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Australia and Russia have been in a state of frozen disagreement for the past three years, reaching a new low with the downing of MH17. But Russia's ambassador to Australia says slowly but surely, things are looking better.
Topics: foreign-affairs, world-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, government-and-politics, federal-government, bishop-julie, australia, russian-federation
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| UpdatedThe Senate clerk recognises concerns the DHS's release of personal information to a journalist could have a "chilling" impact on sources in the Centrelink investigation.
Topics: welfare, community-and-society, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is using blunt language to describe the fight against the Islamic State group, declaring Australia is "destroying Daesh" in the Middle East "whether they have a bomb in their hand or are in the back office planning an attack".
Topics: federal-government, terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, defence-forces, turnbull-malcolm, australia
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Fran Kelly and Patricia Karvelas, hosts of the Party Room, choose their winners and losers from the week in federal politics.
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, canberra-2600
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The number of people joining the National Disability Insurance Scheme is rising dramatically, according to official figures, but disability advocates say in the race to meet enrolment targets, people entering the NDIS are losing out.
Topics: disabilities, health, health-policy, health-insurance, federal-government, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedForeign aid spending is at its lowest level in eight years under the Turnbull Government and charities are calling for an urgent increase amid warnings of famine across the Middle East and North Africa.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, relief-and-aid-organisations, disasters-and-accidents, yemen, somalia, south-sudan
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| UpdatedThe Human Services Minister has been referred to the Australian Federal Police, but what does this actually mean? ABC News political reporter Stephanie Anderson explains.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, law-crime-and-justice, police, australia
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| UpdatedThe Federal Opposition seemingly switches its position on a bill that would allow the Government to release the personal information of veterans, saying strict safeguards need to be in place to protect the data.
Topics: veterans, federal-government, parliament, government-and-politics, australia
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It's been making headlines since summer, but how does Centrelink's controversial debt recovery system actually work?
Topics: welfare, community-and-society, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull officially welcomes the cutting edge Joint Strike Fighter to Australia, as new government-commissioned research predicts the controversial program could deliver up to 5,000 jobs.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, defence-forces, defence-industry, government-and-politics, federal-government, vic
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government is pushing for new powers that would allow it to release a veteran's personal information should it wish to correct public statements.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, veterans, defence-and-national-security, australia
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Five thousand Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders will be hired over the next decade as part of one of the country's biggest employment drives for Indigenous workers, with mining magnate Andrew Forrest's GenerationOne overseeing the project.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, federal-government, australia
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Labor MP Linda Burney explains why she referred Human Services Minister Alan Tudge to the Australian Federal Police after confirmation his department gave a Centrelink client's personal information to a journalist.
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedNationals leader Barnaby Joyce says cane growers would "rip" his head off if he prioritised changes to Section 18C over resolving a major foreign ownership dispute in George Christensen's electorate.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, race-relations, community-and-society, australia
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The Queensland Liberal National Party is to hold an unprecedented meeting of its state and federal MPs this weekend to discuss ways of countering a resurgent One Nation.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, federal-parliament, state-parliament, liberal-national-party-queensland, one-nation, qld
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| UpdatedThe Department of Human Services was within its rights to release the personal details of a blogger who criticised Centrelink's debt recovery scheme, the department secretary tells Senate Estimates.
Topics: welfare, community-and-society, federal-government, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedJournalists frequently refer to freedom of information investigations in news stories, but not many people realise anyone can learn to use the legislation successfully.
Topics: laws, information-and-communication, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, journalism, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedTourette's Syndrome doesn't always mean uncontrollable swearing, as Liberal MP Chris Crewther, who has the condition, explains.
Topics: diseases-and-disorders, health, federal-government, parliament-house-2600
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| UpdatedThe Fair Work Commission should implement Sunday penalty rate cuts gradually so it coincides with base wage increases and minimises the impact on workers' take-home pay, the Prime Minister says.
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, work, australia
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| UpdatedFast-food businesses will no longer be able to bring in foreign workers on 457 visas, in order to make young Australians the priority, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says.
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedLabor MP Linda Burney refers Human Services Minister Alan Tudge to the Australian Federal Police after confirmation his department gave a Centrelink client's personal information to a journalist.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, parliament, federal-parliament, federal-government, australia
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Barnaby Joyce deflects questions about the impact of a staff exodus at the national chemical regulator.
Topics: rural, agricultural-policy, federal-government, agribusiness, public-sector, agricultural-marketing, research, research-organisations, parliament-house-2600
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| UpdatedA recruitment video the Finance Department spent thousands of dollars to create is panned by marketing experts as "excruciating" and "cliched".
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, business-economics-and-finance, advertising, information-and-communication, australia
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| UpdatedCentrelink's decision to release a welfare recipient's personal information to a journalist is unprecedented and will have a chilling impact on public criticism, lawyers say.
Topics: welfare, law-crime-and-justice, federal-government, government-and-politics, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedPublic servants from the nation's chemical regulator are being forced to work from a local fast food restaurant in northern New South Wales, due to a lack of office space.
Topics: federal-government, federal-parliament, public-sector, canberra-2600, armidale-2350, australia, act, nsw