Julia Holman
Julia Holman is 7.30's interview producer. She was previously triple j Hack's reporter in Parliament House. Prior to joining Hack she worked as an ABC rural reporter in Canberra, Tamworth and Mildura.
Rudd says 'the time has come' to recognise a Palestinian state
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Former prime minister Kevin Rudd calls for a major shift in foreign policy, arguing that Australia should "draw a line in the sand" and formally recognise a Palestinian state.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, foreign-affairs, world-politics, rudd-kevin, israel, palestinian-territory-occupied
Labor's proposal to clean up political donations draws scorn from Coalition
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Labor introduces to parliament a suite of measures to clean up political donations, but the Government says the proposal is "a stunt".
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, federal-parliament, australia
Bernardi will be shocked by crossbench workload: Xenophon
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South Australian senator Nick Xenophon says Cory Bernardi is in for a shock if he leaves the Liberal Party to sit on the crossbench because the workload for independents and minor parties is much more than he would be used to.
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, federal-parliament, australia, sa
Small Business Ombudsman 'fed up' with banks
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The big four banks are not being fair when they enter into contracts with small and medium-sized businesses and are "kicking the can down the road" when it comes to improving their practices, the Small Business Ombudsman says.
Topics: banking, industry, business-economics-and-finance, australia
PM accused of buying election after making $1.75m donation
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Labor says Malcolm Turnbull "got out his wallet" to secure his re-election after the Prime Minister admitted to donating almost $2 million to the Liberal Party in the last campaign.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, political-parties, federal-elections, turnbull-malcolm, australia
PM to pitch job opportunities, security to disaffected voters
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will argue his Government can deliver opportunity and security to the Australian people in a major speech at the Press Club later today.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, turnbull-malcolm, liberals, business-economics-and-finance, australia
Australian universities concerned by impact of Trump's travel ban
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Universities say Donald Trump's immigration ban could have a major impact on research and collaboration.
Topics: university-and-further-education, immigration, donald-trump, united-states
Penalty for breaching entitlements 'like being slapped with wet lettuce'
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Senator Nick Xenophon says both major parties are guilty of ignoring attempts to reform entitlements rules, and that Coalition and Labor are colluding to make sure that politicians' perks are not taken away.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, minor-parties, political-parties, australia
Physical restraints in aged-care homes have caused deaths: study
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Researchers call for a wider debate around the use of physical restraints in aged-care homes after finding they have caused five deaths over 13 years.
Topics: aged-care, community-and-society, alzheimers-and-dementia, death, diseases-and-disorders, australia, nsw, vic, qld
Real-time firearm register needed to reduce gun violence: AMA
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The Australian Medical Association (AMA) is calling for a real-time national register for firearms so authorities can have a central point to access information, which it says will help reduce gun violence.
Topics: government-and-politics, doctors-and-medical-professionals, health, death, federal---state-issues, howard-john-winston, states-and-territories, australia
Abbott's embassy stance 'welcome news in Israel'
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Tony Abbott's call to move Australia's embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is welcomed in Israel, an Israeli Government MP says.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, world-politics, foreign-affairs, unrest-conflict-and-war, australia, israel, palestinian-territory-occupied
Infrastructure spend will fall billions short of Government's promise, Opposition claims
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The Government says transport infrastructure is one of its top priorities, but the Opposition says it has figures to show that is not the case.
Topics: transport, industry, business-economics-and-finance, regional-development, urban-development-and-planning, australia
Australia needs to build a proper hospital on Manus Island: PNG MP
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Australia must build and staff a hospital on Manus Island to prevent refugees from dying in the future, the Papua New Guinea politician who represents the island says.
Topics: refugees, immigration, death, healthcare-facilities, health, community-and-society, papua-new-guinea, pacific
Universities forced to publish real ATAR requirements or face funding cuts
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The Government says to stop universities "gaming the system", from 2018 they will have to publish detailed information about exactly what marks students received to get into their degree, including the lowest ATAR accepted.
Topics: university-and-further-education, education, access-to-education, government-and-politics, federal-government, education-industry, australia
Calls for volunteers to be banned from handing out how-to-vote cards
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Liberal MP Jason Wood calls for a ban on handing out how-to-vote cards on election day, saying he has seen too much aggression from volunteers at polling booths.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, volunteers, australia
Australia to fall short of climate targets, leaked Finkel report says
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A leaked report into the country's electricity market says Australia is not on track to meet the Paris climate change commitments and that investment in the sector has stalled because there is no long-term Government policy to reduce carbon emissions.
Topics: climate-change, environment, electricity-energy-and-utilities, federal-government, australia
'It's on their heads': Tim Fischer says states must agree on Adler shotgun
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Former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer urges the states and territories to come to an agreement on classifying the controversial Adler shotgun, and says it is important not to water down the core principals of the John Howard gun laws.
Topics: government-and-politics, disasters-and-accidents, federal-government, laws, nationals, australia
CSIRO backs emissions trading scheme to lower power prices
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A carbon emissions trading scheme in the electricity sector could lead to an average saving of $216 per year on household power bills, a major report concludes.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, federal-parliament, environment, government-and-politics, australia
National MPs angry over plans to reclassify Adler shotgun
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Nationals MPs are warning there could be a backlash federally if the controversial Adler shotgun is placed into the restrictive category D.
Topics: government-and-politics, laws, states-and-territories, nsw, australia
Government's backpacker tax stall a boon for NZ
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New Zealand's farmers say they will be the ones to benefit if the Australian Government imposes a big new tax on backpackers who pick fruit in Australia.
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, federal-parliament, tax, rural, world-politics, australia, new-zealand
Minister can't say how much backpacker tax will save
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Coalition Minister Luke Hartsuyker, who has been heavily involved with the backpacker tax legislation, has been unable to say how much money the proposed measure will save.
Topics: tax, federal-government, rural, australia
Government inquiry to consider revoking visas for migrants involved in gangs
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The Federal Government will examine what can be done to prevent the children of new immigrants from joining criminal gangs.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, refugees, immigration, community-and-society, melbourne-3000, australia
Rebel MP demands no more 457 visas for his area
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Outspoken Coalition MP George Christensen signals he does not want any new 457 visa holders to work in central and north Queensland, arguing that the unemployment was already too high.
Topics: federal-parliament, immigration, australia
US 'no dumping ground' for Australia's refugees
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A US immigration expert says Australia should not be "dumping" its refugee problem on America and says the Obama administration may rush the resettlement of the Manus and Nauru detainees before Donald Trump is sworn in as president.
Topics: immigration, refugees, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia, united-states, nauru, papua-new-guinea
Senate looks for compromise on refugee legislation
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The Government may have to compromise if it wants its legislation banning refugees who are in offshore detention from ever visiting Australia to pass the Senate.
Topics: community-and-society, immigration, government-and-politics, federal-government, refugees, nauru, australia, papua-new-guinea
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