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| UpdatedRenewables company Carnegie Clean Energy confirms it is interested in developing WA Labor's proposal for a wave power farm in Albany, in Western Australia's Great Southern.
Topics: tidal-energy, energy, elections, states-and-territories, albany-6330, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedVictoria's Parliamentary Speaker promises to repay an allowance of almost $40,000 he claimed for living in the seaside town of Queenscliff, more than 80 kilometres from Melbourne.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, queenscliff-3225, tarneit-3029, melbourne-3000, vic
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A man facing serious assault charges is on the run from police after the courts allowed him to attend the Mundine-Green boxing match at Adelaide Oval despite his strict bail conditions, the Corrections Minister says.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedHundreds of workers walk off the job at Adelaide shipbuilder ASC over an ongoing enterprise bargaining dispute that has spanned two years.
Topics: unions, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, manufacturing, industry, osborne-5017, adelaide-5000, sa
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A union questions how psychological testing of current child protection workers in South Australia will be done and what will happen to any staff who fail.
Topics: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, children, family-and-children, child-abuse, community-and-society, child-health-and-behaviour, law-crime-and-justice, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedThe welfare of doctors at Perth's Princess Margaret Hospital is being ignored with some unable to take leave for three years, the Australian Medical Association says, but health officials reject the claims.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, doctors-and-medical-professionals, states-and-territories, perth-6000, wa
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Air crash investigators say they're likely to remain at the scene of yesterday's fatal plane crash in Melbourne for the next few days. Five people died when their plane crashed into the DFO shopping centre near Essendon Airport.
Topics: air-and-space, states-and-territories, disasters-and-accidents, accidents, essendon-3040, melbourne-3000
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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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| UpdatedVictorian Premier Daniel Andrews defends the safety record of Essendon Airport after yesterday's deadly plane crash, but says safety improvements will be made if they are needed.
Topics: states-and-territories, disasters-and-accidents, accidents, air-and-space, essendon-3040, melbourne-3000, vic
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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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| 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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A group of South Australia's biggest electricity users are hoping to be allowed to band together in a bid to negotiate favourable long-term electricity contracts.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, energy, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, sa
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| UpdatedThe New South Wales Higher School Certificate syllabus has been given a radical overhaul for the first time in 16 years. Here's what's changing.
Topics: education, subjects, states-and-territories, nsw
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Water pipes are being upgraded to PVC and pipeline replacement efforts are accelerated after Adelaide faced a series of burst mains, flooding roads and properties.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, states-and-territories, adelaide-5000, sa, paradise-5075
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| UpdatedOn his first visit to Western Australia during the state election campaign, Malcolm Turnbull says reforms to the GST distribution system are "a few years away" — and warns federal funding for Labor's Metronet rail system is also a long way off.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, states-and-territories, tax, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedNight works are expected to cause traffic delays on busy South Road in Adelaide while modifications are made to an overpass which was closed after structural damage was noticed last month.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, states-and-territories, glandore-5037, adelaide-5000, sa
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A review of Adelaide's Late Night Code has been edited to make the city's 3:00am lockout appear more successful, a group representing licensed venues says.
Topics: parliament, government-and-politics, alcohol, states-and-territories, crime, law-crime-and-justice, adelaide-5000, sa
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The Liberals and Labor spent much of the week crunching and debating the financial figures — but it was that One Nation preference deal and Pauline Hanson's candidates who dominated much of the debate.
Topics: elections, states-and-territories, alp, liberals, one-nation, perth-6000, wa
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Four Canberra youths — including two teenage brothers — who are accused of running a blackmail scam targeting gay men on dating apps are denied bail.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, states-and-territories, community-and-society, crime, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedOne Nation leader Pauline Hanson and new Queensland recruit Steve Dickson are interrupted during a media conference at a Sunshine Coast shopping centre and told to leave the "private property".
Topics: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, one-nation, liberal-national-party-queensland, pauline-hanson, nambour-4560
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| UpdatedThe Queensland Government declares an expanded "investigation zone" after the discovery of flammable levels of hydrogen in soil on the western Darling Downs.
Topics: oil-and-gas, electricity-energy-and-utilities, energy, environment, states-and-territories, hopeland-4413, chinchilla-4413, qld
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| UpdatedPeople with disabilities, including Adelaide man Nick Schumi, say it is hard to land a job when you head to an interview only to find the building cannot accommodate your wheelchair.
Topics: disabilities, activism-and-lobbying, states-and-territories, work, community-and-society, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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Canberra lawyers launch a scathing attack on the ACT Government accusing it of "wilfully" hiding the fact several people may have been sent to jail illegally, because of a glitch.
Topics: states-and-territories, canberra-2600, act
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Labor clears the path for Peter Malinauskas, seen by some as a potential future ALP leader, to switch houses at the next South Australian election, which is just over a year away.
Topics: states-and-territories, alp, political-parties, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedSunshine Coast independent MP and the Speaker of the Queensland Parliament Peter Wellington drops a political bombshell by announcing he will not run in his seat of Nicklin at the next state election.
Topics: government-and-politics, state-parliament, people, states-and-territories, brisbane-4000, nambour-4560