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Appearing on ABC’s Insiders program, Pauline Hanson reasserts her respect for Vladimir Putin and asks for proof of the Russian leader’s involvement in the downing of flight MH17
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When did you know you were gay ? Do you have a good ‘gay-dar’? From the serious to the hilarious, members of the LGBTIQ community from University of Sydney answer the questions that you may have been afraid to ask
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The former quiz champion who became Bob Hawke’s science minister calls for politicians to raise their game and embrace complexity as he warns against the ‘debasement of democracy’ in public life. While the number of graduates has multiplied ‘at the same time the level of our political discourse has deteriorated … the way in which we’re arguing about issues is debased to an incredible degree’, he says. ‘People are capable of understanding issues if they are taken seriously.’ At the age of 84 he’s still fighting, campaigning – and thinking. ‘Of course I’m conscious that time is running out and that really has energised me’
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The celebrated Australian children’s author tells how on her 117th visit to the US she was insulted by border control agents at Los Angeles airport
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Asio chief Duncan Lewis has confirmed that a ‘small’ number of journalist information warrants have been granted to the spy agency by the attorney general, George Brandis
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Rules that allow politicians to use their rental allowance in Canberra to pay off a house owned by a family member are set by an independent tribunal, Ryan says
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Julie Bishop speaks to reporters in London, rejecting the former PM’s contention that the Liberals are at risk of a ‘drift to defeat’
Penalty rates: Labor says it makes 'no apology' for Bill Shorten's decision to oppose cut