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| UpdatedThe minister responsible for Tasmania's child services is forced to correct the record after being caught out over an email conversation discussing the ABC's request for information about protection provider Safe Pathways.
Topics: government-and-politics, child-abuse, tas
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Labor MP Linda Burney explains why she referred Human Services Minister Alan Tudge to the Australian Federal Police after confirmation his department gave a Centrelink client's personal information to a journalist.
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedLabor MP Linda Burney asks the Australian Federal Police to determine whether Human Services Minister Alan Tudge broke the law by disclosing a welfare recipient's personal information to a journalist.
Topics: welfare, community-and-society, police, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedJeff Seeney is retiring from politics at the next Queensland election after a 18-year career, which saw him rise to opposition leader and deputy premier.
Topics: state-parliament, government-and-politics, liberal-national-party-queensland, callide-4715, qld, brisbane-4000, australia
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| UpdatedNationals leader Barnaby Joyce says cane growers would "rip" his head off if he prioritised changes to Section 18C over resolving a major foreign ownership dispute in George Christensen's electorate.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, race-relations, community-and-society, australia
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Colombia's leftist FARC rebels begin the process of surrendering their weapons under a landmark peace deal with the Government to put in end to Latin America's longest-running conflict.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, government-and-politics, colombia
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| UpdatedThere is a widening of inequality between younger Australians whose parents own a home and those who do not, leaving children without wealthy parents with less opportunities over their lifetime, a new report shows.
Topics: housing, housing-industry, consumer-finance, economic-trends, money-and-monetary-policy, human-interest, government-and-politics, australia
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Liberal senator Zed Seselja is accusing his Nationals colleagues of parochialism over their campaign to move public servants to regional Australia.
Topics: public-sector, government-and-politics, canberra-2600, act, australia, armidale-2350, nsw
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull
Topics: government-and-politics, australia, melbourne-3000, canberra-2600
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The Queensland Liberal National Party is to hold an unprecedented meeting of its state and federal MPs this weekend to discuss ways of countering a resurgent One Nation.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, federal-parliament, state-parliament, liberal-national-party-queensland, one-nation, qld
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Taking in WA's coal mining heartland, green stretches of the south-west popular with hippies and tree-changers, farmland, and parts of Bunbury and Australind, the diverse seat of Collie Preston will be a close race.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, collie-6225, bunbury-6230, australind-6233, eaton-6232
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| UpdatedThe Department of Human Services was within its rights to release the personal details of a blogger who criticised Centrelink's debt recovery scheme, the department secretary tells Senate Estimates.
Topics: welfare, community-and-society, federal-government, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedJournalists frequently refer to freedom of information investigations in news stories, but not many people realise anyone can learn to use the legislation successfully.
Topics: laws, information-and-communication, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, journalism, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedThe Fair Work Commission should implement Sunday penalty rate cuts gradually so it coincides with base wage increases and minimises the impact on workers' take-home pay, the Prime Minister says.
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, work, australia
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A plan which could force more gas into South Australia's energy market to put downward pressure on power costs and improve reliability is flagged by Premier Jay Weatherill.
Topics: states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, environment, electricity-energy-and-utilities, adelaide-5000, sa
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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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| UpdatedRussian officials reject allegations hackers are already interfering with European elections in a bid to have Moscow-friendly candidates elected.
Topics: hacking, government-and-politics, world-politics, russian-federation
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| UpdatedFast-food businesses will no longer be able to bring in foreign workers on 457 visas, in order to make young Australians the priority, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says.
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, australia
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Conservative candidate Francois Fillon refuses to quit France's rollercoaster presidential race despite receiving a summons to face charges of getting his wife and children taxpayer-funded jobs in which they allegedly did no work.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, elections, france
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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.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, parliament, federal-parliament, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedFiji now has a second female leader of a political party after the People's Democratic Party made Lynda Tabuya their new leader.
Topics: government-and-politics, pacific, fiji
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| UpdatedA blame game erupts over who is at fault over the $4.4 billion project to deliver and maintain Queensland Rail's new trains, which have been found to have a plethora of design faults.
Topics: public-sector, government-and-politics, state-parliament, rail-transport, brisbane-4000, qld, southport-4215, ipswich-4305
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| UpdatedThe Newman government slashed oversight of the controversial coal seam gas industry in Queensland despite warnings it would lead to serious non-compliance and to CSG companies "gambling" with safety, cabinet documents show.
Topics: state-parliament, greenhouse-gas, government-and-politics, climate-change, environment, pollution, chinchilla-4413, qld
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| UpdatedUnions and employer groups are at odds over how quickly changes to penalty rates should be introduced as the Commission calls for submissions over how the pay cuts should be implemented.
Topics: government-and-politics, business-economics-and-finance, retail, hospitality, australia