The federal government has commissioned an inquiry into mental illness and its impact on the economy, saying it wants to know whether Australia’s mental health funding is delivering the best possible outcomes.

It was once more with feeling. Thousands of protesters in Washington and cities around the United States gathered with a last-ditch appeal to their senators — "please don't send Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court".

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the Sydney Harbour Bridge should also be used to advertise sporting events and described opponents of the move to display racing ads on the Opera House sails as “precious”.

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Scott Morrison spent three days this week in WA basking in an AFL grand final win and spruiking the Government's plan to legislate a GST fix during his first visit to the state since taking over as Prime Minister.

On Wednesday afternoon, nearly every smart phone in America blared and vibrated with an emergency alert – the first ever test of the national Presidential Alert system.

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Life is weird. And we make it weirder with weird laws to prevent it being too weird, yet these laws rarely work and only cost money. If you have cash in the USA, your chances to see prison are far smaller than should you have committed a lesser crime and be poor. 

The civil construction company building Sydney's troubled light rail has revealed the project has been delayed again, and will not be complete until May 2020.

A report showing Australia is failing to rein in its greenhouse gas pollution was sat on for nearly two months by the Federal Government, before being released late on a Friday afternoon of a long weekend when footy finals fever and banking royal commission findings were dominating headlines, the ABC has learned.