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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.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, liberal-national-party-queensland, liberals, political-parties, australia
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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.
Topics: turnbull-malcolm, political-parties, federal-government, government-and-politics, canberra-2600
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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.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, australia
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Protesters shout, "land rights, not mining rights", as Julie Bishop speaks during Question Time, February 16, 2017.
Topics: federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedGreens MP Adam Bandt is criticised for saying changes to the Native Title Act were rushed through Parliament to benefit the Adani coal mine in Queensland.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, indigenous-policy, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, perth-6000
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| UpdatedThe installation of a new gas-fired generator and the establishment of a solar thermal power plant are the most likely short-term solutions to electricity shortages in South Australia, the director of the Australian Industrial Transformation Institute says.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, federal-government, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedMalcolm Turnbull is particularly critical of the SA Government for what he describes as its renewable energy scheme, but it's the Commonwealth's scheme, says energy expert Danny Price.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, business-economics-and-finance, industry, electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, australia
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| UpdatedFederal funding for the Islamic College of South Australia will be cut off from mid-April after the school failed to meet conditions imposed by the Commonwealth.
Topics: education, religion-and-beliefs, federal-government, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, croydon-5008, sa
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| UpdatedThe "patchwork" of different renewable energy targets from the states and territories will "create widespread power system security problems", according to Danny Price, a respected expert who helped design Australia's national energy market rules.
Topics: government-and-politics, electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, federal-government, business-economics-and-finance, emissions-trading, australia
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| UpdatedPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull accuses Opposition Leader Bill Shorten of having the "biggest glass jaw in Australian politics" during a Question Time stand-off. Follow live.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, federal-government, parliament, federal-parliament, australia
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| UpdatedThe former Labor leader and ambassador to the US says Pauline Hanson's One Nation is a threat to Australia's national security and prosperity.
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, states-and-territories, one-nation, world-politics, australia, wa
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| UpdatedA Queensland's sugar industry report warns that the pain from increasing electricity prices under a new tariff proposal is almost guaranteed.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, agribusiness, industry, federal-government, irrigation, sugar, bundaberg-4670, brisbane-4000
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Federal Liberal Party director Tony Nutt supports a ban on foreign donations provided it does not exclude dual citizens or companies with established business interests in Australia from the political process.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, political-parties, australia
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government warns they may have to raise taxes to help pay for the National Disability Insurance Scheme if the Senate continues to block its omnibus saving bill.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, tax, australia
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| UpdatedVictoria's career CFA firefighters will receive a $3,000 bonus and a boost to their allowances as a stopgap measure while a bitter pay dispute drags into a fourth year.
Topics: bushfire, states-and-territories, federal-government, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, vic
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| UpdatedBusinessman and former federal MP Clive Palmer is to appear in the Federal Court in Brisbane as liquidators of his failed Queensland Nickel company look to question him over its demise.
Topics: courts-and-trials, company-news, clive-palmer, federal-government, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull accuses Labor of threatening crossbench senator Derryn Hinch after he supported the Government's key industrial relations bill.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, federal-government, parliament, federal-parliament, australia
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| UpdatedDementia is set to cost Australia an estimated $18 billion a year by 2025, as Alzheimer's Australia calls for a national strategy to combat the disease.
Topics: alzheimers-and-dementia, diseases-and-disorders, health, federal-government, australia, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedOngoing job cuts in Airservices Australia leave the network at "breaking point" and senior managers express fears the new regime is "a huge risk to public safety", an ABC investigation reveals.
Topics: air-transport, industry, business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, federal-government, melbourne-3000, melbourne-airport-3045, vic, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedAmongst the litany of miserable statistics in this year's Closing the Gap report, there is a standout exception: 30,000 Indigenous university graduates who have erased their employment gap. These are the success stories of the quiet revolution, writes Stan Grant.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, federal-government, government-and-politics, community-and-society, australia
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An audit puts the spotlight on the Federal Government's $3.5 billion commitment to Sydney's WestConnex project, finding the money was handed over without following process.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, federal---state-issues, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedA submission before the International Criminal Court argues that Australia's offshore immigration detention centres constitute a crime against humanity, and federal governments have attempted to avoid responsibility by contracting out the facilities.
Topics: immigration, federal-government, refugees, community-and-society, australia
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Treasurer Scott Morrison is trying to save Australia's prized AAA credit rating, burdened by a $37 billion budget deficit, but one ratings agency is likely to deliver on its threat to cut our credit rating, writes Andrew Robertson.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, money-and-monetary-policy, government-and-politics, federal-government, budget, iron-ore, coal, australia
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Labor's Linda Burney responds to this year's Closing the Gap report, which shows slow progress to improve the health and wealth of Indigenous Australians, February 14, 2017.
Topics: indigenous-policy, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedFive-time Paralympian and disability advocate Kurt Fearnley criticises the Federal Government's decision to cut funding to other social services to fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Topics: disabilities, health, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia