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The WA Nationals leader declares only his party has a viable plan to repair the deficit and debt plaguing the state's finances, labelling the major political parties' budget strategies flawed and doomed to fail.
Topics: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, elections, mining-industry, wa
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| UpdatedThe national energy regulator takes the highly unusual step of reassuring South Australians that it is not forecasting supply shortfalls as temperatures reach the high 30s over the next four days.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, states-and-territories, parliament, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, alternative-energy, environment, sa, adelaide-5000
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The NSW farmer that took the Commonwealth to court over its imposition of carbon credits on farmland without compensation returns to court.
Topics: agricultural-policy, conservation, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, environment, federal---state-issues, cooma-2630, sydney-2000, nsw
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People living on low incomes in coastal regions of NSW are faring just as badly as city dwellers as they hunt for an affordable roof over their head.
Topics: homelessness, community-and-society, poverty, housing, government-and-politics, nowra-2541, nsw, australia
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Dawson MP George Christensen has resigned as the Nationals chief whip, reasoning he cannot be both a rebel and an enforcer of party discipline.
Topics: government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedWA Liberals say candidate Lily Chen did the wrong thing by handing out free bottles of wine while doorknocking for next month's state election, but say she did so "in recognition of Chinese New Year".
Topics: elections, political-parties, liberals, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, mirrabooka-6061
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A media war is set to break out between the union movement and employer groups in the wake of last week's decision to lower Sunday penalty rates for some workers.
Topics: government-and-politics, business-economics-and-finance, work, unions, australia
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| UpdatedSouth Australia names senior Aboriginal community leader Roger Thomas as the state's treaty commissioner, to draft a proposed framework after negotiating with Indigenous communities.
Topics: indigenous-policy, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedThe rebel MP tells the ABC he spoke with colleagues about his decision to resign from the role last night, citing the need to speak freely on policy.
Topics: government-and-politics, nationals, federal-government, canberra-2600
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Nationals MP Andrew Broad and Labor MP Pat Conroy are launching a new inquiry into modernising the power grid.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, business-economics-and-finance, federal-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedThe Government's privacy watchdog wants answers from bureaucrats who provided a Centrelink client's personal details to a journalist in a bid to counter her public criticisms.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, information-and-communication, welfare, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedParks Australia is accused of burying its head in the sand regarding the management of a contentious 12,000-hectare buffalo farm in the World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park.
Topics: sustainable-and-alternative-farming, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, national-parks, government-and-politics, nt
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| UpdatedThe Victorian Government announces plans to rezone 100,000 housing blocks and create 17 new suburbs in Melbourne's key growth zones in an effort to tackle housing affordability.
Topics: housing, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, state-parliament, kalkallo-3064, vic, melbourne-3000
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Australian politics has extremely low levels of female participation compared to other developed democracies, but one program is aiming to change this.
Topics: women, government-and-politics, university-and-further-education, local-government, state-parliament, federal-parliament, parliament, human-interest, melbourne-3000
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Deputy opposition leader Deb Frecklington says her party will move to amend the Sugar Industry Act today.
Topics: rural, agricultural-marketing, government-and-politics, sugar, mackay-4740
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| UpdatedThe Queensland opposition has vowed to force the major players in the state's sugar marketing dispute into arbitration, following stalled negotiations.
Topics: rural, government-and-politics, business-economics-and-finance, agribusiness, agricultural-marketing, agricultural-crops, sugar, mackay-4740
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US President Donald Trump has said he is seeking a "historic increase" in military spending of more than 9 per cent to be funded by cuts elsewhere in government.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, government-and-politics, budget, world-politics, defence-and-aerospace-industries, defence-forces, us-elections, united-states
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A drug trafficker is awarded $100,000 in compensation after he says his diabetes worsened while in prison, but crime victims and lawyers might get all of that money.
Topics: government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, states-and-territories, adelaide-5000, sa
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Penalty rates and politicians' entitlements were hot topics on Monday's Q&A as the panel show hit the road and broadcast from Melbourne this week.
Topics: parliament, government-and-politics, federal-government, federal-parliament, australia, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedA parliamentary committee has proposed a range of changes to the handling of the Racial Discrimination Act, including providing more parliamentary oversight. Follow live.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, federal-government, federal-parliament, parliament, australia
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump proposes a $US54 billion ($70 billion) increase in military spending to be funded by cuts elsewhere in government, including in foreign aid, the White House says.
Topics: budget, government-and-politics, world-politics, defence-and-aerospace-industries, defence-forces, defence-and-national-security, donald-trump, us-elections, united-states
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| UpdatedLater today a parliamentary report into the Racial Discrimination Act is set to be handed down, with Coalition backbenchers hoping it recommends changes to section 18C.
Topics: laws, rights, race-relations, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedPenalty rates and politicians' entitlements were hot topics on Monday's Q&A as the panel show hits the road and broadcasts from Melbourne this week.
Topics: government-and-politics, business-economics-and-finance, work, television, melbourne-3000, australia
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| UpdatedThe Australian Workers Union is urging Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to "act decisively and rationally in the national interest" to ensure a portion of Australia's natural gas is quarantined for domestic use.
Topics: oil-and-gas, industry, business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedWA Labor's election commitment to move students from the state's only academically selective school to a high-rise building is being met with fierce opposition from hundreds of parents and alumni.
Topics: education, schools, elections, government-and-politics, perth-6000, wa