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| UpdatedAustralian rock legends Midnight Oil have never felt "fresher, nastier, sweeter" as they announce their first world tour in two decades, with lead singer Peter Garrett declaring it feels incredible "walking back into the room".
Topics: music, arts-and-entertainment, bands-and-artists, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedPeople with disabilities, including Adelaide man Nick Schumi, say it is hard to land a job when you head to an interview only to find the building cannot accommodate your wheelchair.
Topics: disabilities, activism-and-lobbying, states-and-territories, work, community-and-society, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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Amanda Palmer is an American musician and crowdfunding pioneer whose life is a series of artistic collaborations, risqué performances and digital outpourings. Fearlessly outspoken, she frequently finds herself at the centre of controversy.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, music, bands-and-artists, punk, rock, performance-art, street-art, government-and-politics, activism-and-lobbying, world-politics, internet-culture, social-media, travel-and-tourism, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedThe Indigenous Aurukun primary school run in partnership with Noel Pearson's Good to Great Schools organisation routinely overstated enrolments because there was a misunderstanding of policy, netting up to $815,000 in extra payments, a report finds.
Topics: education, access-to-education, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, aboriginal, activism-and-lobbying, schools, public-sector, aurukun-4871, qld, cairns-4870, townsville-4810, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedGas-contaminated soil has been detected 25 kilometres further south of an existing exclusion zone around a controversial Western Downs gas project, Queensland's Environment Department says.
Topics: land-pollution, activism-and-lobbying, oil-and-gas, public-sector, chinchilla-4413, qld, australia, toowoomba-4350
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| UpdatedAn environmental expert has called on operators of a Mount Isa mine to take responsibility for the safety of children in the city, after a report found the site was a source of "potentially significant" lead pollution.
Topics: mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, federal---state-issues, mining-rural, lead, activism-and-lobbying, pollution, respiratory-diseases, mount-isa-4825, qld, australia, university-of-queensland-4072
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| UpdatedThe Mount Isa mine in north-west Queensland is a source of "potentially significant" lead pollution, a report commissioned by global mining giant Glencore finds, as it urges residents to be tested to determine their exposure.
Topics: mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, federal---state-issues, mining-rural, lead, activism-and-lobbying, pollution, respiratory-diseases, mount-isa-4825, qld, australia, university-of-queensland-4072
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A suspected assassination attempt on one of Russia's most prominent Opposition activists could only have been ordered by someone close to President Vladimir Putin, an exiled Opposition MP says.
Topics: activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, crime, russian-federation
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Audio recordings from hundreds of new surveillance cameras in the Moreton Bay region will target "creepy" characters and be available to police if requested by warrant, Mayor Allan Sutherland says.
Topics: local-government, sexual-offences, crime-prevention, activism-and-lobbying, public-sector, redcliffe-4020
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| UpdatedHeatwaves are becoming hotter, lasting longer and occurring more often, the Climate Council's latest report card on climate change says.
Topics: climate-change, environment, weather, research, science-and-technology, earth-sciences, activism-and-lobbying, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, qld, australia
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| UpdatedQueensland's privacy commissioner is reviewing new 'big brother' surveillance technology being used by council to record video and audio of the public in the Moreton Bay area.
Topics: local-government, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, laws, activism-and-lobbying, qld, caboolture-4510, redcliffe-4020, strathpine-4500
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Around 220,000 protesters gather in Romania's capital, ultimately pressuring the Government to annul a decree that would have decriminalised corruption offences.
Topics: world-politics, activism-and-lobbying, romania
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| UpdatedVictims of domestic violence will be notified if their alleged attacker applies for bail under a bill proposed by Queensland's Opposition.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, domestic-violence, community-and-society, suicide, activism-and-lobbying, pimpama-4209, qld, southport-4215, mermaid-beach-4218
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| UpdatedDeputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce tells landholders in central Queensland he will fight to protect their properties from compulsory acquisition amid a military training ground expansion, but he cannot give any guarantees.
Topics: defence-forces, federal---state-issues, activism-and-lobbying, agribusiness, rural, agricultural-policy, shoalwater-4702, qld, rockhampton-4700, townsville-4810, australia
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| UpdatedQueensland police complete an investigation into an assault that left Brisbane teenager Tyrone Unsworth hospitalised with a broken jaw, a month before he took his own life.
Topics: primary-schools, mental-health, community-and-society, suicide, bullying, education, secondary-schools, schools, activism-and-lobbying, gays-and-lesbians, brisbane-4000
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Some of the nation's biggest legal heavy-hitters push the Australian Government to end the death penalty worldwide.
Topics: death, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, laws, human, australia, indonesia
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| UpdatedDeputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce says there is no intention to force Queensland graziers to sell their land as part of Australian Defence Force training area expansions, however the Prime Minister does not rule it out.
Topics: rural, livestock, government-and-politics, activism-and-lobbying, federal---state-issues, defence-forces, shoalwater-4702, qld, rockhampton-4700
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| UpdatedRomania's Government rejects calls to withdraw a decree that critics say marks a major retreat on anti-corruption reforms, standing its ground in the face of huge nationwide protests.
Topics: government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, laws, unrest-conflict-and-war, activism-and-lobbying, romania
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| UpdatedQueensland graziers will today ask Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce to commit to stopping any forced land grab by the Australian Defence Force for training Singaporean troops.
Topics: rural, livestock, government-and-politics, activism-and-lobbying, federal---state-issues, defence-forces, shoalwater-4702, rockhampton-4700, australia, qld
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| UpdatedThe death of a Gold Coast mother prompts a review into the system of bail for accused domestic violence offenders in Queensland, including considering making individuals responsible for proving they are not a danger.
Topics: domestic-violence, laws, law-crime-and-justice, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, family-law, pimpama-4209, qld, brisbane-4000, australia, southport-4215
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| UpdatedQueensland's bail laws may be tightened in the wake of Gold Coast mother Teresa Bradford being killed by her estranged husband while he was out on bail on domestic violence charges, although a prominent criminal lawyer is warning against the move.
Topics: domestic-violence, laws, family-law, courts-and-trials, activism-and-lobbying, law-crime-and-justice, community-and-society, pimpama-4209, qld, southport-4215, australia, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedAuthorities knew a woman killed by her estranged husband on the Gold Coast was in "grave danger of being murdered", prompting questions about whether Queensland's justice system is failing to protect victims.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, domestic-violence, community-and-society, suicide, activism-and-lobbying, pimpama-4209, qld, southport-4215, mermaid-beach-4218
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A meeting of the New South Wales Young Liberals Party in Sydney has been disrupted by two men dressed in Ku Klux Klan-style hoods.
Topics: liberals, government-and-politics, activism-and-lobbying, discrimination, race-relations, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedThe Queensland Government is perpetuating racism and injustice in backing a court challenge against a landmark Palm Island discrimination case, Indigenous health campaigner Professor Gracelyn Smallwood says.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, discrimination, community-and-society, race-relations, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, palm-island-4815, townsville-4810, qld, brisbane-4000
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Both sides of Queensland politics unite to pressure the Prime Minister to stop the compulsory acquisition of prime agricultural land for an army training ground expansion.
Topics: beef-cattle, livestock, rural, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, defence-forces, marlborough-4705, qld, rockhampton-4700, townsville-4810