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The NSW Liberal Party is still more than a week away from confirming its candidates in two crucial Sydney by-elections, but other parties are already on the campaign trail.
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Senator Nick Xenophon is promising to give the major parties "a run for their money" at the next South Australian election with the creation of his new party, SA Best.
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| UpdatedIn a scene straight out of Hogwarts, South Australia's Lower House transforms into a Chamber of Secrets, with a Labor MP repeatedly refusing to say the name of a new colleague and political rival.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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The State Government assures doctors the next stage of a $550 million upgrade to Nepean Hospital in Sydney's west will begin within two years.
Topics: health, government-and-politics, state-parliament, parliament, hornsby-2077, nsw, sydney-2000
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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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| UpdatedThe retirement of LNP stalwart and former deputy premier Jeff Seeney makes it harder for the party to ward off One Nation in the central Queensland seat of Callide, political analysts say.
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Sugar entities Wilmar and Queensland Sugar Limited will not be forced into arbitration after the LNP fails to pass laws in State Parliament to mandate the move.
Topics: sugar, agricultural-crops, rural, state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, activism-and-lobbying, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, mackay-4740
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| UpdatedEnergy and Water Supply Minister Mark Bailey is referred to Queensland's Crime and Corruption Commission over a private email account that has the Opposition questioning if he acted corruptly.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, public-sector, brisbane-4000, qld, 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.
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| UpdatedThe Chief of the Defence Force, Mark Binskin, says Islamic state fighters are using drones and "Mad Max" style car attacks in the battle for Mosul in Iraq. Look back on the day's political developments in our blog.
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| UpdatedThe national energy regulator takes the highly unusual step of reassuring South Australians that it is not forecasting supply shortfalls as temperatures reach the high 30s over the next four days.
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Nationals MP Andrew Broad and Labor MP Pat Conroy are launching a new inquiry into modernising the power grid.
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| UpdatedThe Queensland Government scraps its appeal against a Federal Court ruling that police were racist in their response to riots sparked by the death in custody of Cameron Doomadgee on Palm Island in 2004.
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Australian politics has extremely low levels of female participation compared to other developed democracies, but one program is aiming to change this.
Topics: women, government-and-politics, university-and-further-education, local-government, state-parliament, federal-parliament, parliament, human-interest, melbourne-3000
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Penalty rates and politicians' entitlements were hot topics on Monday's Q&A as the panel show hit the road and broadcast from Melbourne this week.
Topics: parliament, government-and-politics, federal-government, federal-parliament, australia, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedLabor targeted a Liberal MP during Question Time after she told media that cuts to penalty rates were a "gift" to young people. Catch up on the day in politics.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, federal-government, federal-parliament, parliament, 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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| 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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| 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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| 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.
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| UpdatedResidents of Victoria's Latrobe Valley are stressed and anxious about the looming closure of the Hazelwood power plant, warning there will be catastrophic consequences for the local economy.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, morwell-3840, vic, australia
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The resignations of the Victorian Speaker and Deputy Speaker over the "appalling" abuse of parliamentary entitlements is the "right decision" and changes will be made to ensure the rules are black and white, Premier Daniel Andrews says.
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| UpdatedThe resignations of the Victorian Speaker and Deputy Speaker over the abuse of parliamentary entitlements is the "right decision" and changes will be made to ensure the rules are black and white, Premier Daniel Andrews promises.
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| UpdatedThe Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Victorian Parliament resign over a controversial second residence allowance, with Telmo Languiller saying he should pay for his "error of judgement".
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