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| UpdatedACT Labor senator Katy Gallagher was still a dual citizen of the UK when she nominated for the last federal election, and Doug Cameron is potentially eligible for Lithuanian citizenship, documents on the new citizenship registry reveal.
Topics: constitution, law-crime-and-justice, federal-government, government-and-politics, australia
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The French Prime Minister, Edouard Phillipe, is calling on New Caledonia to set a date for its independence referendum within the next six months.
Topics: government-and-politics, pacific, new-caledonia
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| UpdatedTim Wilson says the same-sex marriage debate "has been the soundtrack to our relationship" as he reaffirms his commitment to his partner in the House of Representatives.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-parliament, federal-government, marriage, gays-and-lesbians, political-parties, sexuality, australia
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The NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro, currently Acting Premier, has stood by his calls for the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to resign, despite backlash from senior Coalition figures.
Topics: federal-government, state-parliament, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, queanbeyan-2620, nsw, canberra-2600, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedRelatives of the crew aboard the missing submarine in Argentina march through the streets of Mar del Plata, demanding that the navy reverses its decision to stop looking for survivors.
Topics: navy, defence-forces, defence-and-national-security, government-and-politics, community-and-society, argentina
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| UpdatedChina is attempting to ramp up the pressure on Palau over its recognition of Taiwan by preventing Chinese travel companies from booking group tours to the Pacific island nation.
Topics: government-and-politics, travel-and-tourism, foreign-affairs, pacific, taiwan, china, palau
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| UpdatedMembers of the LNP are publicly assessing Tim Nicholls' leadership and questioning the long-term viability of opposing asset sales, as Queensland's post-election political limbo continues.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, elections, states-and-territories, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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| UpdatedA former national serviceman involved in a 1950s nuclear test in Australia is pleading for his lifetime healthcare application to be reconsidered.
Topics: veterans, defence-and-national-security, nuclear-accident, nuclear-issues, social-policy, government-and-politics, community-and-society, australia, wa
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| UpdatedOne of the nation's leading authorities on super is accusing the bank-run funds of "looting" workers' retirement savings for profit and says it is bizarre the Government is targeting industry funds, as Parliament gets set to debate a bill to change superannuation industry governance this week.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, superannuation, banking, industry, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedCritics accuse Russia of interfering in foreign elections. But the Kremlin is facing a more pressing challenge ahead of Russia's own elections — winning over a new generation that's turning its back on Mr Putin.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, russian-federation
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump launches a fresh attack on the credibility of the FBI amid an intensifying Russia investigation and again denies asking its former director, James Comey, to stop investigating his now disgraced ex-national security adviser.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, government-and-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedFrom digging through old family photographs to trawling ancestry websites, federal politicians have been forced to pull out all the stops to prove their citizenship status and eligibility to stay in Parliament.
Topics: constitution, government-and-politics, federal-parliament, minor-parties, australia
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| UpdatedNow that we've all had some space to digest the Prime Minister's decision to call a royal commission into the banking sector, let's recap what we know about how it's going to work and what it will do.
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, banking, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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| UpdatedAfter resisting offering blood tests to PFAS-affected residents in Katherine for months while making them available to affected people in Queensland and NSW, the Federal Government announces more than $5 million for support services will be made available from Monday.
Topics: health, environmental-health, environmental-impact, government-and-politics, katherine-0850, nt
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| UpdatedRepublicans have passed the largest tax overhaul in 30 years through the Senate. Here's why it's been described as delivering a significant blow to Barack Obama's signature healthcare law.
Topics: donald-trump, government-and-politics, health, world-politics, tax, united-states
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| UpdatedFormer national security adviser Michael Flynn is telling the FBI what he knows about alleged collusion with the Russians, but it is what Donald Trump says, or tweets, that may be more telling, writes Washington correspondent Zoe Daniel.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, government-and-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedWith former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce returning to Parliament, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull turns the citizenship blowtorch on Labor MPs whose heritage is in doubt.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, turnbull-malcolm, nsw, tamworth-2340, australia
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A powerful short film aims to shine a new light on domestic violence, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder through the eyes of a 12-year-old girl.
Topics: domestic-violence, film-movies, community-and-society, government-and-politics, activism-and-lobbying, family-and-children, family, family-law, law-crime-and-justice, brisbane-4000, ipswich-4305, qld, australia
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The McGowan Government's mantra has been "getting on with the job", but for families of murder victims, those seeking compensation for past sex abuse and those convicted purely for their lifestyle, the wait for political justice continues, writes Jacob Kagi.
Topics: government-and-politics, state-parliament, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedNationals Leader Barnaby Joyce speaks to Insiders following his victory in the New England by-election.
Topics: government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedBarrie Cassidy interviews Nationals Leader Barnaby Joyce following his victory in the New England by-election. On the panel: Financial Review's Laura Tingle, Seven Network's Mark Riley and Guardian Australia's David Marr.
Topics: government-and-politics, australia
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The prime minister announced a banking royal commission on Thursday, after insisting on Tuesday that it wouldn't happen.
Topics: government-and-politics, australia
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Mike Bowers is joined by outgoing press gallery president and Fairfax photographer Andrew Meares.
Topics: government-and-politics, australia
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The ABC's election analyst says Barnaby Joyce has easily won the New England by-election.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, nsw
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| UpdatedThe US President changes his story on why he fired Michael Flynn as his national security adviser, now suggesting he knew Mr Flynn lied to the FBI as well as Vice-President Mike Pence about his contacts with Russia.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, government-and-politics, united-states