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Tasmania's peak forestry industry body is set to launch a campaign against government moves to open up forests to logging earlier than planned.
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The latest national report card for Australian year six students paints a disturbing picture of pupils slipping behind the world in maths and science achievement, with students' aptitude for science showing no improvement in a decade.
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The Meander Valley Council in Tasmania's north decides to sell three properties after the owners refused to pay rates on religious grounds.
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The former Meander Primary School will be turned into a 22-bed drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre for women and children despite strong opposition.
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The SA Government has released an extensive — and expensive — energy plan, but the big question is whether households and businesses will see their electricity costs fall in real terms.
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Ryan Michael Zmendak — who once had links to the Rebels Outlaw Motorcycle Club — will spend at least four years in jail.
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Federal Resources Minister Matt Canavan blames state and territory governments for the country's looming energy crisis, saying bans on gas development have compromised Australia's energy security.
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The Resources Minister celebrates cooperation between mountain bikers and Forestry Tasmania in Parliament, but at the same time a biking group protests against logging in protected areas.
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Rex Tillerson's first overseas mission as US Secretary of State — a three-country tour of Japan, South Korea and China — could help to shed some light on the enigmatic diplomat's foreign policy strategy, an international relations expert says.
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For women in Afghanistan, having a baby can be deadly — with about one in 50 women dying as a result of pregnancy or childbirth. Australian doctor Claire Fotheringham witnessed it firsthand.
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European companies may bar staff from wearing Islamic headscarves and other visible religious symbols under certain conditions, the EU's top court has ruled, setting off a storm of complaints from rights groups and religious leaders.
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The war of words over the Government takeover of Tasmania's water and sewerage utility worsens, with the boss of the company attacking the Treasurer.
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New scanning technology gives scientists an extraordinary view inside the cells of what may be 1.6 billion-year-old red algae, the oldest plant-like fossils ever found.
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Australia is being described as one of the least transparent members of the international coalition fighting Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, with serious questions raised over the ADF's tracking of suspected civilian casualty incidents.
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Greens leader Richard Di Natale flags the idea of a four-day working week as part of a national conversation his party wants to start on the future of work.
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The rout of Western Australia's Barnett Government continues as senior Minister Joe Francis loses his seat to Labor and lets fly on Liberal dysfunction — with outgoing Treasurer Mike Nahan now likely to become the party's new leader.
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If you're desperate to get into the housing market, the idea of using your superannuation on a deposit might seem tempting. But it's not as great as it sounds.
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A Texas politician proposes a bill that would fine men $100 for masturbating in a bid to flip the switch on the struggles women face in accessing reproductive health care — particularly regarding abortion — by targeting men.
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Freezing temperatures and heavy winds are not a great combination for a house on the shore of Lake Ontario in New York state.
