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| UpdatedPremier Daniel Andrews defends his plan to double the state's debt to fund major rail and road projects, comparing criticisms of the Government's borrowing with the suggestion that a person should not buy a house until they have saved enough to pay for it in cash.
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| UpdatedThe risk of spreading toxic groundwater from one of Queensland's worst environmental contaminations prompts a ban on coal seam gas drilling in an area where companies are already extracting gas.
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| UpdatedThe woodworkers at the Rocherlea Men's and Community Shed keep their tools sharp and their opinions about politicians blunt. And they can pinpoint why some rusted-on Labor voters changed horses.
Topics: federal-elections, federal---state-issues, liberals, alp, launceston-7250, hobart-7000, tas
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| UpdatedAfter more than eight years of planning, Adani could begin breaking ground at its Carmichael mine site within weeks, after the Premier sets a deadline for its last two environmental approvals.
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| UpdatedLaura Tingle looks at the week in politics and what we can expect from the Morrison government.
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It has taken almost 20 years of campaigning from farmers and today the first post of a new $11 million wild dog fence in WA has been driven into the ground.
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| UpdatedA $6.7 billion Chinese mega mine coal project adjacent to the Adani venture in Queensland's Galilee Basin is in doubt after the company abandoned its bid for a mining lease.
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| UpdatedQueensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says she is bringing in the Coordinator-General to oversee the Adani approvals process because the community is "fed up" with delays.
Topics: federal-elections, state-parliament, coal, regional-development, environmental-policy, company-news, rural, government-and-politics, mining-rural, environment, business-economics-and-finance, industry, community-and-society, regional, community-development, mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, federal---state-issues, mackay-4740, townsville-4810, brisbane-4000, australia, rockhampton-4700, qld
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| UpdatedWill Victoria seriously say no to a free road? That's the question being asked by the Victorian Opposition and Scott Morrison's newly elected Federal Government. But Daniel Andrews is standing firm against the project even with $4 billion on the table.
Topics: state-elections, elections, government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, states-and-territories, parliament, urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedPremier Annastacia Palaszczuk is vowing to turn back the tide as Labor assesses the damage in its former heartland, and MPs blame their government's "bipolar" approach to coal.
Topics: federal-election, event, government-and-politics, federal-elections, elections, federal---state-issues, federal-government, parliament, federal-parliament, industry, coal, business-economics-and-finance, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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| UpdatedWestern Australia's Premier, Mark McGowan, describes Labor's failed election campaign as "grandiose" and overly ambitious, saying his federal colleagues planted a huge target on themselves.
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| UpdatedA southern Queensland family says their teenage son is at risk of going into a nursing home because of a fight over National Disability Insurance Scheme funding.
Topics: disabilities, aged-care, federal---state-issues, doctors-and-medical-professionals, toowoomba-4350, brisbane-4000
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Liberal MP Nicolle Flint has been targeted by "disgraceful" and "shameful" graffiti at a campaign office in South Australia.
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Liberal candidate Mina Zaki yells at Katy Gallagher before police are called to a polling station in Canberra.
Topics: federal-election, federal-elections, federal-government, federal-parliament, federal---state-issues, canberra-2600, australia, act
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The largest-ever survey on the proposed Adani coal mine reveals a majority of people think the multi-billion-dollar project should be scrapped but also shows a reverse NIMBY effect — the closer you get, the greater the support.
Topics: environment, mining-environmental-issues, parliament, activism-and-lobbying, federal---state-issues, elections, community-development, regional, community-and-society, mining-rural, rural, government-and-politics, federal-election, federal-government, federal-parliament, federal-elections, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, mackay-4740, townsville-4810, rockhampton-4700
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| UpdatedAs Tasmania deals with increasing demands on the health system, unions say it is "impossible to get positions filled" — but the Government denies there is a recruitment freeze.
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World-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall weighs in to Australia's federal election campaign, calling on the nation and its leaders to take greater action on climate change.
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| UpdatedA new Queensland coal mine, about the same size as Adani's controversial project, did not draw opposition from environmentalists during the approval process, despite the possibility an expansive koala habitat the size of Sydney Harbour may be cleared.
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| UpdatedInternal CSIRO correspondence reveals the science agency was pushed to formally accept the Federal Government's approval of Adani's water plans in a single afternoon.
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| UpdatedA critical shortage of the measles vaccine has hit Australia at the same time as cases of the disease are surging worldwide, prompting the Queensland AMA to warn about dire consequences from a drop in herd immunity.
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