The Federal Government has announced it will review Australia's renewable energy target. The target aims to have 20 per cent of Australia's electricity generated by renewable sources by 2020. Have your say.
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Virgin boss Richard Branson took out a full-page advertisement in News Corp papers warning the Federal Government against providing financial assistance for Qantas. We asked for your thoughts about this.
Topics: air-transport, industry, business-economics-and-finance, federal-government, government-and-politics, australia
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We asked you about your favourite Australian-made car. Take a look at what we learned about Australia's nostalgia for home-grown models - illustrated.
Topics: manufacturing, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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The Prime Minister toured drought-affected areas ahead of Federal Cabinet considering a range of relief measures. We asked what measures you thought would help our farmers. This is what you said.
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, drought, disasters-and-accidents, bourke-2840, longreach-4730, qld, australia, nsw, broken-hill-2880
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Assistant Health Minister Fiona Nash's chief of staff resigns after what he calls a "political attack" by the Opposition. Here's what you had to say.
Topics: federal-government, federal-parliament, australia
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Prime Minister Tony Abbott has given a strong indication the Federal Government is preparing to lift foreign ownership restrictions on Qantas. We asked whether you agreed with lifting the restrictions.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, air-transport, industry, australia
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Australia's unemployment rate jumped to 6 per cent for the first time in more than a decade. The Bureau of Statistics estimates that 3,700 jobs were lost in January. Read your comments here.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, unemployment, australia, nt
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The Opposition has attacked the Government for spending $2,000 a day for a communications adviser to help with the Coalition's plan to sell Medibank Private. Is that a fair price to pay? Should the Government sell Medibank Private?
Topics: health-insurance, health, insurance, business-economics-and-finance, federal-government, australia
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It is believed Schapelle Corby secured a multi-million-dollar deal with an Australian media organisation for the exclusive rights to her story. We asked if she should be allowed to profit from her story.
Topics: drug-offences, crime, law-crime-and-justice, foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, bali, indonesia, australia, qld, asia
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Scientists have come up with an explanation for the pause in global warming, which has long been a point of contention raised by climate change sceptics. What do you make of the new finding?
Topics: climate-change, environment, earth-sciences, science-and-technology, pacific, university-of-new-south-wales-2052
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Copenhagen Zoo has defended its decision to euthanise a young, healthy giraffe on the grounds of genetic breeding regulations. Do you think the zoo's decision was justified?
Topics: animals-and-nature, animals, zoos, zoology, animal-science, denmark
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Prime Minister Tony Abbott has accused the ABC of finding "sorry" the hardest word to say but has refrained from adding his voice to calls from senior ministers for the broadcaster to apologise over its coverage of abuse allegations by asylum seekers.
Topics: broadcasting, information-and-communication, refugees, community-and-society, foreign-affairs, federal-government, government-and-politics
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A photo of a Melbourne girl who suffered an allergic reaction on her first day of school has sparked heated social media debate about whether nuts should be banned from children's lunchboxes.
Topics: allergies, family-and-children, children, health, diet-and-nutrition, schools, diseases-and-disorders, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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Julie Bishop says a statement of regret over recent reporting on asylum seeker claims does not go far enough.
Topics: foreign-affairs, broadcasting, government-and-politics, immigration, refugees, australia, indonesia, papua-new-guinea
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Cancer surpasses heart disease as the biggest killer in Australia, according to a WHO report.
Topics: cancer, diseases-and-disorders, health, alcohol, obesity, medical-research, smoking, australia
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Facebook resists calls to ban the promotion of the "neknomination" drinking craze.
Topics: drug-use, alcohol, health, information-and-communication, internet-culture, ireland, australia
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You shared your stories of how the 10-year-old social network changed your life.
Topics: social-media, internet-culture, information-and-communication, company-news, business-economics-and-finance, internet-technology, united-states
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People around the country gathered to protest against the Western Australian government's catch-and-kill shark policy. We asked what you thought about it and this is what you said.
Topics: shark, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, activism-and-lobbying, conservation, environment, wa, cottesloe-6011, perth-6000
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The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority has approved a proposal to dump dredge spoil from Abbot Point into the Marine Park. This is what had to say about it.
Topics: great-barrier-reef, environment, environmentally-sustainable-business, mining-environmental-issues, mining-industry, climate-change, conservation, environmental-impact, environmental-management, bowen-4805, gladstone-4680, qld, australia
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Hundreds of SPC Ardmona jobs are in doubt after the Coalition denies a request for $25m in assistance funding. Read what you had to say.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, parliament, federal-parliament, business-economics-and-finance, manufacturing, company-news, food-and-beverage, industry, food-processing, rural, australia, vic, shepparton-3630
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The Immigration Department had major concerns about the way Fawad Ahmed got a permanent visa, documents show. Read what you had to say.
Topics: cricket, sport, immigration, government-and-politics, australia, vic
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The number of serious medical mistakes made in hospitals has jumped, a report finds. Read what you had to say.
Topics: medical-procedures, medical-research, doctors-and-medical-professionals, health, community-and-society, research-organisations, australia
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Thousands of Defence personnel serving in the Middle East will have their daily allowances cut. We asked what you thought of the move.
Topics: defence-forces, defence-and-national-security, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia, afghanistan
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Tony Abbott has stepped up his criticism of the ABC, accusing the national broadcaster of being unpatriotic in its coverage of the Snowden leaks and asylum seeker torture claims. Read what you had to say about his comments.
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, abc, broadcasting, information-and-communication, journalism, australia, indonesia
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The ACTU rejects the Government's calls for a royal commission into corruption in the construction industry. We asked for your thoughts on the idea.
Topics: corruption, federal-government, unions, building-and-construction, australia
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Former Defence chief Peter Cosgrove has been nominated as Australia's next governor-general by Prime Minister Tony Abbott. You told us what you thought of the nomination. Read what you had to say here.
Topics: governors-general-and-state-governors, government-and-politics, federal-government, royal-and-imperial-matters, constitution, australia
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