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The Federal Government's first policy statement on multiculturalism declares it a "success" but says every Australian must sign up to shared values and mutual obligations.
Topics: multiculturalism, community-and-society, government-and-politics, social-policy, australia
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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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| UpdatedFormer WA Nationals leader Brendon Grylls departs politics beaten but unbowed after a war of attrition with the mining industry sparked by a potential miscalculation, writes Andrew O'Connor.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, nationals, wa, perth-6000
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| UpdatedThe South Australian Opposition calls on the State Government to reveal exactly how it will pay for its $550 million plan to secure the state's power supply.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, solar-energy, alternative-energy, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, programs-and-initiatives, environment, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedA $60-million multi-functional park in Melbourne's inner south-east promises to provide desperately needed open space as the city grapples with population growth.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, local-government, government-and-politics, environment, environmental-policy, prahran-3181, vic, melbourne-3000
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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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Foreign Minister Julie Bishop praises US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's level of involvement in the Asia-Pacific region and describes his comments regarding military action against North Korea as a "return to stance".
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, defence-and-national-security, united-states, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of, australia
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| UpdatedThe White House's new official email promotes a link to a Washington Post article titled: Trump's Budget Makes Perfect Sense and Will Fix America, and I Will Tell You Why. There was just one problem — the piece was satirical.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, government-and-politics, journalism, social-media, united-states
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The troubled Geelong City Council is likely to go to election in October and elected councillors will nominate a mayor, after the Victorian Government announced it supported recommendations from a group of local residents.
Topics: local-government, government-and-politics, state-parliament, corruption, geelong-3220, vic, melbourne-3000
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Annastacia Palaszczuk and a group of regional mayors hope their visit to India will help convince Adani to go ahead with the Carmichael coal mine, despite protesters promising to disrupt its construction.
Topics: coal, environmental-policy, mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, india, qld
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US President Donald Trump has met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House, telling her they have something in common — being wire-tapped by Obama's administration.
Topics: foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, world-politics, donald-trump, united-states, germany
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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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| UpdatedThere are hard lessons to be learnt from political defeat, especially one as devastating as the electoral catastrophe that wiped out the Barnett government in Western Australia.
Topics: government-and-politics, liberals, wa
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Two elections, a world apart in the same week, has some delivering the last rites to the wave of populism that has dominated global politics, writes Stan Grant.
Topics: world-politics, political-parties, government-and-politics, elections, australia, netherlands, france
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| UpdatedFormer Tasmanian MP Brenton Best is undecided whether to put his hand up for ex-leader Bryan Green's seat but says if he does, it may be under the banner of "independent Labor".
Topics: alp, political-parties, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, burnie-7320, tas
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House, and tells her they have something in common — being wire-tapped by Obama's administration.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, donald-trump, united-states, germany
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| UpdatedOn his two-day visit to China, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will deal with a host of issues that threaten to derail the world's most important bilateral relationship, including the hotly disputed South China Sea.
Topics: government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, donald-trump, china, united-states
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Farmers say they support the idea to compensate landowners for hosting gas wells on their property, but they still have concerns about the potential damage gas extraction could have on their land and water.
Topics: energy, hydro-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, government-and-politics, australia, sa
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| UpdatedUS Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says it may be necessary to take pre-emptive military action against North Korea if the threat from their weapons program reaches a level that the United States believes requires action.
Topics: foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, donald-trump, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of, united-states
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| UpdatedAustralia's booming craft beer industry, which has more than doubled in the past five years, is demanding a fairer deal from the Federal Government, saying the current tax regime is holding it back.
Topics: alcohol, tax, government-and-politics, manufacturing, australia, nsw
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| UpdatedA potential problem has arisen for the WA Liberals, already in disarray, with Labor considering offering former Liberal minister Simon O'Brien the role of president of the Upper House.
Topics: government-and-politics, wa
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Mark McGowan moves to limit the number of pathways foreign workers have to enter Western Australia within hours of becoming the state's new Premier.
Topics: government-and-politics, wa
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| UpdatedA day after Premier Jay Weatherill clashed with Federal Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg, he pounces on the Opposition's Steven Marshall, suggesting he is only party leader because there is no one else.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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Planet America hosts John Barron and Chas Licciardello delve into the murky world of US crime and punishment … plus it’s another busy week in the White House with travel bans, tax returns and yet more hacking and wiretapping claims.
Topics: government-and-politics, united-states