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The US President looks to partially fulfil his promise to "drain the swamp" in Washington by banning administration officials from ever lobbying the US on behalf of a foreign government and imposing a separate five-year ban on other lobbying.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, activism-and-lobbying, united-states
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| UpdatedDonald Trump's new immigration ban includes those who hold US green cards. Here's a quick explainer on what it means to hold one.
Topics: immigration, us-elections, world-politics, government-and-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government is considering introducing mandatory skills testing for Year One students, a move which Labor says will not help improve Australia's international education ranking.
Topics: education, government-and-politics, federal-government, primary, australia
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| UpdatedNew South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian axes some of the most experienced ministers from her front bench as part of a Cabinet reshuffle to be unveiled this morning.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, queanbeyan-2620, nsw
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| UpdatedRussian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump have said they want their nations to cooperate to defeat terrorists, including the Islamic State group.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, terrorism, united-states, russian-federation, germany
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Authorities are being urged to consider culling the state's iconic wild horses before they cause irreparable damage to the High Country.
Topics: environment, national-parks, conservation, government-and-politics, vic
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump confirms his administration will continue to honour the refugee resettlement deal Australia made with the Obama administration late last year.
Topics: world-politics, turnbull-malcolm, refugees, foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, federal-government, immigration, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedNew restrictions on immigrants and refugees in an executive order signed by President Donald Trump mean legal permanent residents who have passports from seven Muslim-majority countries have to be cleared back into the United States on a case-by-case basis, officials say.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, immigration, refugees, united-states
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Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, refugees, immigration, terrorism, united-states
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| UpdatedWith the WA election just six weeks away, the major parties have been out on the road spruiking funding commitments in the areas of surfing, education and multiculturalism.
Topics: government-and-politics, education, wa
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| UpdatedPresident Donald Trump signs an executive order making major changes to America's policies on refugees and immigration.
Topics: refugees, immigration, world-politics, government-and-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedIt could be goodbye to the electorates of Apsley and Western Tiers and hello to McIntyre and Prosser if proposed changes to Tasmanian electoral boundaries go ahead.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, tas
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Members of the public trained in first aid will be able to respond to triple-0 emergencies with the help of a new app being developed by Ambulance Victoria.
Topics: health, government-and-politics, vic
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| UpdatedSerious problems with Victoria's youth justice system were flagged with successive governments for more than a decade, and the recent dysfunction is the result of years of inaction, according to a former deputy Ombudsman.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, youth, state-parliament, government-and-politics, malmsbury-3446, vic, parkville-3052, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedTreasurer Scott Morrison brushes off calls from within the Coalition for the Government to consider curbing negative gearing in order to control the growth of house prices in capital cities.
Topics: government-and-politics, housing, liberals, alp, australia
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| UpdatedA former One Nation candidate who was dumped last night over a controversial blog post he denies writing says Pauline Hanson could face a revolt if she keeps "jumping the gun" and sacking people.
Topics: one-nation, pauline-hanson, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, qld
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The Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has written an open letter warning immigrants to "behave normally or go away" just weeks ahead of an election.
Topics: government-and-politics, netherlands
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Three judges of the Federal Court are likely to rule next week on whether to set aside a bankruptcy ruling against former West Australian senator Rod Culleton.
Topics: courts-and-trials, government-and-politics, perth-6000
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| UpdatedRussian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump are expected to speak by telephone on Saturday, a first step towards what Mr Trump has billed as a normalisation of relations after three years of tensions sparked by the conflict in Ukraine.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, leadership, united-states, russian-federation
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Western Australia's Corrective Services Minister Joe Francis officially opens the new $232 million Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison in Kalgoorlie and labels the old one "unfit for human beings".
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, government-and-politics, kalgoorlie-6430
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The Tarcoola gold mine, South Australia's newest mine, is celebrating its first haul of ore after unseasonal heavy rain caused delays earlier this month.
Topics: mining-rural, government-and-politics, mining-industry, tarcoola-5710
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Planet America returns for 2017 with a new commander in chief! Join Chas Licciardello and John Barron each week as they take a close look at the presidency of Donald J Trump.
Topics: government-and-politics, united-states
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Topics: animal-welfare, animals, conservation, science-and-technology, marine-biology, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, coffs-harbour-2450
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A six-week old sea lion pup is the second of its species to be born into captivity in an Australian zoo in the past five years.
Topics: animals, animals-and-nature, government-and-politics, activism-and-lobbying, education, conservation, travel-and-tourism, coffs-harbour-2450
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| UpdatedForty adult prison staff will move to secure the Malmsbury and Parkville youth centres, and another facility will be built, in the wake of 15 young offenders breaking out following a riot this week.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, youth, state-parliament, government-and-politics, malmsbury-3446, vic, parkville-3052, melbourne-3000