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| UpdatedLeader of WA Nationals Brendon Grylls dismisses the Liberal Party's deal with One Nation on preferences ahead of next month's election.
Topics: nationals, political-parties, government-and-politics, wa
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| UpdatedThe WA Premier says his party's deal with One Nation will likely deliver a "Senate-style" Upper House, in a move that has further strained the state's fragile Liberal-National government alliance.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, wa
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With the Chinese Government lending the PNG Government hundreds of millions of dollars for major infrastructure projects, Australia's defence and diplomatic community express unease about China's growing influence on the country.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, papua-new-guinea, china, australia
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| UpdatedLegal action has ended over the delayed Royal Adelaide Hospital build, the South Australian Government says, and construction should finish in March.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, health, health-policy, states-and-territories, programs-and-initiatives, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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Federal frontbencher Arthur Sinodinos has entertained the possibility of the Liberal party entering into preference deals with the One Nation party.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, one-nation, liberals, elections, australia
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| UpdatedAs Pauline Hanson and her party enjoy a resurgence, Liberal sources confirm the party will direct preferences to One Nation above the National party in the upcoming WA election.
Topics: political-parties, one-nation, liberals, elections, government-and-politics, australia
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Hundreds of timber industry job losses could be offset with $45 million in government and private investment into a new national park in eastern Victoria, The Wilderness Society says.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, melbourne-3000, kinglake-3763, healesville-3777, marysville-3779, heyfield-3858
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Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is sent deep into the jungle of the United States of America to try and smooth things over with newly elected President Donald Trump and quickly discovers how things get… "confused out there". Huw Parkinson explores this harrowing tale.
Topics: turnbull-malcolm, government-and-politics, federal-government, world-politics, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedThe ATO, which is estimated to be holding $2.7 billion in unclaimed superannuation, should be responsible for reuniting funds with their original owners, the Association for Superfunds of Australia says in a submission to the Federal Government.
Topics: superannuation, business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedQueenslanders will be able to buy bulk meat on Sundays and hardware supplies from 6am Sundays under streamlined new trading hours laws which are to be considered by Cabinet in coming weeks.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, trade, food-and-beverage, government-and-politics, qld
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The WA Greens say polling shows 33 per cent of Liberal voters will not support the party if it does a preferences deal with One Nation.
Topics: greens, one-nation, polls, government-and-politics, elections, liberals, wa
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New low-emission buses are about to go into service in Adelaide, with dozens more to be built to fill interstate orders, as part of manufacturing efforts to fill the jobs hole when Holden closes in northern Adelaide.
Topics: programs-and-initiatives, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, work, community-and-society, manufacturing, industry, business-economics-and-finance, sa, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedThe Queensland Government talks up its jobs policies after a new opinion poll shows a surge in support for Pauline Hanson's One Nation in the state.
Topics: one-nation, political-parties, government-and-politics, alp, public-sector, elections, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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The Barnett Government starts the first full week of the 2017 election campaign levelling claims of "fake funding" at Labor, and finishes it in a rear-guard attempt to defend its own economic record.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, states-and-territories, perth-6000, wa
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Hundreds of thousands of Iranians march in Tehran to mark the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution and denounce the new US administration.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, donald-trump, iran-islamic-republic-of, united-states
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More than 20,000 police and military officers will be deployed across Jakarta as the Indonesian capital prepares to go to the polls to elect a governor next week.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, elections, indonesia
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A controversial housing project in Sydney's North West is put on ice because of the traffic congestion it will cause.
Topics: housing, government-and-politics, hornsby-2077
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| UpdatedJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe begins a two-day summit with US President Donald Trump, saying he wants to build a relationship of trust with the new leader and underscore the sturdiness of the Japan-US alliance.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, united-states, japan
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| UpdatedConservative senator Cory Bernardi attends the event "Defending Freedom of Speech", organised by anti-Islam group the Q Society.
Topics: race-relations, community-and-society, government-and-politics, liberals, political-parties, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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Justin Lynch, from think tank New America, discusses the Kenyan High Court ruling blocking the Government's plan to close the Dadaab refugee camp.
Topics: refugees, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, kenya
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| UpdatedIt was a wet day for those on the state election campaign trail as heavy downpours drenched Perth and much of southern Western Australia — here's what you need to know about what happened.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, perth-6000, wa
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Eagle-eyed followers of Pete Souza's Instagram account point out that the former White House photographer may be taking a dig at Donald Trump with his carefully timed "throwback" posts.
Topics: obama-barack, donald-trump, government-and-politics, photography, community-and-society, united-states
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| UpdatedMore than 100 protesters disrupt a secretive fundraiser for the far-right group Q Society in Melbourne, where Liberal defector Cory Bernardi and Nationals MP George Christensen are speaking.
Topics: government-and-politics, community-and-society, melbourne-3000, vic
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Host: Ellen Fanning
Panel: Bridie Jabour, John Stanley and Caleb Bond
Interview with: Ian McAuley
The panel discusses private health insurance, Donald Trump's fury at the federal appeals court and Kellyanne Conway promotes Ivanka Trump's Fashion Line.
Topics: government-and-politics, health, australia, united-states
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The Chaser's Chas Licciardello and the ABC's John Barron set out to discover the real America – its politics and its people – with US and Australian experts coming along for the ride!
Topics: government-and-politics, united-states