Paul Donoughue is a journalist and producer with ABC News Online in Brisbane.
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| UpdatedNine mothers whose children were victims of gun violence or police activity appeared at the Democratic convention, in a delicate political play by the party's candidate Hillary Clinton.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, us-elections, united-states
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| UpdatedThe election is too close to call, Antony Green says. And that raises a lot of interesting questions.
Topics: federal-elections, federal-parliament, australia
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| UpdatedWe asked for your predictions on how the key battles will pan out. Check back as the results come in to see how you went.
Topics: federal-elections, elections, government-and-politics, australia
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During an election campaign, a handful of slogans or manners of speech tend to stick in the public consciousness. What are the phrases the leaders keep repeating this year?
Topics: federal-elections, australia
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Thirty-seven people called David are running for office this weekend. What else does an analysis of the candidates' names reveal?
Topics: federal-elections, australia
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| UpdatedWinning someone's vote in modern Australia requires a kind of cluster-bomb approach. How are you being wooed?
Topics: federal-elections, political-parties, australia
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| UpdatedFor his constituents on the Sunshine Coast, the Clive Palmer experiment is over. We tour the sleepy seat of Fairfax as it says farewell to one of the country's most recognisable MPs.
Topics: federal-government, federal-elections, coolum-beach-4573, eumundi-4562, kenilworth-4574, nambour-4560
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| UpdatedWhere does the public stand on the questions of turning back boats, offshore detention, boat arrivals and refugee intake?
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, social-policy, federal-elections, refugees, immigration, australia
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| UpdatedHave a look at the key areas in which the Coalition, Labor, and the Greens hold different policies, including negative gearing, same-sex marriage, and climate change.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-elections, australia
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| UpdatedAfter well-publicised cost blowouts and delays, the NBN will be offering significantly faster internet speeds across Australia by 2020. How's the rollout going in your patch?
Topics: computers-and-technology, internet-technology, information-and-communication, australia
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| UpdatedFind out who scores and who misses out in Scott Morrison's first budget.
Topics: budget, federal-government, federal-parliament, australia
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| UpdatedIf Australia's total budget spending were $100, how would it be spent? Test your knowledge.
Topics: budget, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedDonald Trump labels himself the "presumptive candidate" after a clean sweep of five US primaries, while Hillary Clinton claims four of five nominating contests for the Democrats. Look back over our live blog.
Topics: us-elections, united-states
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| UpdatedHead to the top of the concrete jungle with high-flying cleaner Caleb Wilkinson, who spends his days clambering off the edges of buildings to clean windows.
Topics: human-interest, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedThe new Australian of the Year was decidedly bubbly on Q&A on Monday night, until a question on domestic violence — the "greatest social challenge we face" — forced a change of tone.
Topics: domestic-violence, australia
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| UpdatedHealthcare policy becomes a point of tension for White House rivals Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in the final Democratic debate before Iowa kicks off the presidential nominating race in two weeks.
Topics: us-elections, elections, government-and-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedDavid Bowie, the glam rock icon who died on Monday aged 69, took on many guises over the course of his four-decade career. Here are some of the best-known.
Topics: music, rock, united-kingdom
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The national peak body for young people, defunded by the Abbott government, calls for a meeting with the Prime Minister, saying it is facing insolvency and will soon close without a financial lifeline.
Topics: youth, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedOne hundred years after women like Emmeline Pankhurst fought for women's equality, men cannot fully grasp women's inclusion in the professional world.
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| UpdatedMelbourne Renegades player Chris Gayle sparks controversy after appearing to proposition journalist Mel McLaughlin during a sideline interview.
Topics: sport, cricket, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedWhat's is like to make artificial eyes for a living? It mightn't be for the squeamish but Jenny Geelen loves the impact she has on people's lives.
Topics: critique-and-theory, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedScott Watkins has taken an everyday job to the extreme, working as a carpenter at Davis Station in Antarctica.
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People would be reluctant to buy a self-driving car programmed to let them die in order to save pedestrians, according to a new study.
Topics: ethics, consumer-electronics, science-and-technology, research, australia, france, united-states, sa
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| UpdatedKaruna Hospice nurses Renee Wilson and Lea-Anne Tuaoi on finding joy and meaning in a life lived in the presence of death.
Topics: death, doctors-and-medical-professionals, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedJacki Haywood on the trials and triumphs of supporting women through childbirth.
Topics: critique-and-theory, pregnancy-and-childbirth, health, brisbane-4000