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, united-states
Posted
Topics: us-elections, world-politics, government-and-politics, united-states
Posted
| UpdatedDonald Trump supporters share their hopes and expectations for his presidency on the ride to Washington for the presidential inauguration.
Topics: us-elections, government-and-politics, world-politics, united-states
Posted
Donald Trump's public schedule for the inaugural celebration started with an afternoon wreath-laying at Arlington National Cemetery, where he was joined by Vice President-elect Mike Pence. He then went on to a celebratory concert on the steps of Lincoln Memorial.
Topics: us-elections, government-and-politics, world-politics, united-states