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| UpdatedIt would be unsafe to assume Labor is close to voting against a same-sex marriage plebiscite, even though some of its MPs have briefed the media that they might, writes Greg Jennett.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-parliament, federal-government, marriage, sexuality, gays-and-lesbians, alp, australia
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Labor leader Bill Shorten tells colleagues there are too may problems with a same-sex marriage plebiscite.
Topics: marriage, alp, gays-and-lesbians, australia
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| UpdatedThe Federal Opposition formally claims parliamentary privilege on documents at the centre of a police investigation into leaks within NBN Co, with the issue to be raised in Parliament on Wednesday.
Topics: federal-government, federal-parliament, police, alp, australia
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Opposition Leader Bill Shorten addresses the National Press Club just days before the 45th Parliament sits for the first time.
Topics: parliament, alp, federal-parliament, canberra-2600, australia
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Topics: family-and-children, alp, italy
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Topics: family-and-children, alp, italy
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| UpdatedThe incredible search that revealed the father Anthony Albanese thought was dead.
Topics: family-and-children, alp, anthony-albanese, italy, sydney-2000
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Topics: family-and-children, alp, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedThe Australian Bankers' Association (ABA) says suggestions that complaints about the financial services industry have sky-rocketed in recent years are misleading.
Topics: banking, industry, business-economics-and-finance, consumer-protection, alp, australia
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| UpdatedA plebiscite on same-sex marriage is looking less likely, with the Federal Opposition determined to have a parliamentary vote to change marriage laws instead.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, community-and-society, marriage, alp, greens, richard-di-natale, australia
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| UpdatedThe minority Palaszczuk Government fails to get enough support from the crossbenchers to pass its toughened tree clearing laws, a defeat that it says will put the Great Barrier Reef at risk of losing its World Heritage listing.
Topics: environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, alp, government-and-politics, state-parliament, laws, great-barrier-reef, environment, brisbane-4000, qld, cairns-4870, townsville-4810
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WA Labor has used a parliamentary debate to demand an apology from the Premier and Prime Minister for what it described as a "cowardly attack" on the now-Member for Cowan, Anne Aly.
Topics: government-and-politics, alp, liberals, federal-elections, federal-election, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedThere is a call to 'clean up' ALP branches ahead of the Wollongong by-election.
Topics: state-parliament, alp, political-parties, government-and-politics, elections, wollongong-2500
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| UpdatedThe Queensland Government should have sought independent scientific advice about tree clearing to avoid heated political debate about the issue, a leading Australian ecologist says.
Topics: environmental-management, environment, environmental-impact, environmental-policy, environmental-health, government-and-politics, alp, political-parties, brisbane-4000, qld
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Overseas backpackers delay decisions about working in Australia because of uncertainty around proposed tax changes.
Topics: rural-tourism, work, tax, federal-government, farm-labour, alp, bill-shorten, townsville-4810, mildura-3500
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Overseas backpackers Ryan Flint and Sian Callender want certainty about the proposed tax changes and are delaying decisions about working in Australia.
Topics: rural-tourism, travel-and-tourism, tourism, federal-government, alp, bill-shorten, work, tax, farm-labour, agricultural-crops, townsville-4810, mildura-3500
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Overseas backpackers want certainty about the proposed tax changes and are delaying decisions about working in Australia.
Topics: tourism, travel-and-tourism, rural-tourism, work, farm-labour, federal-government, bill-shorten, alp, agricultural-crops, townsville-4810, mildura-3500
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| UpdatedThe Australian Federal Police drop their investigation into text messages purportedly sent by Medicare to voters on election day warning of a risk to the system if the Turnbull Government was re-elected.
Topics: federal-elections, elections, government-and-politics, liberals, political-parties, alp, australia, qld
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| UpdatedKevin Rudd speaks publicly against the Prime Minister's handling of his bid for the United Nations' top job, describing Malcolm Turnbull as a "brick wall".
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, turnbull-malcolm, foreign-affairs, alp, rudd-kevin, australia
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| UpdatedThe Liberal National Party flags the possibility of court action after Labor's Cathy O'Toole wins a recount in the seat of Herbert by just 37 votes over sitting LNP MP Ewen Jones.
Topics: federal-elections, elections, government-and-politics, alp, townsville-4810, qld, australia
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| UpdatedLabor MP Jo-Ann Miller breaks tradition and grills her own government's ministers on all seven days of estimates hearings.
Topics: state-parliament, public-sector, activism-and-lobbying, alp, political-parties, budget, brisbane-4000, qld, bundamba-4304
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The Tasmanian Opposition's newest recruit takes on the fraught Human Services shadow portfolio, after a Labor shadow ministry shake-up.
Topics: states-and-territories, alp, tas
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| UpdatedQueensland Labor MP Jo-Ann Miller delivers a letter to the Police Commissioner asking for an investigation into claims the former health minister lied to Parliament over the closure of the Barrett Centre.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, state-parliament, government-and-politics, political-parties, alp, brisbane-4000, qld
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Tasmanian Opposition frontbencher Scott Bacon sparks confusion over Labor's power-sharing policy with comments that appeared to be at odds with those of his party leader.
Topics: states-and-territories, alp, tas