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Federal Liberal Party director Tony Nutt calls for new laws to criminalise the impersonation of a Commonwealth entity during an election campaign.
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| UpdatedLabor is pushing for more restrictions on foreign workers coming to Australia on sponsored business visas. But what are 457 visas?
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| UpdatedThe Federal Opposition strengthens its "Australia First" rhetoric by re-committing to tougher restrictions on the use of temporary skilled migrants, but rejects a claim by Pauline Hanson that it found inspiration in One Nation's policies.
Topics: alp, federal-government, immigration, community-and-society, unemployment, australia
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Labor has unveiled part of its vision for Tasmania's west coast, with incentives for mining, and a tourism masterplan including hydro power pipeline hot tubs.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, alp, regional-development, queenstown-7467, tas
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| UpdatedDecriminalisation of sex work and pill testing at music events gets some support at the ALP's state conference in Tasmania.
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| UpdatedMark Ryan will replace Leanne Donaldson, who quit last week over personal financial issues, as a minister in the Cabinet of Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.
Topics: public-sector, alp, political-parties, government-and-politics, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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| UpdatedParliamentary debate on Labor's overhaul of the previous government's gang laws has been postponed until the end of the month.
Topics: government-and-politics, parliament, state-parliament, alp, political-parties, liberal-national-party-queensland, law-crime-and-justice, laws, brisbane-4000, qld
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Stirling Hinchliffe is to keep his job as Commonwealth Games Minister because Commonwealth nations would not like a change of minister this close to the Games, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says.
Topics: public-sector, alp, political-parties, government-and-politics, commonwealth-games-organising-committee, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, redcliffe-4020
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| UpdatedQueensland Agriculture Minister Leanne Donaldson resigns from Cabinet following a day of mounting revelations about her personal finances.
Topics: government-and-politics, local-government, alp, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedQueensland Agriculture Minister Leanne Donaldson says the ALP has paid her three-year outstanding Bundaberg City Council rates bill, but promises to repay the party next week.
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| UpdatedSenator Bob Day urges other parliamentarians to come forward with any of their own concerns following questions over the constitutionality of his election, as Labor calls for greater transparency about the Government's handling of the issue.
Topics: federal-government, federal-parliament, government-and-politics, alp, minor-parties, australia, sa
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| UpdatedLabor MPs lash out at the Federal Government's proposed lifetime ban on asylum seekers and refugees, calling it an "extreme policy from a desperate prime minister and a desperate Government".
Topics: refugees, government-and-politics, federal-government, alp, australia, nauru, papua-new-guinea
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SA Labor uses its state convention to put-off a decision on whether it will endorse a high-level nuclear waste dump in South Australia.
Topics: nuclear-issues, environment, states-and-territories, alp, political-parties, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedThe Federal Opposition and the Greens ramp up their criticism of Family First Senator Bob Day, who seems to be hedging his bets on whether to resign from the Senate amid hopes of a financial bailout.
Topics: greens, alp, government-and-politics, federal-government, federal-parliament
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| UpdatedSpecialist engineers will examine all rides at all Queensland theme parks, including Dreamworld where four people died this week, the State Government says, with the Premier also announcing a Workplace Health and Safety audit.
Topics: workplace, travel-health-and-safety, occupational-health-and-safety, state-parliament, alp, coomera-4209
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| UpdatedLabor's newest recruit Kimberley Kitching helped piece together shredded documents on the floor of the Health Services Union, according to one of her parliamentary Labor colleagues.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, alp, unions, australia
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| UpdatedFormer union official Kimberley Kitching wins the contest to replace Labor senator Stephen Conroy, but her detractors are already raising concerns over her time with the scandal-plagued HSU.
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| UpdatedThe federal MP for the sprawling seat of Lingiari will open a third electorate office, this time in Katherine, despite there already being three local ALP offices in the small town and admitting he would rarely be there.
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| UpdatedFormer HSU official Kimberley Kitching will replace former Labor veteran senator Stephen Conroy in Canberra, after a fierce battle between factions inside Labor came to an end on Monday night.
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| UpdatedMembers of the LGBTI community say they are relieved the plebiscite is not going ahead, but are worried same-sex marriage opponents will now ramp up their attack on LGBTI people.
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| UpdatedOpposition Leader Bill Shorten moves an amendment to the Government's plebiscite bill, which would see the nationwide poll replaced with a free vote in Parliament.
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