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| UpdatedOne Nation candidates in the WA election are threatening to disobey their own party on the controversial preference deal struck with the Liberal Party.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, state-parliament, one-nation, states-and-territories, bullying, wa
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| UpdatedRetired Government MP Jillian Skinner is thought to be missing in action by colleagues after failing to turn up to New South Wales Parliament today.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, liberals, political-parties, north-sydney-2060
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| UpdatedSexist, obscene and other offensive slogans on vans and vehicles, found on holiday hire vehicles such as controversial Wicked Campers, are being made illegal in Queensland.
Topics: government-and-politics, parliament, state-parliament, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedIt is "ethically disgusting" the Tasmanian Government is profiting from the gaming industry while people's lives are being ruined, a gambling counsellor tells a parliamentary inquiry.
Topics: gambling, state-parliament, tas
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| UpdatedNew South Wales Central Coast MP Kathy Smith resigns to fight her cancer battle.
Topics: state-parliament, cancer, gosford-2250
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| UpdatedCity councils will battle on with their fight against council amalgamations, while regional centres celebrate, after the NSW Government's announcement of a split policy on forced council mergers.
Topics: state-parliament, local-government, nsw, uralla-2358, walcha-2354, bathurst-2795, oberon-2787, burwood-2134, blayney-2799, orange-2800, canada-bay-2046, strathfield-2135, dungog-2420, maitland-2320, hornsby-2077, mount-kuring-gai-2080, hunters-hill-2110, lane-cove-2066, ryde-2112, mosman-2088, north-sydney-2060, willoughby-2068, newcastle-2300, randwick-2031, shellharbour-2529, waverley-2024, wollongong-2500
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| UpdatedThe Victorian Government rejected a report it commissioned which recommended the introduction of compulsory mental health and drug treatment for vulnerable children in the strife-torn child protection and youth justice systems.
Topics: youth, drug-offences, crime, law-crime-and-justice, drug-use, health, drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, vic, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedThe NSW Government will push ahead with forced council amalgamations in the city, but will walk away from regional council mergers that are currently in court.
Topics: state-parliament, government-and-politics, local-government, nsw, uralla-2358, walcha-2354, bathurst-2795, oberon-2787, burwood-2134, blayney-2799, orange-2800, canada-bay-2046, strathfield-2135, dungog-2420, maitland-2320, hornsby-2077, mount-kuring-gai-2080, hunters-hill-2110, lane-cove-2066, ryde-2112, mosman-2088, north-sydney-2060, willoughby-2068, newcastle-2300, randwick-2031, shellharbour-2529, waverley-2024, wollongong-2500
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Capsicum spray has been deployed on "multiple occasions" in the past fortnight against teenagers being held inside Victoria's Barwon Prison, the Supreme Court is told.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, youth, community-and-society, state-parliament, melbourne-3000, lara-3212
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| UpdatedDeputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and a string of federal Nationals MPs are criticising the West Australian Liberals preference deal with One Nation — warning the agreement could cost them power in the state election.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, state-parliament, canberra-2600, act, australia
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Hundreds of timber industry job losses could be offset with $45 million in government and private investment into a new national park in eastern Victoria, The Wilderness Society says.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, melbourne-3000, kinglake-3763, healesville-3777, marysville-3779, heyfield-3858
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| UpdatedA series of state parliamentary committee hearings have uncovered contrasting opinions about how Queensland's stock route network should be managed.
Topics: beef-cattle, local-government, state-parliament, land-management, boulia-4829, longreach-4730, roma-4455, emerald-4720
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Queensland's public hospitals are wasting millions of dollars of taxpayer money by not being cost efficient when it comes to buying high-end medical equipment, an auditor-general's report finds.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, parliament, state-parliament, government-and-politics, health, qld
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| UpdatedIan Taylor says he holds no grudges over Labor's 2008 decision to kick him out and says the party can bounce back across regional Western Australia.
Topics: elections, state-parliament, regional, kalgoorlie-6430
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The Independent Commission Against Corruption will have five fewer investigators this year as a result of cuts in last year's New South Wales budget.
Topics: corruption, law-crime-and-justice, state-parliament, nsw, sydney-2000
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The legal quirk of double jeopardy has proven to be a stumbling block throughout the Bowraville case. Find out why it's taken so long to return to court.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, laws, courts-and-trials, state-parliament, parliament, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedA Henley Beach cafe owner is among 90,000 customers who had their power shut off last night due to insufficient generation capacity — one more in a string of recent blackouts that have Adelaide business owners angry and looking for change.
Topics: community-and-society, state-parliament, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedMember for Ferny Grove Mark Furner will be elevated to State Cabinet to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of former transport minister Stirling Hinchliffe.
Topics: state-parliament, rail-transport, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, qld
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The future of 16 million hectares of woodlands covering the bulk of Western Australia's Goldfields looms as a major issue in the region heading into the WA state election.
Topics: environmental-management, mining-environmental-issues, state-parliament, kalgoorlie-6430, southern-cross-6426, norseman-6443
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Victorian high school students will be offered free vaccines against the potentially deadly meningococcal W strain after a significant increase in cases last year.
Topics: meningococcal-disease, diseases-and-disorders, health, state-parliament, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, vic, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedPoliticians should accept "reasonable societal norms" and ban the burka, according to NSW MP Jonathan O'Dea, the Member for North Shore.
Topics: race-relations, state-parliament, islam, social-policy, government-and-politics, community-and-society, nsw, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedWorkplace rules and overtime for staff will be amended as part of the overhaul of Queensland Rail to improve train services for passengers, Acting Transport Minister Jackie Trad says.
Topics: rail-transport, public-sector, state-parliament, alp, unions, brisbane-4000, robina-4226