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Adelaide's South Road is open again to road traffic this morning but traffic management staff will be stationed at the tram overpass to help cyclists and pedestrians find safe crossing points.

The Victorian Government will establish a night court for magistrates to hear after-hours bail requests, as part of a big shake-up of the system following Melbourne's Bourke Street tragedy.

Two police officers are taken to hospital after they were allegedly assaulted while trying to arrest a man and a woman who ditched a stolen car and attempted to steal another west of Brisbane.

Gladys Berejiklian is expected to become the 45th Premier of New South Wales during a Liberal partyroom meeting this morning.

New South Wales' likely new premier supports same-sex marriage and helped initiate WestConnex and the light rail to Randwick, but what else does she stand for?

There are lessons to be learned from across the ditch as Australia struggles with farm labour woes.

Can Roger Federer defy age and the naysayers to reclaim greatness at the Australian Open? The men's tournament is as wide open as ever after two high-profile exits.

A prominent ecologist suggests a weir should be built in South Australia's Coorong to ensure flows do not drop below critical levels.

After carnage on day seven, what does day eight at the Australian Open have in store? Serena Williams, Daria Gavrilova and Rafael Nadal are among the stars in action.

Australia clinches the five-match ODI series against Pakistan with an 86-run win at the SCG thanks to a brutal first-innings total.

On a windy night late last January, Jan and Geoff McKergow's house at Forbes Creek was torn to rubble in a freak storm described as a mini tornado. One year on, they are still putting the pieces of their dream home back together.

It's a high stakes game for former Labor senator Anne McEwen, who is waiting not just to hear whether former Family First senator Bob Day was validly elected,, but also what orders the court will make about how the vacancy should be filled.

As "The Boss" Bruce Springsteen launches his latest Australian tour in Perth, he says his band will form part of the "resistance" against new US President Donald Trump.

World number one and defending Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber is bundled out of the tournament by unseeded American Coco Vandeweghe.

Roger Federer winds back the years to progress to the Australian Open quarter-finals after a hard-fought but imperious five-set win over Kei Nishikori.

Australia clinches the five-match ODI series against Pakistan with an 86-run win at the SCG thanks to a brutal first-innings total.

David Warner's century and half-tons to Glenn Maxwell and Travis Head saw Australia motor to 6-353 in the first innings, before the enormity of the total saw the hosts win by 86 runs in Sydney.

When devastating crimes, like Friday's mass killing in Melbourne shatter our sense of public safety, the immediate response is to ask "why"?

Melbourne's Bourke Street rampage attack has already claimed five lives, but there are fears this grim toll could rise, with six people remaining in a critical condition as a mass of flowers grew near the scene of the tragedy.

Join us for live coverage fo the fourth ODI between Australia and Pakistan.

The two teenagers had just attended a church gathering when they heard tyres screeching near Flinders Street station.

Western Sydney Wanderers finally found the result befitting of their performances after claiming their first home win of the A-League season to keep their finals hopes alive.

The Turnbull government is making further moves toward establishing a government backed-bond vehicle for affordable housing as Treasurer Scott Morrison heads to Britain to seek guidance on Australia's housing affordability crisis and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull prioritises the issue.

The Victoria Police restrictive pursuit policy will again come under a microscope after police tailed alleged killer Dimitrios "James" Gargasoulas for hours before the Bourke Street rampage.

An new exhibition will highlight the fascinating lives of gladiators and ancient Rome.

Police are treating the death of a man who tried to evade police by swimming more than 200 metres out to sea on South Australia's West Coast as a death in custody.

Australian shares are set to rise 0.5 per cent on Monday, futures show, the first session of the Trump era.

Powerful English jockey James Doyle could prove the key to group 1 glory for Godolphin in the autumn as he is set to be announced as the replacement retained rider for the racing powerhouse in Australia.

Gladys Berejiklian is reviewing some of the Baird government's most contentious policies as part of a "reset" towards the 2019 state election.

Warwick Farm trainer Bjorn Baker has been so impressed by the way Doomben 10,000 winner Music Magnate has returned after a nine-month breakhe is thinking big.

Jockey Josh Cartwright has supplied his phone and financial records to Adelaide stewards and his lawyer Wayne Pasterfield believes they will clear him of any impropriety after he controversially cannoned into other runners at Morphettville earlier this month.

​A man recovering from surgery after being shot by police in a Gold Coast apartment basement is expected to be charged with several offences.

The names of two more of the five people killed in the car attack in Melbourne's CBD on Friday are released, with their families describing them as a young woman of "extravagant humour" and a devoted, loving husband and father.

Stan Wawrinka's bid for a second Australian Open title in four years remains on track after the No.4 seed secured a straight-sets fourth-round victory over Andreas Seppi at Margaret Court Arena on Sunday.

Sydneysiders will be afforded a break from sleepless nights as overnight temperatures drop this week, though they are far from cold - remaining in the low 20s celsuis.

Andy Murray has thrown it away. His greatest chance to end his Australian Open hoodoo is over after yet another incredible boilover at the Australian Open.

A quarter-final beckons for Daria Gavrilova, the last Australian left in the Australian Open singles.

What a difference a year makes. Twelve months ago Melbourne City were the team of all-conquering talents in the W-League.

A nine-strong, brass-laden backing band more than delivers the anthemic power of Harvey's latest album.

Meet the man who gives women hope of having a family, when other specialists said nothing more could be done and all seemed lost.

Sea lion pups living on islands off the WA coast are the focus of a new survey by wildlife officers to find out why their numbers have not increased in recent years.

The Western Sydney Wanderers remain undefeated in five games as they beat the Newcastle Jets 2-0 at Campbelltown Stadium.

Everyone with an email address has received them - messages publicising a petition that seeks government recognition in some form for a medical condition; recognition of the condition itself, or for a particular treatment, or a Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme subsidy for a new drug.

Analysts find value in smaller players, despite a rough few months for the sector.

The last time Paul Antaw's family saw him he was on his way to the Sydney CBD to stay with friends.

Firefighters have worked to extinguish a blaze south of Tharwa on Sunday afternoon, the Emergency Services Agency said.

The Australian Open sees another sensational shock result with world number one Andy Murray dumped out of the year's first major in the fourth round by Germany's Mischa Zverev.

Melbourne is in mourning after a three-month-old baby boy died in hospital last night, taking the Bourke Street attack death toll to five.

Venus Williams will turn 37 in a little under six months, so she doesn't feel like she's starting something. Nor is she in the mood to contemplate finishing up.

By keeping its budgets manageable and targeting young audiences with plenty of high jinks and humour, the animation studio is building its own identity and success.