| | | | US President Donald Trump has reversed decades of US policy and recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, despite warnings from around the world that the gesture will further inflame Middle East tensions. | | | | After hundreds of hours of debate, same-sex marriage looks set to pass the Parliament today, meaning it could be just days before it is legal. | | | | Time magazine names "The Silence Breakers", hundreds of women — and some men, too — who came forward to tell their own stories of sexual harassment using the #MeToo social media hashtag as the most influential "person" of 2017. | | | | 2017 has been the year of dual citizens emerging in the ranks of Federal Parliament, but the crisis looks set to drag into 2018 too, writes Ashlynne McGhee. | | | | In light of the sexual harassment storm which has hit the entertainment industry, actress Rachel Griffiths takes to the red carpet at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards to say "women have had enough". | | | | Schools lose out on potential volunteers because they focus on on the wrong thing, writes Belinda Moore. | | | | The world was quick to slam Ashes captains Joe Root and then Steve Smith for some of their decisions, writes Geoff Lemon, but closer inspection shows their only sin was leaving themselves open to hindsight. | | | | A scientific team scouring the Great Barrier Reef for so-called super corals is claiming the discovery of a new species that appears to have survived devastating mass bleaching events. | | | | The Liberal Government is facing a disaster at next year's Tasmanian election and Jacqui Lambie is partly to blame, according to political analysts. | | | | The practice among certain rich individuals and firms of shifting wealth to low-taxation countries has stirred plenty of discontent recently. But cracking down on small islands that offer tax services may have unwanted side-effects, write Pascalis Raimondos and Sara L McGaughey. | | | | Craig Campbell's employment as a relief teacher at a Baptist school was discontinued after he revealed he was in a same-sex relationship. | | | | The superb parrot is one of Australia's least understood birds, but one thing becoming increasingly clear is their migration radius is shrinking due to climate change and deforestation. | | | | Mining magnate Clive Palmer is due back in court today, after finally handing over a cache of documents relating to multi-million-dollar payments Queensland Nickel made before the company collapsed. | | | | Two men are charged with planning to blow up the gates of Downing Street and plotting to kill British Prime Minister Theresa May. | | | | Think tank Regional Australia Institute offers a damning assessment of the lack of access to essential health and education services in small towns across the country. | | | | The decision about which treatment option for varicose veins is preferable depends on several factors including the person's age, symptoms and general health, writes Caroline Robinson. | | | | A Senate committee will delve into the burgeoning mobility scooter industry to look at whether the use of the electric vehicles should be more tightly regulated. | | | | The Bureau of Meteorology officially declares a La Nina in the tropical Pacific but it is not expected to pack the punch of previous La Nina events. | | | | An inquest into the disappearance of a cult leader and his family from a small West Australian town is told police failed to fully investigate all of the possible evidence, including reports of the smell of "dead flesh" in bushland. | | | | Doctors in the US found themselves in a difficult position when a patient arrived with a "do not resuscitate" tattoo on his chest. They eventually followed his wishes. But what would Australian doctors do? | |  |
By Geoff Lemon in Adelaide | |  |
By political reporter Ashlynne McGhee | |  |
By Belinda Moore | |  |
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