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Riot-prone Melbourne juvenile jail to be 'fortified' before possible move
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The Melbourne Youth Justice Centre will be fortified while the Victorian Government works on a long-term solution to problems facing the state's juvenile jails.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, police, crime, youth, state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, melbourne-3000, vic, australia, parkville-3052, malmsbury-3446
Health insurer profits jump, life insurers look sick
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Health insurers are raking in the profits, according to the regulator's figures, but life insurers are looking decided more pallid.
Topics: insurance, health-insurance, australia
Opinion: Abuse and neglect of children in care is a century-old story Opinion
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We have decades of evidence showing the widespread abuse and neglect suffered by children in the out-of-home care system. The agencies responsible for allowing the abuse have little to fear.
Topics: child-abuse, community-and-society, family-and-children, australia, newcastle-2300
Would-be Uber driver's car catches fire in Canberra
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An aspiring Uber driver makes a lucky escape after his car catches fire on a main arterial road in Canberra.
Topics: fires, road, woden-2606, canberra-2600, act
Wife of former MP convicted of providing false or misleading documents
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Emma Driscoll, the wife of former Queensland MP Scott Driscoll, pleads guilty to three charges of providing false or misleading documents.
Topics: fraud-and-corporate-crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, laws, government-and-politics, political-parties, liberal-national-party-queensland, brisbane-4000, redcliffe-4020, qld
Fiji expresses 'disappointment' over World Rugby Awards snub
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The Fiji Rugby Union says it is disappointed its Olympic gold medal-winning sevens team was overlooked for major prizes at the World Rugby Awards.
Topics: rugby-7, rugby-union, sport, awards-and-prizes, fiji, pacific, united-kingdom
What is a 457 visa and how many people have them?
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Labor is pushing for more restrictions on foreign workers coming to Australia on sponsored business visas. But what are 457 visas?
Topics: government-and-politics, community-and-society, work, alp, federal-government, australia
Children 'as young as six' among growing number damaging knees in sport
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Doctors, physiotherapists and sports injury experts say they are seeing a rise in the number of children having knee surgery, with some suggesting kids' sports becoming more "professional" could be part of the problem.
Topics: sports-injuries, health, adolescent-health, diseases-and-disorders, family-and-children, children, community-and-society, sport, australia
Australia crushed in innings defeat to South Africa
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Australia loses the Test series 2-0 after a stunning capitulation on the fourth morning of the second Test results in an innings defeat to South Africa in Hobart.
Topics: sport, cricket, hobart-7000, tas, australia, south-africa
SA Speaker Michael Atkinson attacked after reporting vandals
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Vandals throw rocks and threaten South Australian politician Michael Atkinson after he calls police to report graffiti at two Adelaide train stations.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, croydon-5008, adelaide-5000, sa
Nuclear referendum 'won't happen before 2018 SA election'
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Premier Jay Weatherill says a state-wide referendum on whether South Australia should store high-level nuclear waste will not be held before the 2018 state election, while the business community says it is encouraged the debate is not over yet.
Topics: nuclear-issues, nuclear-energy, alternative-energy, environment, states-and-territories, state-parliament, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
Appeal against conviction in Josh Warneke case fast-tracked
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A man jailed for the 2010 killing of Josh Warneke, who was walking home from a nightclub in Broome, wins the right to have his application for leave to appeal against his conviction fast-tracked.
Topics: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, broome-6725
Making a Murderer subject to be released from prison
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Brendan Dassey, whose homicide conviction was overturned in a case profiled in the Netflix series Making a Murderer, could be celebrating Thanksgiving at home with his family in Wisconsin after a judge orders him released from prison.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, documentary, united-states
Oil washed up on Fraser Island identified as from large trading ship
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The type of oil that washed ashore polluting Fraser Island off Queensland's coast last month is identified as being from a large trading ship, but the State Government says it will be difficult to pinpoint the culprit.
Topics: water-pollution, land-pollution, pollution, environment, activism-and-lobbying, public-sector, government-and-politics, oceans-and-reefs, national-parks, conservation, sea-transport, eurong-4581, qld, australia, bundaberg-4670
The Trump financial revolution and how it might affect you Analysis
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Donald Trump appears to be a game-changer on global financial markets, flipping inflation expectations and sparking a big bond sell-off.
Topics: markets, economic-trends, stockmarket, futures, money-and-monetary-policy, us-elections, united-states, australia
Women Moving Millions promotes 'gender-based philanthropy' in Australia
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So-called "gender-based philanthropy" is proving to be a lucrative and popular way of directing money into programs specifically designed to support women, and its popularity is on the rise in Australia.
Topics: charities-and-community-organisations, community-and-society, women, australia
Disability taxi subsidy reinstated after NDIS gap emerges
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The Tasmanian Government moves to fix a gap in a transport subsidy which left people who moved to the National Disability Insurance Scheme out of pocket.
Topics: disabilities, welfare, community-and-society, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, tas
Stargazers around the world turn out to see supermoon
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From Beijing to Berlin, star gazers around the world admired the supermoon — the largest, brightest full moon in nearly seven decades — as it made its way across the Earth's skies, while some were treated to a rare blood moon as well.
Topics: astronomy-space, greece, syrian-arab-republic, germany
Climbers rescued after supermoon misadventure on Queensland's Sunshine Coast
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A supermoon sightseeing venture backfires for two climbers who had to be rescued after spending the night trapped on Queensland's Glass House Mountains.
Topics: emergency-incidents, disasters-and-accidents, glass-house-mountains-4518, maroochydore-4558, australia, qld
SA teacher's overpaid wages sought nine years after maternity leave error
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A payroll anomaly that was picked up in 2013 and saw the SA Government recover more than $300,000 in overpaid wages affects a primary school teacher almost a decade after it occurred during her maternity leave.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, work, community-and-society, sa
Turnbull Government 'short-changing' Victoria on infrastructure
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Victoria is not getting its fair share of infrastructure funding from the Federal Government, despite the Commonwealth's decision to release $1.5 billion originally set aside for the scrapped East West Link project, the state's Public Transport Minister says.
Topics: federal---state-issues, federal-government, states-and-territories, road-transport, vic
Will competing forces of party and populists tear Trump's presidency apart? Analysis
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Media coverage has not wavered since US voters went to the polls, and now the focus has turned to what kind of president Donald Trump will be and from whom he will seek counsel.
Topics: elections, world-politics, united-states
Royal Hotel closure blamed on O'Bahn extension due to 'dust and noise'
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Ongoing roadworks for the O'Bahn busway tunnel project in Adelaide's inner-east is to blame for the closure of a pub and the loss of 20 jobs, an administrator says.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, adelaide-5000, sa
Aussie collapse gives South Africa victory, as it happened
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Australia goes down with barely a whimper against South Africa, losing the second Test and the series in Hobart. Relive the devastation as it happened in our live blog.
Topics: sport, cricket, hobart-7000, tas, australia, south-africa
Fears taxpayers may foot clean-up bill at Linc Energy's failed UCG site at Chinchilla
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The Queensland Government warns taxpayers could be left with the clean-up bill at a failed UCG site on the Western Downs if liquidators are successful in a court challenge.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, oil-and-gas, government-and-politics, regulation, chinchilla-4413, qld, australia, bundaberg-4670, toowoomba-4350
