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| UpdatedOne in five regulatory scientists has quit and new offices will have to be built as the APVMA forges ahead with relocation.
Topics: chemicals-and-pharmaceuticals, federal-government, agribusiness, agricultural-policy, public-sector, science-and-technology, family-and-children, work, agricultural-chemicals, veterinary-medicine, canberra-2600, armidale-2350
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| UpdatedAustralia Post chairman John Stanhope admits it was a mistake to try and hide its director's $5.6 million pay packet from the public to avoid media scrutiny and reputation damage.
Topics: federal-government, business-economics-and-finance, public-sector, australia
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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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| 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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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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After years of delays and cost blow-outs, the controversial Joint Strike Fighter has arrived on Australian soil for the first time.
Topics: defence-forces, defence-and-national-security, defence-forces, air-force, defence-industry, federal-government, amberley-4306, australia
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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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| UpdatedLabor, the Greens and crossbench Senators Nick Xenophon and Derryn Hinch write a letter to Senator Brandis asking him to address what they describe as an "inconsistency" between his previous statements on the matter and comments from his WA counterpart Michael Mischin.
Topics: federal-government, federal-parliament, australia, wa
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| UpdatedAfter years of delays and cost blow-outs, the controversial Joint Strike Fighter arrives on Australian soil for the first time.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, defence-forces, defence-industry, federal-government, amberley-4306, australia
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| UpdatedImmigration department secretary Michael Pezzullo rejects claims of unlawful and inappropriate personal searches at international airports, calling the allegations published by the National Audit Office "unworldly".
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, immigration, australia
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| UpdatedThose who publicly criticise Centrelink's automated debt recovery program could have their personal information released to correct the record, the Department of Human Services says.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, information-and-communication, welfare, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedThe Immigration Department is under fire over plans to spend a quarter-of-a-billion dollars to move public servants to a new office nine kilometres away.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, tax, immigration, community-and-society, canberra-2600
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More than 2,300 submissions respond to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority's proposed changes to its northern water-sharing plan.
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The Murray-Darling Basin Authority is confident that basin governments and communities will "stay the course" on implementing the Plan. He talks to ABC Rural's Anna Vidot about the year ahead.
Topics: murray-darling-basin, water, water-management, water-supply, federal---state-issues, federal-government, agribusiness, agricultural-policy, irrigation, parliament-house-2600
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| UpdatedFlorence Northern has been using home care for three years after suffering a fall while getting out of bed — and now changes to the way it is funded could benefit her and thousands of other older Australians.
Topics: aged-care, federal-government, perth-6000, wa, australia
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| UpdatedThere is "significant anecdotal evidence" of trauma to frontline personnel caused by having to retrieve bodies of asylum seekers killed trying to reach Australia by boat, the Border Force chief tells a Senate estimates hearing.
Topics: depression, defence-and-national-security, mental-health, suicide, refugees, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedRefugees on Manus Island and Nauru have not yet been through vetting processes to determine whether they can resettle in the US, the Immigration Department tells a Senate committee.
Topics: refugees, immigration, world-politics, government-and-politics, federal-government, federal-parliament, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten have swapped insults over penalty rates, with both parties accusing the other of hypocrisy.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, parliament, state-parliament, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedSupport for One Nation and the Liberal National Party is neck and neck in the Queensland seat of Dawson, which is currently held by fractious LNP MP George Christensen — who has repeatedly threatened to leave the party if it does not return to its conservative roots.
Topics: liberal-national-party-queensland, one-nation, nationals, government-and-politics, federal-government, federal---state-issues, elections, ayr-4807, bowen-4805, mackay-4740, proserpine-4800, townsville-4810, qld, australia
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| UpdatedSunday penalty rates will be a major issue as MPs head to Canberra for a new sitting week, with Bill Shorten asking Malcolm Turnbull to support a Labor push to keep them.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, hospitality, industry, australia
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| UpdatedYemen is now classified as the world's worst humanitarian disaster and described by the UN as being "on the brink of famine" but Australia has committed no funding to help save lives there.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, famine, international-aid-and-trade, world-politics, foreign-affairs, federal-government, yemen, south-sudan, nigeria, somalia, australia
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| UpdatedThe Immigration Department cuts the length of time asylum seekers have to apply for protection visas from one year to 60 days in a move it is feared could deny up to 11,000 people the ability to claim asylum.
Topics: immigration, refugees, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedIndonesian President Joko Widodo hears first-hand the challenges Australian businesses face in investing in his country during Sydney visit.
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, trade, international-aid-and-trade, business-economics-and-finance, foreign-affairs, agreements-and-treaties, defence-and-national-security, indonesia, australia
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Parts of Australia's biggest cities could struggle to attract enough disability workers for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, a new report warns.
Topics: disabilities, health, government-and-politics, federal-government, work, australia