3:35 PM ACST | When David Hicks spoke this week, he was opening more than his mouth. He sparked a debate this country must have about the 44 laws made in the heat of the so-called war on terror.
3:33 PM ACST | Cast your mind back to early this year when a nascent Rudd government was under extreme pressure to drop the tax cuts John Howard had promised, and Labor matched, during the election campaign.
3:00 PM ACST | How weak.
That's the criticism being levelled at the Rudd government after it announced it won't be sending a vessel to the Southern Ocean this summer to monitor Japanese whaling.
2:54 PM ACST | Australia's new training team in Afghanistan fought Taliban insurgents four times in the last month, including repelling an attack against a remote patrol base manned by Australian and Afghan troops.
2:29 PM ACST | The State and Federal Governments are planning to dam Lake Alexandrina and have already begun secret tests to find the best site for the project.
2:28 PM ACST | The cost to the taxpayer of the 10-hectare Clipsal site at Bowden could total far more than the $52 million announced by the government.
1:13 PM ACST | A shock advertising campaign aimed at fighting teenage binge drinking must be accompanied by tougher licensing laws and an overhaul of alcohol taxation, health groups say.
11:56 AM ACST | MPs should stop beseeching God and start promising to work with honour and integrity at the opening of Federal Parliament, according to two legal academics.
10:01 AM ACST | Meet the mastermind behind the SA teachers' industrial action.
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9:31 AM ACST | This year’s South Australian of the Year, Mike Turtur, is having a golden run.
21/11/2008 | Chaos was avoided in hundreds of South Australian schools on Friday after a last-minute decision to scrap a one-day strike by teachers.
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21/11/2008 | A call for "beauty-disadvantaged women" to consider moving to a remote Australian mining town in north-west Queensland has earned Mt Isa mayor John Molony this year's golden Ernie award.
21/11/2008 | David Hicks has had "a pretty difficult time" since his release from a South Australian prison last December, his lawyer says.
21/11/2008 | Complaints lodged with the telecommunications ombudsman will be logged daily, and telcos will be issued with public report cards, in a crackdown on poor customer service by the industry.
21/11/2008 | Two Adelaide men and a Singapore national are facing charges over more than 80 kilograms of methylamphetamine, known as ice, found in a shipment of rubber gloves from China.
20/11/2008 | Amid adult toys and pole dancers, the sex industry has launched its own political movement promising to push for cheaper access to Viagra and other drugs used to treat sexual dysfunction.
20/11/2008 | Police who shot dead an armed robbery suspect at his Adelaide home went there knowing he had a criminal record and that the confrontation would be "high risk".
20/11/2008 | The nation's newest political party has come under fire from Christian groups even before its official launch.
20/11/2008 | Welcome rainfall in outback South Australia has highlighted how much country roads have been neglected, the state opposition says.