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South Australia has been "forgotten" when it comes to infrastructure spending, with no new funding allocated in the budget, despite billions to be spent on other states, the State Government says.

The local sharemarket is set to drift lower at the open, following global markets down as investor caution returned.

Mission: Impossible became a hit movie in 1996 and has already spawned four sequels, taking more than $US2.7 billion.

What this year's federal budget means for the ACT and Connie Johnson's Big Heart Project kicks off.

What do depression, dementia, diabetes, heart disease, arthritis and cancer have in common - apart from being modern plagues? They're linked by inflammation - not the acute painful inflammation that erupts from a throat infection and then subsides, but the chronic inflammation that smoulders in the body and is linked to many chronic diseases.  

The Bank of England is likely to lift its inflation outlook, yet downplay expectations for a rate increase anytime soon.

A double stabbing in Melbourne's south-east has left a man and a woman in hospital.

For the first time in 29 years, global harvests of corn, soybeans and wheat are poised to fall simultaneously.

Billy Slater admits the NRL has an issue with illicit drugs that needs fixing, after four players and an official were embroiled in scandals over the representative weekend.

The S&P 500 fell after edging up to an intra-day record high for the second straight session. Apple tops $US800 billion mark.

It should be a little easier to get out of bed today. Yes it's a little chilly, but it's dry. Not a rain cloud in sight on the radar.

Take a closer look at exactly what Queenslanders can expect out of Treasurer Scott Morrison's second budget.

Victoria's Education Department admits it got some NAPLAN guidelines wrong and made last-minute changes the day before testing started.

Oil prices fell, rattled by concern over slowing demand, a rising US dollar and increasing US crude output.

An 11-year-old girl who fell from a water ride at Drayton Manor Theme Park in central England has died.

Queensland receives hundreds of millions of dollars in infrastructure funding in the federal budget but the state's biggest projectthe $5.4 billion Cross River Railis left out.

A tweet from a teenager asking US fast food chain Wendy's for a year's supply of free chicken nuggets has become the most retweeted ever.

A 24-year-old man has been charged with drug offences and failing to stop following a police pursuit in Sydney's southwest.

Raw materials perform best when the US central bank is hiking rates, according to Goldman Sachs.

Liberal politician Moon Jae-in decisively won South Korea's presidential election on Tuesday, television networks declared, an expected victory ending nearly a decade of conservative rule and bringing a more conciliatory approach toward North Korea.

Nader Naeimi can't ignore it any longer after Japanese stocks added more than $US210 billion in value in less than a month.

French prosecutors have opened an investigation into the leak of large quantities of hacked data from Emmanuel Macron's campaign two days before Sunday's presidential election, which the centrist won, a judicial source said on Tuesday.

The 10-year US Treasury yield may climb to 2.75 per cent to 3 per cent over the "medium term'', according to Pimco.

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq trimmed gains after touching record highs for the second straight day. Apple tops $US800b mark.

Spirit Airlines passengers brawled in a Florida airport late on Monday after the carrier, which is in dispute with its pilots, canceled several flights leading to chaos and three arrests.

Gunmen attacked the vice president's convoy in South Sudan on Tuesday and wounded three of his bodyguards, a government official said, underscoring worsening insecurity in the oil-rich nation.

Scott Morrison has delivered a surprisingly big taxing budget that pays for the last burial rites of the 2014 toxic Abbott legacy.

At least 56 people, including children, were wounded when two huge bombs exploded at a busy supermarket in Thailand's south where Muslim insurgents have been waging a bloody insurgency.

Rumours musician Ed Sheeran could open Perth Stadium continue to grow after the British singer-songwriter announced the dates for his upcoming Australian tour but failed to name a venue for his Perth gig.

Singapore: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 struck north of the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.

There are nine changes made in the Treasury portfolio to help with "reducing the pressure on housing affordability" and none of them stand out as particularly remarkable.

At least 14 people were killed, including five children, and 30 were injured in an explosion at a house where fireworks were stored in central Mexico's Puebla state, authorities said on Tuesday.

A man has been attacked by a crocodile estimated to be two metres in length in the Northern Territory's Daly River region.

Ankara: Online encyclopedia Wikipedia has appealed to Turkey's constitutional court against a government decision to block access to its website, broadcaster CNN Turk said on Tuesday, a case that has heightened concerns about censorship in Turkey.

The French election was, in the words of one commentator who noted "illiberal populism is, it turns out, is so 2016", France's "Obama moment".

Live coverage of the Australian federal budget 2017, as Treasurer Scott Morrison reveals the government's spending plans.

Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison claims that the government's 2017 budget is founded on fairness, security and opportunity. He has some claim when it comes to fairness and opportunity, but there's a gaping hole around security.

This year's budget at a glance.

GST and grants funding for Canberra holds up, but no significant infrastructure spend.

The Department of Human Services will shed nearly 1200 full-time jobs next financial year.

This private island off the coast of central Queensland is up for sale but it's not quite the tropical hideaway you might imagine...

Afghanistan exhibition space funded at War Memorial, fast-rail projects in government's sights.

A popular tax write-off scheme for small businesses will be extended for another year in a significant win from the Budget for the sector.

Regional university students will score treats from the federal budget goody bag, but most of the higher education sector will be left with crumbs as expected.

More than $8 billion for inland freight rail and $1 billion for Landcare feature among Federal Government commitments for farmers in the budget.

Accusations have flown between Brisbane City Council and State Government as they move to approve the Upper Kedron neighbourhood plan.

Aker Athoi only started playing Australian Rules three years agoand the 12-year-old is now on the brink of representing Western Australia with girls three years older than her.

A $75 billion infrastructure spending spree, to last 10 years and including a potential buy-out of the Snowy Hydro scheme from the states as well as a $20 billion "once in a generation" rail line upgrade, is the centrepiece of the Turnbull government's economic growth plan.

Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi retains the support of the vast majority of Perth City councillors in the wake of State Administrative Tribunal findings against her, at least for now.

Brisbane City Council opposition leader has slammed one of Brisbane City's major landmarks as a "monumental stuff up".