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| UpdatedEnergy Minister Mark Bailey says he deleted a personal Yahoo email account that had received emails from a union boss because he thought the Premier wanted him to.
Topics: state-parliament, government-and-politics, laws, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedA debate to decriminalise abortion in Queensland is cancelled and the issue postponed until at least the next term of Parliament, after LNP MPs indicated they would not support the proposal.
Topics: abortion, laws, state-parliament, minor-parties, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedThe LNP says it cannot support an independent MP's bid to decriminalise abortion in Queensland because the proposed laws are flawed and could create "further risk and uncertainty".
Topics: abortion, state-parliament, laws, womens-health, alp, liberal-national-party-queensland, activism-and-lobbying, qld, brisbane-4000
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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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| UpdatedPresident Donald Trump's administration revokes landmark guidance issued to public schools in defence of transgender student rights, reversing course on a signature initiative of former Democratic president Barack Obama.
Topics: community-and-society, gays-and-lesbians, laws, education, donald-trump, us-elections, united-states
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Livestock agent fined and animals put down after being transported with illness and injury in north west Victoria.
Topics: livestock-welfare, livestock, animal-welfare, food-processing, laws, beef-cattle, mildura-3500, echuca-3564
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| UpdatedUS Supreme Court justices appear split over the rights of a Mexican family to sue over the death of their teenage son, who was shot while on the Mexican side of the US-Mexico border by a US Border Patrol officer standing on US soil.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, laws, immigration, united-states, mexico
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| UpdatedA British couple who want their relationship recognised in law without the "patriarchal baggage" of marriage lose the latest stage in their fight to be allowed a civil partnership.
Topics: marriage, family-and-children, community-and-society, gays-and-lesbians, laws, family-law, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedOutlaw motorcycle gangs should be the target of consistent laws across all states Mildura, MP Peter Crisp says.
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Fundraising for a good cause can be fraught with financial and legal pitfalls, so make sure you know the rules.
Topics: charities-and-community-organisations, laws, human-interest, perth-6000
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Same-sex couples can now legally adopt children in South Australia, with new laws coming into effect today.
Topics: adoption, family-and-children, gays-and-lesbians, laws, sa
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Topics: human-trafficking, law-crime-and-justice, child-abuse, laws, united-states
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| UpdatedNew 'no body, no parole' legislation means prisoners convicted of murder or manslaughter will need to identify the location of their victim's body before being eligible for early release under sweeping changes announced to the Queensland parole system.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, state-parliament, public-sector, laws, brisbane-4000, townsville-4810, qld, australia
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| UpdatedByron Bay woman Sara Connor denies wanting to destroy evidence to hide her involvement in the killing of Bali policeman Wayan Sudarsa, saying "if I did, I would have done a better job".
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, laws, courts-and-trials, indonesia, australia
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| UpdatedFor lawyers representing institutional abuse survivors, a career of being exposed to the most horrific stories can take its toll.
Topics: royal-commissions, law-crime-and-justice, child-abuse, community-and-society, laws, south-melbourne-3205, collingwood-3066
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| UpdatedFollowing the Bourke Street tragedy, the Canberra Liberals warn the ACT should also urgently rethink its approach to granting bail.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, laws, local-government, australia, act, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedThe Nick Xenophon Team says it will not support the Federal Government's package of changes to child care and welfare benefits, meaning the Coalition will have to negotiate with the Greens.
Topics: welfare, community-and-society, government-and-politics, political-parties, law-crime-and-justice, laws, australia
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Drivers will be required to leave a gap of at least one metre when overtaking cyclists under rules to be trialled if WA Labor wins the March state election.
Topics: cycling, laws, elections, government-and-politics, perth-6000, wa
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Surrogacy is experiencing a quiet boom in Australia after several Asian countries banned foreigners from paying women to carry babies for them.
Topics: surrogacy, reproduction-and-contraception, health, laws, law-crime-and-justice, australia
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The medical association calls for extra legislative protections to make it easier for doctors to report potentially dodgy drivers that might need their licences revoked.
Topics: medical-ethics, doctors-and-medical-professionals, states-and-territories, laws, accidents, darwin-0800
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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 man who has previously been tried and acquitted of the murders of two Aboriginal children at Bowraville, on the NSW mid-north coast in the early 1990s, is again charged with their murder.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, police, laws, bowraville-2449
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A ruling by the full bench of the Federal Court over Indigenous Land Use Agreements in WA could have implications for pastoral, mining, oil, gas, and governments.
Topics: mining-rural, mining-industry, laws, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, federal---state-issues, states-and-territories, perth-6000
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| UpdatedIn the first program of its kind in Australia, and possibly the world, lawyer Vincent Shin works full-time at a Melbourne school.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, family-law, international-law, laws, education, schools, counselling, hoppers-crossing-3029