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Thursday 9 Feb 2017
The government's inclusion of measures from the unpopular 2014 budget may prevent it from securing childcare reform.
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Andrea Mason CEO of the NPY Women's Council says she's looking forward to taking up her position as a key adviser on Indigenous Affairs.
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Temperatures to soar further across the country over the weekend.
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There's been a big development in the unresolved case of two Aboriginal children murdered in the New South Wales town of Bowraville, in the early 1990s.
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Tasmanian Indigenous language recording added to the UNESCO program of national and world cultural heritage.
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RN Drive's Research Filter sifts through some of the most interesting science news of the week, and sorts fact from fiction.
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President Trump's Supreme Court nominee says attacks on judges are "demoralising and disheartening"
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Artists Rosanna Raymond and Lily Shearer want to reframe indigeneity through contemporary art and story telling.
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Fran Kelly and Patricia Karvelas talk about the week in politics in The Party Room podcast. Hear a taste here or subscribe.
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Wednesday 8 Feb 2017
Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull sharpened his personal attack on Bill Shorten during debate about the government's wide ranging welfare reform.
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The opposition agrees with the need to reform the childcare system, just not with the government's plan to do it.
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says it is, is he right?
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Warren Mundine is out, as the PM shakes up his Indigenous Advisory Council today.
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We're used to men playing women in comedy, so what happens when the tables are turned?
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A new survey has found Australian millennials are much less optimistic about their future prospects than their peers in around the world.
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The French Presidential election is the first major European political contest in the era of Trump and Brexit.
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Want to get active and stay fit? Experts say the key is engaging the brain.
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Tuesday 7 Feb 2017
Senator Cory Bernardi is now an Australian Conservative, not a Liberal. And gold pass travel entitlements come to an end.
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Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm says it was 'probably the wrong decision' for Cory Bernardi to leave the Liberal Party.
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A new study claims that previous research forgot to control for a very important factor.
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A new report suggests Australia needs to engage more with Asian economies or risk dropping out of the G20.
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The White House has released a list of terrorist attacks it says were under-reported by the media.
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Angus Kidman talks us through this week in the world of tech, where message boards are in decline and printers can be hacked.
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A new report by Amnesty International alleges that up to 13,000 people have been executed at Saydnaya prison in Syria since 2011.
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A low Australian Tertiary Admission Rank Score may seem like the end of the world, but there are alternative pathways into university.
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Monday 6 Feb 2017
What effect would the departure of Senator Bernardi have on the government?
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The new figures moved Francis Sullivan to tears as he addressed the royal commission.
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What do Pope Francis, Martha Stewart, Snoop Dog and Mexican avocados have in common?
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If Senator Cory Bernardi forms his own political movement, will anyone join him from the Coalition?
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The Institute of Public Affairs says conservative politics is here to stay, but which party will do it best?
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Huge crowds attend the first round of the AFLW, and the Patriots come from behind to win the Super Bowl.
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The escalation of conflict in eastern Ukraine has brought new urgency to the scrutiny of President Trump's views on Russia.
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Australia has long nurtured the myth that we're a classless society.
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Friday 3 Feb 2017
When Parliament resumes the government will hoping to forget the 'Trumble' affair, but will the agenda be?
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A damning National Audit Office report into the Abbott Government's Indigenous Advancement Strategy is highlighting the need for major changes.
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The cat events break a 114-year tradition of the event being solely for dogs.
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The Wrap is RN Drive's summary of the biggest stories of the week.
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Matt Roden is the creator of Perfect Pitch podcast.
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Australian rock musician Dave Graney has embarked on an ambitious project, releasing a new song every month.
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Thursday 2 Feb 2017
Malcolm Turnbull and Donald Trump give very different messages about the refugee deal
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What does the human headline think of Donald Trump's 'dumb deal' tweet?
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What did Donald Trump say to Malcolm Turnbull during that phone call?
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Does the spat between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull have the potential to damage relations?
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Changes proposed in Queensland would force defendants to prove why they should be allowed to be released on bail
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RN Drive puts the latest science news through the Research Filter with Dr Will Grant.
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Renewed fighting has broken out between Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed militia
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Ursula Martinez and Panti Bliss titillate audiences with out-of-the-box acts, which have captivated hearts and minds around the world.
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Wednesday 1 Feb 2017
Can the government convince the Senate cross bench to pass company tax cut measures in full?
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Meet the man US President Donald Trump wants to appoint to the Supreme Court.
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In an article for Quadrant, David Archibald argued that single motherhood was a 'lifestyle choice' that 'could be defunded'.
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What do you think of when you hear the phrase 'I love Australia'?
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A group of Sydney scientists say their product, a patch telling you when it's time to reapply your sunscreen, could be available as soon as next summer.
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Australian businessman James Packer has been drawn into a corruption scandal that's rocking Israeli politics.
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At a meeting of the African Union this week, leaders called for a collective withdrawal from the International Criminal Court.
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While divorce rates are declining in Australia, the emotional and economic scars left by a relationship breakdown can be lasting.
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