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| UpdatedA United Nations body has determined that former Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's five-year jail sentence for sodomising a male aide — a charge he denied — is illegal.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, malaysia, asia
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A Chinese court jails a former top political advisor with links to China's disgraced former security chief Zhou Yongkang for 12 years, as part of the country's anti-graft crackdown.
Topics: corruption, law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, government-and-politics, china, asia
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On this episode: the race that stops a nation dominates trends online; a new TV series for Star Trek announced and #poppygate trends after it emerges a poppy on the UK prime minister's profile picture is photo-shopped.
Topics: internet-culture, social-media, horse-racing, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedLess than $1 million of a $20 million pre-election commitment by the South Australian Government has been paid to revitalise the Adelaide Park Lands.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, activism-and-lobbying, states-and-territories, local-government, community-and-society, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedBoth major parties in Tasmania oppose the positions put forward on increasing the GST by the leaders of their federal parties.
Topics: government-and-politics, tax, states-and-territories, tas
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Papua New Guinea's government announces a huge drop in its revenue and major funding cuts as it brings down a 2015 supplementary budget and its 2016 budget.
Topics: world-politics, budget, government-and-politics, papua-new-guinea, pacific
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| UpdatedWould a $2 tasting fee dissuade you from visiting a winery? Some tour operators now bypass certain wineries following the introduction of tasting charges.
Topics: agricultural-policy, agribusiness, government-and-politics, viticulture, tax, margaret-river-6285, tanunda-5352
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The Tasmanian Government advises taxi drivers to wear uniforms, adopt a code of conduct and register to work with vulnerable people to compete against ride-sharing service Uber.
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| UpdatedPapua New Guinea's opposition leader has accuse the police of turning Port Moresby into a virtual police state.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, political-parties, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedVanuatu's National Council of Women is calling on the Prime Minister, Sato Kilman and the acting leader of the opposition, Ham Lini to bring the people back to order due to the current instability and threat to democracy.
Topics: corruption, government-and-politics, pacific, vanuatu
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| UpdatedAdelaide-based shipbuilder ASC sharpens its pitch to build the next generation of submarines, posting an almost $22 million profit for last financial year.
Topics: company-news, navy, defence-forces, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedA veteran Coalition senator warns colleagues against increasing the GST rate, saying the Howard government "committed our promise to blood" that it would never rise.
Topics: tax, government-and-politics, business-economics-and-finance, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedA former school counsellor often hypnotised then sexually abused boys during counselling sessions at Brisbane Grammar School, the royal commission into child sexual abuse hears.
Topics: royal-commissions, sexual-offences, schools, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, brisbane-4000, bald-hills-4036, spring-hill-4000
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| UpdatedImmigration Minister Peter Dutton says he found a trip to a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan very confronting, but vows to uphold Australia's tough stance on border protection.
Topics: refugees, immigration, community-and-society, federal-government, government-and-politics, jordan, syrian-arab-republic
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| UpdatedA fruit grower in Tasmania preparing for the summer season fears foreign worker tax changes could destroy the industry next year.
Topics: tax, government-and-politics, rural-tourism, travel-and-tourism, tourism, agribusiness, tas
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| UpdatedOpposition Leader Bryan Green wants the Tasmanian Government to be open to a discussion on changes to the GST.
Topics: tax, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, tas
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Iran says it will quit Syria peace talks if it continues to find them unconstructive, citing the "negative role" of Saudi Arabia, in the latest twist between the regional rivals.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, terrorism, government-and-politics, iran-islamic-republic-of, syrian-arab-republic, saudi-arabia
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| UpdatedMalcolm Turnbull has a chance to repair Australia's relationship with Indonesia when he makes the first prime ministerial visit to Jakarta since the Bali Nine executions, foreign policy experts say.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, world-politics, indonesia, australia
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| UpdatedMore than 218,000 asylum seekers crossed the Mediterranean to Europe in October, a monthly record and more than during the whole of 2014, the United Nations says.
Topics: refugees, immigration, community-and-society, government-and-politics, european-union, greece, syrian-arab-republic
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| UpdatedIndependent MP Billy Gordon calls for the Palaszczuk Government to make several amendments to its proposed lockout laws in exchange for his support to get the legislation through Parliament.
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| UpdatedMarriage equality advocates welcomed an endorsement by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, who says she has "absolutely no concerns" about same-sex unions.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, marriage, family-and-children, community-and-society, australia
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A national redress scheme for victims of child sexual abuse should be funded by the Federal Government to avoid doubling-up on an existing state scheme, the South Australian Premier says.
Topics: community-and-society, child-abuse, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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New cycling laws, which include enforcing at least one metre passing distance for cyclists on South Australian roads, are causing concerns for road users because they do not understand the new laws, the RAA says.
Topics: traffic-offences, law-crime-and-justice, parliament, state-parliament, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, sa, australia
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A UN body has determined that former Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is jailed illegally and has called for his immediate release, according to a copy of the opinion released by his family and verified by the ABC.
Topics: government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, malaysia, asia
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| UpdatedFederal Labor MP Gary Gray says his preselection is under threat because of his refusal to do as he is told by "faceless men" in the party.
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