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The digital age means amateur radio is no longer as popular as it once was but a group of youth in central Victoria is embracing the technology.
Topics: community-and-society, history, world-war-2, youth, radio-broadcasting, broadcasting, information-and-communication, radio, government-and-politics, castlemaine-3450
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The State Opposition accuses the Government of backtracking on a promise to provide light rail to Sydney Olympic Park in the first stage of construction, amid concerns it will eventually be dropped from the plan altogether.
Topics: government-and-politics, community-and-society, parramatta-2150, nsw, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedA legal challenge by Uber that would have seen its drivers exempt from paying GST has failed after a Federal Court ruled they were a "taxi" service.
Topics: tax, government-and-politics, courts-and-trials, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedLabor and the Liberal Party both have problems beginning with the number 50, and in both instances, the number has more to do with political messaging than anything else, writes Andrew Probyn.
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| UpdatedGeorge Christensen reportedly threatens to quit the Coalition, citing Federal Government inaction in a dispute between a foreign-owned sugar mill and cane growers in his north Queensland electorate.
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A good week for the crossbenchers, not so much for the government. Fran Kelly and Patricia Karvelas, hosts of the Party Room, choose their winners and losers.
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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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Samsung Group chief Jay Y Lee is arrested over his alleged role in a corruption scandal that led parliament to impeach President Park Geun-hye, a South Korean court says.
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| UpdatedAn Aboriginal politician makes a passionate address to Northern Territory Parliament about a child protection system he says is failing Indigenous children, sharing the names of nine children who were recently "stolen" from their Yolngu families.
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| UpdatedRussia, Hillary Clinton, Michael Flynn and fake news. Donald Trump's aggressive media conference was wide-ranging — here's some of the key things he touched on.
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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.
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Angry parents of the Islamic college at Croydon in Adelaide, which has lost government funding and might be forced to close, say the school should have ensured all taxpayers' money went into schooling and not elsewhere.
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| UpdatedThe South Australian and Federal Governments are in a funding stoush over a state-owned ship-building hub called Techport.
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| UpdatedDeputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce is predicting an early state election in Queensland.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, liberal-national-party-queensland, alp, one-nation, nationals, qld
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| UpdatedMilitary collaborations between the US and Russia are off the table, Defence Secretary James Mattis says, an apparent blow to Donald Trump's suggestions the two nations could fight together against Islamic State.
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| UpdatedRetired federal politicians will no longer be able to take free flights on the taxpayers' purse, after the Senate voted to scrap the gold pass following an entitlements scandal that saw Sussan Ley resign as health minister.
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Labor clears the path for Peter Malinauskas, seen by some as a potential future ALP leader, to switch houses at the next South Australian election, which is just over a year away.
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| UpdatedWest Australian Liberal Senator Dean Smith says politicians could reach a consensus on same-sex marriage if a free vote was held.
Topics: marriage, gays-and-lesbians, government-and-politics, liberals, wa, australia
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| UpdatedSunshine Coast independent MP and the Speaker of the Queensland Parliament Peter Wellington drops a political bombshell by announcing he will not run in his seat of Nicklin at the next state election.
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Host: Ellen Fanning
Panel: Katharine Murphy, Michael Jensen and Josh Bornstein
Interview with: John Daley
The panel discusses CHOICE's rental survey, Donald Trump’s two-state solution stance & calls to remove religious classes from NSW schools.
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