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| UpdatedRSL Care, which operates nursing homes and retirement villages in Adelaide, appears safe in the near future after the RSL fails to take control of the board.
Topics: health, health-administration, healthcare-facilities, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, glengowrie-5044, marion-5043, angle-park-5010, myrtle-bank-5064, sa
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| UpdatedPoliticians are pointing fingers over the latest global education test results, with Australia falling below countries such as Kazakhstan. Follow all the day's political developments live.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, federal-parliament, parliament, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedAustralia is losing to Kazakhstan in the latest global education report card of Year 4 and Year 8 results.
Topics: education, government-and-politics, federal-government, access-to-education, educational-resources, mathematics-education, australia, kazakhstan
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South Australia's troubled electronic patient records system is under fire again after it deleted treatment appointments for 258 discharged patients just weeks after several outages at hospitals.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, health-policy, health, unions, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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This school turned its Indigenous students' performance around. Can the rest of the country follow suit?
Topics: education, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-culture, government-and-politics, ipswich-4305, qld
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Concerns about possible misconduct within Tasmania's multi-million-dollar fox eradication program should have been investigated two years ago when they were raised with the Federal Government, according to federal independent MP Andrew Wilkie.
Topics: government-and-politics, rural, federal---state-issues, state-parliament, states-and-territories, environmental-management, environment, tas, australia
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Reuters' South Korean bureau chief, Tony Munroe, discusses President Park Geun-hye's recent indications that she is willing to resign.
Topics: government-and-politics, korea-republic-of, asia
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Turkey's ruling AK Party is expected to submit a draft law changing the constitution to expand the powers of the president in the next two weeks.
Topics: government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, turkey
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Bowen Basin councils are struggling with millions of dollars' worth of unpaid rates amid the mining downturn, forcing one to consider repossessing homes.
Topics: mining-industry, business-economics-and-finance, local-government, government-and-politics, emerald-4720, moranbah-4744, rockhampton-4700
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The State Government is standing behind its anti-arson campaign, despite it failing to reduce the number of deliberately lit fires in WA.
Topics: arson, fires, government-and-politics, baldivis-6171, wa, perth-6000
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| UpdatedThe Northern Territory Correctional Services Department confirms there are currently no rehabilitation programs being run for high-risk sex offenders inside prisons, due partly to a lack of staff.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, government-and-politics, sexual-offences, darwin-0800, alice-springs-0870
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| UpdatedOne Nation senator Pauline Hanson calls for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to be freed, comparing his plight to that of "anti-establishment folk hero" Ned Kelly.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, federal-government, foreign-affairs, information-and-communication, australia
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| UpdatedLabor and the Greens say senator Nick Xenophon has "sold out" South Australians after he agrees to a deal with the Coalition on the Murray-Darling Basin plan which may see him vote for the Government's key industrial relations bill.
Topics: murray-darling-basin, environmental-management, environment, government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, states-and-territories, irrigation, rural, rivers, sa, renmark-5341, goolwa-5214, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedLocals are being overlooked for jobs at a Geelong construction site because the contractor is using foreign workers on 457 visas, the manufacturing union claims.
Topics: manufacturing, unemployment, government-and-politics, federal-government, federal---state-issues, immigration, geelong-3220, australia
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| UpdatedThe Supreme Court inspects alleged defects at the New Royal Adelaide Hospital, as the State Government refuses to back down on a push for compensation from the builders involved.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, health-policy, health, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedA prisoner accidentally released from jail more than two years early is among 91 Queensland inmates freed before their due date, since 2004, the state's auditor-general says.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, state-parliament, qld, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedAttorney-General George Brandis will face another Senate inquiry to determine his role in the West Australian Government's bid to claw back nearly $1 billion from a corporate collapse.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, wa, australia
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| UpdatedThe Natural Resources Committee recommends unconventional gas exploration or production should not go ahead in South Australia's south-east without a social licence.
Topics: oil-and-gas, industry, parliament, state-parliament, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, mount-gambier-5290, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedThe actors in Burning Doors, a new play by the Belarus Free Theatre opening in Melbourne tonight, are used to taking their lives into their own hands.
Topics: theatre, government-and-politics, prisons-and-punishment, performance-art, activism-and-lobbying, melbourne-3000, belarus
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| UpdatedThailand's military Government invites Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn to become the next king, ending years of speculation about whether the country will enjoy a smooth succession.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, thailand, asia
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| UpdatedThe works of Australia's top political cartoonists are exhibited at Old Parliament House in Canberra — with Fairfax's Cathy Wilcox taking the top gong.
Topics: government-and-politics, journalism, media, arts-and-entertainment, canberra-2600, act, australia
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The Northern Territory government wants to close a loophole in liquor legislation to limit sales of takeaway alcohol on Sundays.
Topics: alcohol, government-and-politics, social-policy, community-and-society, darwin-0800, nt
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| UpdatedThe ABC is locked in a protracted fight with Transport NSW for access to timetables for the new North West Metro rail line, with the department saying the release could generate public complaints.
Topics: government-and-politics, information-and-communication, public-sector, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedAdelaide Oval will host a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match between the Socceroos and Saudi Arabia next year.
Topics: soccer, sport, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedThe West Australian Police Commissioner condemns a proposal by Labor to allow police to ram cars off the road during pursuits, saying the practice is "highly dangerous" and poses an unacceptable risk.
Topics: police, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, crime, wa