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More than 500 university students would move into a 16-storey tower at Redfern's The Block under new plans lodged by the Aboriginal Housing Company.
Topics: housing, government-and-politics, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, indigenous-policy, redfern-2016
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Lawyer and former US Congressman Bob Inglis addresses the National Press Club in Canberra on how conservatives can lead on climate action in the age of Donald Trump.
Topics: climate-change, government-and-politics, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedBob Inglis was a Republican Congressman who once thought climate change was "nonsense" for the "other tribe". Now, he's on a mission in Australia to convince conservatives to fight for the environment.
Topics: environment, environmental-policy, government-and-politics, alternative-energy, energy, australia, united-states
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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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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Malcolm Turnbull discuss a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, religion-and-beliefs, israel, australia
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| UpdatedThe United States are not calling on Australia to increase its military presence in Iraq and Syria, Julie Bishop says after meeting with Vice-President Mike Pence.
Topics: foreign-affairs, donald-trump, government-and-politics, world-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedPolice have seized cars, computers, phones, and loose change out of the purses of people suspected of working in the sex industry, a South Australian parliamentary committee hears.
Topics: community-and-society, states-and-territories, state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedMalcolm Turnbull rebukes the United Nations for adopting "one-sided resolutions" critical of Israel, as Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in Australia for the first official visit by an Israeli prime minister.
Topics: government-and-politics, religion-and-beliefs, australia, israel
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| UpdatedIsraeli Prime Miniser Benjamin Netanyahu has touched down in Sydney, becoming his country's first serving leader to visit Australia. He spoke to media at the airport.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, sydney-2000, australia, israel
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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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US President Donald Trump has delivered his first public condemnation of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States after a new spate of bomb threats to Jewish community centres around the country and massive vandalism in a Jewish cemetery.
Topics: world-politics, donald-trump, government-and-politics, judaism, religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, united-states
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Accusations fly as the Liberals and Greens attack Labor's stance on salmon farming, after the party threw its support behind Tassal's expansion plans but at the same time announced policy around tighter industry regulations.
Topics: state-parliament, elections, government-and-politics, fishing-aquaculture, tas
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| UpdatedA number of companies are vying for renewable energy funds for proposed projects in South Australia as national debate rages over the state's lack of power security.
Topics: hydro-energy, geothermal-energy, alternative-energy, environment, solar-energy, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, sa, port-augusta-5700, tailem-bend-5260, roxby-downs-5725, coober-pedy-5723
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump delivers his first public condemnation of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States after a new spate of bomb threats to Jewish community centres around the country and massive vandalism in a Jewish cemetery.
Topics: donald-trump, government-and-politics, world-politics, judaism, religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, united-states
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to author Nicole Hemmer about Donald Trump's appointment of Lieutenant General Herbert Raymond McMaster as his new national security adviser.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, government-and-politics, world-politics, united-states
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The sitting Liberal member for the seat of Perth hits out at her party's preference deal with Pauline Hanson's One Nation, paying for Facebook advertising to highlight her lack of support for the party and its policies.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, one-nation, liberals, wa
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| UpdatedWeek three of the election campaign is in full swing! While the major parties have grabbed much of the spotlight of late, with the PM and Opposition leader in town, today it was Greens' leader Richard Di Natale's turn to try to win your vote.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, wa
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| UpdatedWA Labor says it will not impose any new taxes or tax increases on West Australians if it wins government in next month's state election, while the Premier holds on to hope for action on GST distribution.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, tax, wa
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The Australian Taxation Office is ordered to refund more than $1 million it took from failed South Australian company Penrice, after being sued by the company's liquidators.
Topics: tax, government-and-politics, company-news, osborne-5017, adelaide-5000, sa
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Host: John Barron
Panel: Lisa Annese, Rebecca Weisser and Justin Mohamed
Interview with: Tom Alegounarias
The panel discusses HSC changes, David Coleman's bill introducing fixed four-year terms for federal MPs & a school allows boys to refuse handshakes from women.
Topics: education, government-and-politics, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedThe company behind a $100-million solar plant with battery storage says its project could solve South Australia's energy woes as the Federal Government announces a $445,000 investment into a pumped hydro-station for the state.
Topics: solar-energy, alternative-energy, environment, states-and-territories, state-parliament, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, hydro-energy, geothermal-energy, port-augusta-5700, adelaide-5000, sa
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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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Walking 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 Sir Angus Houston says, February 21, 2017.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, donald-trump, foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, australia, united-states
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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