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| UpdatedAn Indigenous organisation that provides services to town camps welcomes the announcement of an audit into a controversial management contract in Alice Springs.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, housing, government-and-politics, alice-springs-0870
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In this episode: the century-old murder mystery that gripped South Australia, a Queensland school teacher prepares to square-off against one of boxing’s biggest names, the tourists overwhelming Tasmania’s natural wonders and a West Australian cricket club rallies to support two young members suffering a rare cancer. #AustraliaWide
Topics: government-and-politics, information-and-communication, community-and-society, cancer, tourism, boxing, australia, tas
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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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| UpdatedLet's just say the latest national snapshot of the state of renting a home in Australia does not paint a pretty picture. That's putting it lightly. It's dire.
Topics: housing, government-and-politics, housing-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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US President Donald Trump slammed intelligence officials and the media over what he called the "very, very unfair" treatment of his ousted national security adviser Michael Flynn.
Topics: donald-trump, government-and-politics, world-politics, united-states
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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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| UpdatedA lockdown of South Australian prisons ends as the union representing prison staff and the State Government head to the Industrial Relations Commission.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, unions, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, murray-bridge-5253, adelaide-5000, port-augusta-5700, mount-gambier-5290, cadell-5321, 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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| UpdatedPeople with criminal records, single parents and pet owners are facing discrimination when it comes to renting in Tasmania, and there are reports of racial discrimination, a tenant's advocacy group says.
Topics: housing, government-and-politics, housing-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, tas
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| UpdatedThe Australian Energy Market Operator says it can't give a guarantee that it will not order load shedding, of the kind that left 90,000 properties without power during a recent heatwave in South Australia, again.
Topics: government-and-politics, electricity-energy-and-utilities, states-and-territories, adelaide-5000, sa, vic
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| UpdatedDonald Trump uses a series of explosive tweets to blame the media and "illegally leaked" intelligence information for bringing down his national security adviser Michael Flynn.
Topics: donald-trump, government-and-politics, world-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedRussia's intervention in Syria and Islamic State on the agenda as US Defence Secretary James Mattis arrives in Brussels for NATO talks.
Topics: government-and-politics, security-intelligence, defence-and-national-security, belgium, united-states, 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 nation's first national survey of housing tenants reveals renters in Australia have little security and lack the power to demand standard property maintenance.
Topics: housing, government-and-politics, housing-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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| UpdatedDepartment of Education figures show 3,600 families hit the annual cap on the childcare rebate just halfway through the financial year.
Topics: child-care, government-and-politics, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to Daniel Pinkston on the current state of North Korean politics.
Topics: government-and-politics, murder-and-manslaughter, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of, malaysia
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Five micro parties strike a preference deal that could deliver as many as five Upper House seats in the WA election, with the pact orchestrated by "preference whisperer" Glenn Druery.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, wa
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| UpdatedSenior Coalition Minister Christopher Pyne says the Government has no "absolutely no desire or intention" to increase taxes to help pay for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
Topics: government-and-politics, disabilities, community-and-society, federal-parliament, canberra-2600
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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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Host: Ellen Fanning
Panel: Michael Pascoe, Dee Madigan, Ming Long and Jim Molan
The panel discusses the Government’s threat to increase taxes if the omnibus bill doesn’t pass, Adani coal mine protest plans and Australia’s alliance with the US.
Topics: government-and-politics, business-economics-and-finance, unrest-conflict-and-war, environment, australia, singapore
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Des Bettany arrived in Singapore in 1941 carrying a kids' art set and a talent for cartoons which carried him through his years as a POW.
Topics: visual-art, community-and-society, history, world-war-2, unrest-conflict-and-war, government-and-politics, world-politics, men, ballarat-3350, singapore
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| UpdatedElectricity load shedding in South Australia last week, which affected 90,000 customers, was three times the level ordered by the Australian Energy Market Operator, a report into the blackouts finds.
Topics: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, sa, adelaide-5000
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In Indonesia, millions of Jakartans will head to the polls to elect a new governor in what has become a bitter campaign revolving around religion and race.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, world-politics, indonesia
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| UpdatedPhone records and intercepted calls show members of Donald Trump's presidential campaign had repeated contact with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the US election, according to US media reports.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, us-elections, government-and-politics, united-states, russian-federation
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| UpdatedPauline Hanson strikes back at One Nation's WA candidates who are complaining about a controversial preference deal with the Liberal Party, telling them if they're not happy with it, "don't stand under my name".
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, state-parliament, one-nation, states-and-territories, wa