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| UpdatedThe Federal Opposition argues Attorney-General George Brandis' ministerial diary holds no evidence the senator met with the community legal sector ahead of sweeping budget cuts.
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, information-and-communication, australia
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| UpdatedSimon Birmingham and Julie Bishop defend business leaders campaigning for same-sex marriage after the group comes under fire from Immigration Minister Peter Dutton.
Topics: marriage, gays-and-lesbians, business-economics-and-finance, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedMore than 70,000 Australian seniors receive federally funded care to help them live in their own homes and now they can do something that was practically impossible before: switch the company that provides that care.
Topics: aged-care, community-and-society, federal-government, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government is ramping up pressure on Labor and the crossbench to pass its increases to childcare subsidies, citing data that shows fees are increasing across the country.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, community-and-society, children, social-policy, welfare, australia
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| UpdatedQantas will continue to advocate for same-sex marriage amid Immigration Minister Peter Dutton's criticism that "publicly listed companies stick to their knitting" and focus on delivering services for their customers.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, marriage, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government will abolish the controversial Abbott-era arts fund Catalyst, after widespread criticism from the arts community.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedNSW National Party senator John 'Wacka' Williams reveals he has Parkinson's disease, but says he wants to serve out the rest of his Senate term
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, nationals, health, diseases-and-disorders, parkinson-s-disease, inverell-2360
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| UpdatedAn Iranian asylum seeker will be allowed to remain in Australia for another three months on a temporary visa, but still remains "in limbo" once it expires.
Topics: immigration, community-and-society, refugees, human-interest, relationships, federal-government, brisbane-4000, qld
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Topics: air-transport, federal-government, agribusiness, dalby-4405
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| UpdatedMultinational gas companies have played Australian customers. It's hard not to conclude LNG producers are cheating the system.
Topics: alternative-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia
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A Senate inquiry is aiming to quell public hysteria surrounding shark attacks, by looking at how modern technology can track their movements.
Topics: shark, federal-government, surfing, ballina-2478, redhead-2290, perth-6000, sydney-2000, southport-4215
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The Coopers Brewery brouhaha, energy policy and the WA election dominated the week's news, but who ended up on top? Fran Kelly and Patricia Karvelas pick their winners and losers.
Topics: government-and-politics, coal, alternative-energy, federal-government, federal---state-issues, australia, wa, sa
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Cystic fibrosis advocates push for a reimbursement agreement to be adopted in Australia, where drug manufacturers are only paid for medicines if further trials prove they work.
Topics: diseases-and-disorders, health, pharmaceuticals, health-policy, federal-government, government-and-politics, children---toddlers, family-and-children, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump's budget proposal will boost defence spending by $US54 billion, while slashing the Environmental Protection Agency's funding by 31 per cent and cutting other programs including Meals on Wheels.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, budget, defence-and-national-security, defence-forces, environment, environmental-impact, united-states
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| UpdatedAustralians will face dramatically reduced social services, falling living standards and higher taxes without serious budget repair, a peak business lobby group warns.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, welfare, budget, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia
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Reef experts and environmentalists call for Australia to lead on climate change and help save the Great Barrier Reef.
Topics: great-barrier-reef, environment, environmental-impact, environmentally-sustainable-business, federal-government, climate-change, qld
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We may be about to see one of the greatest intergenerational hospital passes in Australian history if the Federal Government allows first home buyers to access their super for a deposit.
Topics: housing-industry, housing, superannuation, consumer-finance, consumer-protection, federal-government
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White spot disease found in Queensland prawns is highly contagious, lethal to crustaceans and has reduced prawn farm productivity by up to 40 per cent overseas.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, rural, food-processing, pest-management, food-and-cooking, pests, environment, federal-government, brisbane-4000
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Mr Frydenberg said the Premier had tried to “crash tackle” his announcement with “petty politics”, claiming all it did was show how “desperate” he was.
Topics: federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, federal-government, energy, hydro-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, sa, australia
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Jay Weatherill admitted he crashed the press conference because he was “sick and tired of getting criticisms across the air waves from the eastern states about South Australia”.
Topics: federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, federal-government, electricity-energy-and-utilities, hydro-energy, energy, alternative-energy, sa, australia
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Josh Frydenberg accused Jay Weatherill of gate-crashing the press conference. He said he had no idea he would be standing beside the Labor Premier, but that didn’t stop them throwing verbal punches.
Topics: federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, federal-government, alternative-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, energy, hydro-energy, sa, australia
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Josh Frydenberg responds to a reporter's question: "Isn't this all a little bit awkward?"
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, federal---state-issues, electricity-energy-and-utilities, hydro-energy, energy, sa, australia
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A report from a coalition of health and human rights groups expresses frustration in the nation's inability to effectively tackle Indigenous disadvantage in Australia.
Topics: community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-culture, indigenous-policy, turnbull-malcolm, federal-government, government-and-politics, health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, australia
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| UpdatedAustralian manufacturers who rely on gas say there is no guarantee that the Government's plan to shore up supply will make the fuel more affordable, and businesses could be forced to close their doors if prices do not budge soon.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, business-economics-and-finance, industry, electricity-energy-and-utilities, australia
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| UpdatedOpposition Leader Bill Shorten distances himself from the new head of Australia's union movement, who says she supports breaking the law in some cases.
Topics: unions, work, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia