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| UpdatedThe "clumsy" use of restraints and handcuffs have injured children in Victoria's troubled juvenile jails, a parliamentary committee is told, while lockdowns were so frequent some detainees were uncertain when they were allowed to leave their rooms.
Topics: states-and-territories, state-parliament, parliament, prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, youth, community-and-society, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedMore than 200 jobs are in limbo after the owners of the Heyfield timber mill in Victoria's east announced it would close, but the Victorian Government may still throw workers a lifeline.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, environment, heyfield-3858
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Macquarie Group submits a proposal to the NSW Government to build a metro station at Martin Place, complete with two office towers and shops on elevated terraces.
Topics: rail-transport, transport, industry, government-and-politics, state-parliament, parliament, sydney-2000, nsw
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Mark McGowan will become Western Australia's 30th Premier today, with his new Government to be sworn in this morning.
Topics: state-parliament, wa
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| UpdatedBen Wyatt is making history as the first Aboriginal person to be treasurer in a state or federal government in Australia, as part of the incoming WA Labor administration.
Topics: state-parliament, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, government-and-politics, perth-6000, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedWA's premier-elect Mark McGowan says cost will be a factor in considering whether to establish an independent rural fire service, revealing he is unwilling to spend millions of dollars on administration rather than fire-fighting.
Topics: bushfire, fires, states-and-territories, state-parliament, elections, government-and-politics, collie-6225, wa, perth-6000
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Queensland's Crime and Corruption Commission retrieves emails from the personal account of Energy Minister Mark Bailey, who deleted the Yahoo address after claims he was using it to talk to union officials.
Topics: parliament, government-and-politics, state-parliament, federal---state-issues, unions, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedPremier-elect Mark McGowan has revealed his 17-member ministry - but who are all the new ministers? We give you a quick guide to some of the main players.
Topics: elections, state-parliament, alp, wa, perth-6000
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| UpdatedA hundred at-risk Tasmanian children have no protection case worker assigned to them, the Opposition tells State Parliament after failing to carry a no confidence motion against Human Services Minister Jacquie Petrusma.
Topics: state-parliament, child-abuse, burnie-7320, devonport-7310, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedIncoming WA premier Mark McGowan unveils his 17-member ministry, including Roger Cook as his deputy and Ben Wyatt as treasurer, following Labor's emphatic victory in Saturday's election.
Topics: elections, political-parties, state-parliament, wa
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| UpdatedThe New South Wales Government pledges $77 million towards the construction of a tunnel to bypass Sydney's Spit Bridge, just weeks out from the North Shore and Manly by-elections.
Topics: road-transport, government-and-politics, state-parliament, parliament, manly-2095, nsw, the-spit-2088
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| UpdatedThe NSW Liberal Party finally have their candidates for the by-election — just three weeks away — with the former president of the NSW Liberal Women's Council winning party preselection for the seat of North Shore.
Topics: state-parliament, liberals, mosman-2088, neutral-bay-2089, gosford-2250, manly-2095
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| UpdatedThe cost of homelessness is quantified for the first time and a study finds it is cheaper to provide last-resort housing for the homeless rather than allowing them to sleep rough.
Topics: homelessness, community-and-society, states-and-territories, state-parliament, housing, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedWhether the new West Australian Government can afford an independent rural fire service is cast into doubt by incoming Labor minister Mick Murray.
Topics: bushfire, state-parliament, rural, collie-6225, perth-6000, wa
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A survivor of sexual abuse warns a cloud will continue to hang over Bathurst unless the royal commission holds a local hearing examining the "dark history" of the city.
Topics: child-abuse, state-parliament, bathurst-2795, bourke-2840, broken-hill-2880
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| UpdatedOutgoing Deputy Premier Liza Harvey says the Liberals' WA election campaign was "terrible" and the outcome "devastating", but insists she has made no decision about the party leadership.
Topics: elections, state-parliament, east-perth-6004
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| UpdatedGreens MP David Shoebridge says a New South Wales Crime Commission report "exonerates" former deputy police commissioner Nick Kaldas from adverse findings made by the state's Ombudsman into police bugging other police.
Topics: police, law-crime-and-justice, state-parliament, government-and-politics, crime, nsw
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Topics: state-parliament, one-nation, pauline-hanson, kalgoorlie-6430
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Despite spelling the name of his electorate wrong on his campaign posters, Kalgoorlie's Richard Bolton says he is happy with his performance.
Topics: state-parliament, elections, one-nation, pauline-hanson, kalgoorlie-6430
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| UpdatedCrocodiles bigger than 2 metres found in waters off Cairns and Townsville would be "encouraged to move out of the zone" and only removed if they displayed dangerous behaviour, under a revised State Government management plan.
Topics: crocodile, animal-attacks, conservation, environment, environmental-management, state-parliament, cairns-4870, qld, townsville-4810, gladstone-4680, coolum-beach-4573
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| UpdatedWA premier-elect Mark McGowan indicates his new government will cancel the Roe 8 highway extension whatever the cost, amid claims the state could have to pay as much as $100 million not to build the road.
Topics: state-parliament, states-and-territories, elections, government-and-politics, perth-6000, wa, beeliar-6164, bibra-lake-6163, north-lake-6163
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| UpdatedWorkers from the Heyfield sawmill in Gippsland gather in Melbourne, arguing their industry is sustainable and urging the Victorian Government to increase the amount of timber supplied.
Topics: states-and-territories, state-parliament, parliament, timber, industry, activism-and-lobbying, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environment, melbourne-3000, heyfield-3858
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An extra $20 million will be invested in Victoria's large-scale energy storage, the State Government says, as it works to address the state's increasing energy needs.
Topics: energy, alternative-energy, environment, state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, melbourne-3000, vic
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The NSW Treasurer says a new strategy to increase stamp duty for foreign property investors will help housing affordability, but the Premier says the policy is exclusively to raise revenue.
Topics: housing, tax, government-and-politics, state-parliament, nsw
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| UpdatedMike Baird's pick to replace him as Liberal candidate in the seat of Manly in Sydney's north, James Griffin, has won preselection with a significant margin.
Topics: state-parliament, liberals, elections, manly-2095