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| UpdatedNSW Transport Minister, Andrew Constance, has become embroiled in controversy over the naming of a ferry, Ferry McFerryface, which he now says was only ever meant to be temporary.
Topics: parliament, states-and-territories, state-parliament, sea-transport, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedA veteran cabbie dismisses the NSW Government's new $1.10 levy on taxis and ride-sharing trips, saying the compensation package it is supposed to fund will do nothing to help drivers.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, tax, state-parliament, transport, nsw
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| UpdatedUber has sent out an email to its NSW users warning them about a $1 levy which will be charged on each ride by the State Government from Thursday.
Topics: road-transport, transport, state-parliament, nsw, sydney-2000, albury-2640, deniliquin-2710, queanbeyan-2620, tamworth-2340, coonabarabran-2357, broken-hill-2880
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| UpdatedTransport Minister Andrew Constance will rename Ferry McFerryface after popular children's author and illustrator May Gibbs amid questions over the name's popularity in a public poll.
Topics: sea-transport, state-parliament, sydney-2000, nsw
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Nick Xenophon has already announced 26 Lower House candidates for the upcoming election in South Australia. Here's why the former senator could become the state's next premier.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, state-parliament, parliament, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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| UpdatedThe Labor Party unveils a half-billion-dollar health plan in a bid to convince Tasmanian voters it is the only party that can improve the state's health system.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, state-parliament, parliament, health, hobart-7000, tas
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| UpdatedThe State Government considers tightening security requirements for gun stores after more than 50 firearms were stolen from a Melbourne shop.
Topics: government-and-politics, state-parliament, parliament, crime, law-crime-and-justice, armed-robbery, melbourne-3000, vic, thornbury-3071
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| UpdatedHaida Komba is one of the lucky migrants in her Flemington housing estate who has found work. Now the Victorian Government wants to help others like her with a special program to provide training and support to find secure work.
Topics: community-and-society, work, state-parliament, flemington-3031, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedEvery Victorian Year 1 student would have a special phonics check by their teacher under a plan by Matthew Guy's Coalition if it wins the November state election.
Topics: education, schools, primary-schools, state-parliament, government-and-politics, vic
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| UpdatedOf the state's 25 seats, 17 are considered safe. That leaves eight up for grabs. So how's this election likely to play out?
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, polls, parliament, state-parliament, tas
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| UpdatedTasmanian Premier Will Hodgman has announced a March 3 state election, with health, the economy and poker machines looming as key issues.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, state-parliament, tas
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Victorian voters elected an unstable Upper House in 2014, giving minor parties the power to call at least some of the shots, and there's reason to think the crossbench will play an even bigger part after this year's poll, writes state political reporter Richard Willingham.
Topics: government-and-politics, state-parliament, parliament, minor-parties, political-parties, vic, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedFormer Tasmanian premier Lara Giddings gives birth to a baby girl named Natasha Rose Magill.
Topics: state-parliament, pregnancy-and-childbirth, children, family-and-children, hobart-7000, tas
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It's come at a substantial cost to taxpayers, but the transformation of Perth into a vibrant, multi-dimensional city that is appealing to families and hipsters alike is a pleasant surprise, writes Jessica Strutt.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, state-parliament, travel-and-tourism, perth-6000
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| UpdatedA new pay and conditions offer for Sydney Trains workers will be on the table on Thursday and is likely to be accepted, the Rail Tram and Bus Union's NSW secretary says.
Topics: industrial-relations, rail-transport, state-parliament, sydney-2000, nsw
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Topics: rural, state-parliament, local-government, federal-government, beef-cattle, agricultural-crops, crop-harvesting, storm-event, storm-disaster, weather, kingaroy-4610, bundaberg-4670
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| UpdatedAn early morning flight with most of Queensland's top police and emergency services leaders aboard makes an emergency return to Brisbane when the jet suddenly plunges from the sky, with reports of loud banging and the smell of smoke.
Topics: emergency-incidents, state-parliament, brisbane-4000, townsville-4810, bundaberg-4670
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| UpdatedThe election campaign appears to be in full swing in South Australia. The question is, where are all the women?
Topics: state-parliament, sa
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| UpdatedMonday's planned train strike in Sydney cannot go ahead, as ruled by the Fair Work Commission, but the peak union body says this just demonstrates the right to strike in Australia is "nearly dead".
Topics: rail-transport, industrial-relations, state-parliament, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedAfter paying just $1 to take over the mothballed Blair Athol coal mine, the TerraCom company, which has former Labor politicians on its board, is paid almost $5 million in "surplus" environmental funding by the Queensland Government.
Topics: mining-environmental-issues, mining-industry, mining-rural, coal, state-parliament, company-news, business-economics-and-finance, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, clermont-4721, dysart-4745, emerald-4720, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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| UpdatedVictoria's curriculum would be stripped back and teachers encouraged to teach Western history and national pride, as part of a school education overhaul promised by the Coalition ahead of this year's state election.
Topics: education, schools, state-parliament, vic