
So many concessions have been made to pass South Australia's controversial land tax reform that the Greens, whose votes are crucial, may now not support it.

A US military dog that played a starring role in the raid that killed the Islamic State group's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, receives praise from President Donald Trump at the White House.
China's foreign ministry says some Australian politicians have reached "a state of hysteria" and "extreme nervousness" ...
A South Australian primary school attracts criticism for advertising a paid canteen manager job that requires the ...

George Chadwick has an illness that is slowly rendering his body useless and he wants to legally take his own life. But, under WA's proposed Voluntary Assisted Dying laws, he can't.

DAILY BRIEFING: Hobart's planning committee recommends that the city council knock back a proposal for a new $50 million private hospital in New Town, amid concerns there would be disruptions to nearby residents.
The US Defence Secretary confirms President Donald Trump gave the order to let a Navy SEAL convicted of battlefield ...
The Australian Government has handed intelligence agencies a raft of new powers in recent years, but there's been ...
The think tank's report says a handful of specialists charge patients more than twice the official Medicare Benefit Schedule fee, resulting in unhappy surprises for patients when they receive the bill. ...

Hong Kong pro-democracy candidates sweep the city's district council elections, with one victorious candidate lost for words as she dislodges a 30-year political dynasty.

Farmers say a joint NSW and Federal government bushfire recovery package is a fraction of what will be needed to recover.
Territory Alliance announces its first batch of endorsed candidates for the 2020 NT election — but the announcement offers little by way of policy detail for the newly-registered party.
Protests erupt in the historic Italian canal city of Venice as thousands of demonstrators vent their anger over ...
Champagne on the streets after landslide pro-democracy result

Major changes will be made to the governance and oversight of Western Australia's public sector in the wake of shocking allegations of prolonged corruption within the state's Housing Authority.

Retired Sydney baker Van Kham Chau used to speak out at human rights protests in Canberra in the past — now the Vietnamese community is calling on Australia to bring him home after he was sentenced to 12 years in a Ho Chi Minh City prison.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte fires his chief political rival from the role of 'drugs tsar' after 18 days in the job, accusing her of embarrassing the country by trying to draw undue international attention to his war on drugs.
A series of extraordinary stories broke over recent days about spying and a bid to plant a Chinese agent in Federal ...
Former senator David Leyonhjelm is ordered to pay Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young $120,000 over defamatory comments ...
Indigenous leaders in Cape York and the Torres Strait accuse the Federal Government of playing politics with remote ...
The Federal Government will spend more than half a billion dollars on the aged care sector after the aged care royal ...

Australia's decision to give Papua New Guinea a $440 million loan is "completely unrelated" to the Federal Government's desire to curb China's influence in the Pacific, according to Finance Minister Mathias Cormann.

DAILY BRIEFING: A change in licensing laws could help ease pressure on hospitals, a senior doctor says, but the Government has rejected the suggestion.
The bureaucracy is still shedding jobs and is now at its smallest size in 13 years, after losing more than 3,000 staff over 12 months.