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| UpdatedSigns are being installed around Wilcannia in far-west New South Wales in an effort to increase visibility of Indigenous perspectives of the town.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, government-and-politics, indigenous-culture, community-and-society, youth, schools, history, education, travel-and-tourism, wilcannia-2836
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| UpdatedAn historic inquiry into child sexual abuse in Britain will hear that up to 60 per cent of the child migrants sent to Fairbridge farms in Australia were sexually abused.
Topics: child-abuse, government-and-politics, england, 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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| UpdatedTonga's prime minister, Akilisi Pohiva, has survived a parliamentary vote of no confidence in his government.
Topics: government-and-politics, parliament, pacific, tonga
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| UpdatedSome $140 million will be spent on flood mitigation in Adelaide's inner-south and south-west over the next 20 years after an agreement was met between the State Government and five local councils.
Topics: floods, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, local-government, unley-5061, adelaide-5000, mitcham-5062, burnside-5066, sa
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| UpdatedThree health staff are suspended amid an independent review into the treatment of an aged care patient at a mental health facility run by the South Australian Government.
Topics: mental-health, health, states-and-territories, state-parliament, parliament, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, health-administration, healthcare-facilities, oakden-5086, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedPublic submissions close this week for comments as Australia prepares its first Foreign Policy White Paper in 14 years.
Topics: government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, pacific, 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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| 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 blames poor polling on an "outburst" by his predecessor Tony Abbott late last week, which is being roundly condemned by cabinet ministers.
Topics: government-and-politics, abbott-tony, political-parties, liberals, polls, turnbull-malcolm, australia
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| UpdatedMelbourne taxis crawl into the city at 5 kilometres per hour to again protest against industry reforms, causing havoc for morning motorists.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, melbourne-3000, vic
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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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| UpdatedHobart Lord Mayor Sue Hickey backs the State Government's decision to forcibly acquire council land to help the Mount Wellington cable car project.
Topics: government-and-politics, urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, hobart-7000, tas
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Malcolm Turnbull is facing not just the expected sniping from the sidelines but growing discontent from the political middle as tax reform and renewable energy policy go nowhere, writes Ian Verrender.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, tax, australia
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| UpdatedAs thousands march in Moscow to remember assassinated opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, the criminalisation of street protests and action against the President's political opponents show speaking out against the Kremlin is even harder than ever.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, activism-and-lobbying, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, russian-federation
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| UpdatedDespite being warned of "potential conflicts of interest", the Queensland Government appointed an Adani company director to chair the authority overseeing the Abbot Point coal port.
Topics: mining-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, coal, state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, bowen-4805, weipa-4874, mackay-4740, qld
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| UpdatedThe Northern Territory Police investigate allegations hundreds of thousands of dollars has been misappropriated from one of the Territory's most important alcohol rehabilitation programs.
Topics: government-and-politics, rural-youth, rural, alcohol, drug-use, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, rehabilitation, tennant-creek-0860, nt
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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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| UpdatedMalcolm Turnbull's party woes go well beyond Tony Abbott's unholy war — in a fight for their lives against One Nation, some Government MPs might decide they can't battle an anti-establishment insurgency if they are the establishment.
Topics: liberal-national-party-queensland, nationals, one-nation, political-parties, government-and-politics, australia, mackay-4740, wa, qld
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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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| UpdatedTax breaks for property investors should be slashed and the Medicare levy lifted to pump more funding into welfare spending, according to the Australian Council of Social Service.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, industry, tax, government-and-politics, social-policy, welfare, australia
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| UpdatedIt took four months and 300 emails to get two ABC correspondents permission to enter Russia to cover international affairs in Moscow.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, journalism, information-and-communication, russian-federation
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| UpdatedLabor announces it will introduce a specialist meth task force if elected, the Liberals promise to build floating fishing platforms, and Colin Barnett has a crack at the media on today's election hustings.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedSandy Baraiolo, a former One Nation candidate for the southern Perth seat of Thornlie, says she has been threatened over the phone after being dumped by the party.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, wa, thornlie-6108, paraburdoo-6754, cue-6640, denham-6537, tom-price-6751, meekatharra-6642, onslow-6710, exmouth-6707, carnarvon-6701
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| UpdatedMalcolm Turnbull and Joko Widodo hold formal talks in Sydney, reviving cooperation halted after the discovery of "insulting" posters at a Perth military training base, and reaching deals on trade and a new Australian consulate in east Java.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, foreign-affairs, international-aid-and-trade, world-politics, government-and-politics, australia, indonesia