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Unimmunised children will be asked to stay away from South Australian preschools and care centres when there is a disease outbreak as part of a new procedure.
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| UpdatedSouth Australian nurses are considering industrial action over over plans to permanently close 55 beds at two of Adelaide's major public hospitals.
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| UpdatedA regional arts group which has given cultural and insurance support to thousands of Tasmanian artists is set to close because of a funding shortfall.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, launceston-7250
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The woman behind the controversial Ellendale centre housing convicted sex offenders is remaining defiant against government moves to relocate it.
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| UpdatedVictoria's Environment Minister is dismissing calls to waive regulatory fees for operators of the southern hemisphere's biggest used tyre yard in Stawell.
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| UpdatedThe Barnett Government rules out any pause to the clearing of bushland for the Roe Highway extension, despite Labor's pledge to scrap the project if it wins the March state election.
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South Australia's electricity distributor will make compensation payments totalling $20 million to about 75,000 customers who experienced lengthy blackouts following a wild storm on December 28.
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| UpdatedPilbara MP Brendon Grylls throws his support behind a bid to make Port Hedland the next trial site for the cashless welfare card, just days after police complained about a spike in alcohol-fuelled violence.
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| UpdatedThe SA Government warns some residential care workers may have their contracts terminated after they are subjected to psychological testing in response to the abuse of children in state care by notorious paedophile Shannon McCoole.
Topics: states-and-territories, public-sector, government-and-politics, child-abuse, community-and-society, sa
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| UpdatedYork residents and environmental groups appeal to the West Australian Government for an urgent reprieve to stop more than 600 native trees from being felled as part of a road widening project.
Topics: environmental-impact, states-and-territories, merredin-6415, york-6302, wa
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| UpdatedThe Victorian Government is being urged to buy a historic 100-year-old mansion on Victoria's coast to protect it from subdivision and development.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, states-and-territories, history, sorrento-3943, vic
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The West Australian Government may settle for filtering out lead from drinking water at the new $1.2 billion Perth Children's Hospital, as contractor John Holland continues to search for the source of contamination.
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| UpdatedFormer Victorian Education Department director Nino Napoli is one of five people facing charges over an alleged $6 million state schools rort investigated by the state's anti-corruption watchdog.
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