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| UpdatedIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praises his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull for calling out the "hypocrisy" of the United Nations.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, foreign-affairs, australia, israel
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| UpdatedThe Government looks set to unwind the Medicare rebate freeze in the May budget, in a move that could cost in excess of $3 billion.
Topics: health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, federal-government, budget, australia
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| UpdatedThe Foreign Minister and the Immigration Minister appear to be at odds about whether the US refugee resettlement deal was part of a people swap.
Topics: refugees, immigration, federal-government, australia, united-states
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Former prime minister Kevin Rudd is calling for the Federal Opposition to make the formal recognition of Palestinian statehood official policy before the next election.
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, world-politics, alp, rudd-kevin, australia
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| UpdatedFor the first time in history, the Federal Government is helping Australians with chronic illnesses to get their hands on medicinal marijuana, by fast-tracking importation while local supplies expand.
Topics: cannabis, health-policy, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedInternational students studying in Australia hit a record high last year, with more than 500,000 choosing to study here: an increase of more than 10 per cent on 2015.
Topics: federal-government, education, australia
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The Palestinian territories' top envoy to Australia urges Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten to press Benjamin Netanyahu on West Bank settlements when they meet the Israeli Prime Minister this week.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, world-politics, australia, israel, palestinian-territory-occupied
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| UpdatedWalking away from the United States alliance could force Australia to ramp up defence spending by tens of billions of dollars, Australia's former defence chief says.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, world-politics, security-intelligence, defence-and-national-security, australia, united-states, china
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Human rights advocate Julian Burnside says systems of social support should lean more towards being "too generous" than "too mean", February 20, 2017.
Topics: federal-government, rights, law-crime-and-justice, australia
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Julian Burnside asks George Brandis if asylum seekers who come to Australia have committed any offence, February 20, 2017.
Topics: refugees, immigration, federal-government, australia, nauru
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George Brandis says when a notice is issued people 'can contact Centrelink' to resolve any problems, February 20, 2017.
Topics: federal-government, australia
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Q&A questioner asks George Brandis about reviews of disability pensions, February 20, 2017.
Topics: carers, disabilities, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedMultinational gas exporters could lose some of their generous tax deductions following a review of the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax.
Topics: oil-and-gas, federal-government, tax, budget, australia
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| UpdatedThere are fears the price of prawns is about to go "through the roof" following a decision by the Federal Government to recall all imported raw prawns.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, rural, food-processing, pest-management, food-and-cooking, pests, environment, federal-government, brisbane-4000, canberra-2600, sydney-2000
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As politicians continue trading barbs over the merits of renewable energy versus coal-fired power generation, missing from the debate these days has been the role of gas.
Topics: oil-and-gas, electricity-energy-and-utilities, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedThe Government is considering lifting a ban on allowing the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to invest in carbon capture and storage, as well as low-emission coal-fired plants, but Labor says there will not be any support from the market.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, environmental-policy, environment, energy, climate-change
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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