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Lisa used to hide her 'ugly' legs, but not any more
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Long skirts were the norm for WA woman Lisa Burnette after a debilitating bout of meningococcal disease, but she has a new spring in her step thanks to a program giving her greater control over her future.
Topics: disabilities, health-insurance, federal---state-issues, federal-government, perth-6000, wa
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Wujal Wujal's new wifi brings vital communication link during wild weather
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A new community-wide wifi network is installed in Queensland's smallest shire in the state's far north in a bid to solve problems during severe storms that often leave Wujal Wujal completely isolated.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, information-and-communication, mobile-phones, wireless-communication, community-development, rural, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, people, human-interest, emergency-planning, disasters-and-accidents, storm-disaster, cyclones, cairns-4870, qld, australia
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WA has finally signed up to the NDIS — here's what it means for you
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After months of uncertainty and negotiation, the State Government announces Western Australia will join the federally-run National Disability Insurance Scheme. But what will change and why are they doing it?
Topics: disabilities, health-policy, healthcare-facilities, federal---state-issues, wa
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Weatherill refuses to cooperate with Senate inquiry into TAFE SA
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SA Premier Jay Weatherill says a Senate inquiry into the crisis engulfing TAFE SA is a "stitch-up" by the Federal Government, saying his ministers will not cooperate.
Topics: vocational, university-and-further-education, education, states-and-territories, state-parliament, federal---state-issues, adelaide-5000, sa
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Oakey residents told pollutants no health risk, just don't eat local produce
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A Defence Department meeting in Oakey tells residents there are no health impacts from toxic contamination of local groundwater, but an environmental health expert warns against consuming anything locally grown.
Topics: defence-forces, federal-government, federal---state-issues, army, land-pollution, water-pollution, oakey-4401, toowoomba-4350
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Free-range, grass-fed and organic: Would you eat a wild pest?
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As deer populations continue to grow and cause major environmental impact across New South Wales, hunters are refusing to let wild venison go to waste.
Topics: environment, human-interest, federal---state-issues, state-parliament, environmental-impact, environmental-management, pest-management, pests, port-macquarie-2444
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Labor's 'nightmare in the north' could be repeated if Batman by-election called Analysis
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Federal MP David Feeney and the Labor Party face an uphill battle against the Greens in the Melbourne seat of Batman if a by-election is needed to resolve his citizenship woes, state political report Richard Willingham writes.
Topics: government-and-politics, alp, political-parties, elections, federal---state-issues, federal-government, parliament, federal-parliament, states-and-territories, melbourne-3000, preston-3072, thornbury-3071, northcote-3070
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SA's battery is massive, but it can do much more than store energy Opinion
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With the "world's largest" lithium-ion battery officially open in South Australia, many are watching on in anticipation to see what impact it has on the state's electricity market, and whether it could be a gamechanger nationally.
Topics: states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, environmental-management, environmental-technology, environment, adelaide-5000, jamestown-5491, sa, australia
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Barilaro's call for PM's resignation the 'dribblings of an obscure politician', Brandis says
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NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro stands by his call for 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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Adani's final legal hurdle: Indigenous group in dispute over compensation
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Traditional owners would get just 0.2 per cent of Adani's earnings from the mine, less than half the industry average, new analysis finds, as a fractious dispute between the Indigenous group poses a final legal hurdle for the project.
Topics: mining-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, mining-rural, mining-environmental-issues, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, federal---state-issues, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, qld, mackay-4740, townsville-4810, rockhampton-4700, brisbane-4000, australia
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Former Manus Island security guard fighting PTSD claim rejection
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Former Manus Island detention centre guard Ricky Morse faces an uphill battle as he challenges Wilson Security's rejection of his PTSD insurance claim.
Topics: immigration, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, activism-and-lobbying, mental-health, community-and-society, stress, health, work, townsville-4810, qld, australia, papua-new-guinea, brisbane-4000
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Was the Queensland election result good or bad for One Nation? Opinion
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Pauline Hanson claims to be "very pleased" with the election result in her home state of Queensland, even though it demonstrates how One Nation has failed to make the transition from a grass roots niche group into a professional party, writes Narelle Miragliotta.
Topics: elections, state-parliament, federal---state-issues, pauline-hanson, one-nation, alp, liberal-national-party-queensland, bob-katter, qld, australia
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Katy Gallagher's Senate appointment to be investigated
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Labor senator Katy Gallagher's declaration that she was not a dual citizen when she was appointed to the Senate in 2015 will form part of an investigation by an ACT Legislative Assembly committee.
Topics: states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, constitution, government-and-politics, federal-parliament, canberra-2600, act, australia
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Adani loans would need to be approved by Chinese Government
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China's Australian embassy says any backing from Chinese state enterprises for Adani coal mine would need central government approval, and no such proposal has been received.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, industry, mining-industry, environment, mining-environmental-issues, rural, mining-rural, federal---state-issues, qld, china, brisbane-4000, rockhampton-4700, townsville-4810, mackay-4740
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Labour hire companies face harsher penalties under new SA laws
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People running labour hire companies that exploit workers and dodge tax will face up to three years in jail under laws that have passed South Australia's Parliament.
Topics: farm-labour, state-parliament, parliament, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, adelaide-5000, sa
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Affordable rental housing tough to find on Sunshine Coast
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Welcome to Queensland's Sunshine Coast — where having a full-time job, degree and trade qualification is not enough to fund rental housing.
Topics: housing, government-and-politics, housing-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, federal---state-issues, activism-and-lobbying, regional, community-and-society, regional-development, maroochydore-4558, eumundi-4562, noosa-heads-4567, peregian-beach-4573, qld, australia, brisbane-4000
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Taxpayer-funded ad deal described as 'party political' by acting SA auditor-general
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The campaign was against federal cuts to health and education but the acting auditor-general says there were insufficient controls around the grant process that funded it.
Topics: government-and-politics, state-parliament, federal---state-issues, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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Child detention royal commission cost NT Government $43m
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The NT Government will pay about $43 million for the royal commission into child abuse, including $16 million in its own staffing and legal costs, and a 50 per cent share of the $54 million bill for the inquiry it will split with the Commonwealth.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, royal-commissions, federal---state-issues, darwin-0800, nt, australia
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Labor predicted to form majority government after Queensland election Video
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The Federal Government is absorbing the impact of the election result in Queensland, where there was an eight per cent swing against the LNP. Labor is likely to form a majority government. Political Correspondent Matt Wordsworth reports.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, elections, australia
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What the Queensland election result means for Turnbull Opinion
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The LNP's poor showing in the Queensland election has obvious implications for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, driving Coalition partners the Nationals to distance themselves, exacerbating dissent in his own backbench, and elevating the importance of the Bennelong by-election.
Topics: political-parties, federal---state-issues, federal-government, elections, liberal-national-party-queensland, liberals, nationals, pauline-hanson, turnbull-malcolm, australia, brisbane-4000, qld
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SA launches royal commission into Murray-Darling Basin 'water theft'
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Allegations of water theft upstream in the Murray-Darling Basin prompt South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill to launch a state royal commission to identify any perpetrators.
Topics: environment, rivers, murray-darling-basin, water, water-management, water-supply, government-and-politics, federal-government, federal---state-issues, australia, nsw, qld, sa, vic, act
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Is ban on full-strength beer at Perth Stadium responsible or 'nanny state' move? Analysis
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The decision to prevent punters from buying full-strength beer at Perth Stadium has been touted by the State Government as a responsible move to limit excess drinking, but others see it as an attack on personal freedom, writes Jacob Kagi.
Topics: alcohol, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, perth-6000
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'Striking variations' in Murray-Darling Basin Plan compliance, review finds
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New South Wales and Queensland are slapped with a scathing assessment of compliance with the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, after a review finds poor levels of enforcement and a lack of transparency in the states' water management.
Topics: environment, rivers, murray-darling-basin, water, water-management, water-supply, government-and-politics, federal-government, federal---state-issues, australia, nsw, qld, sa, vic, act
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Frydenberg keeps energy ministers from nixing Turnbull's NEG
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A national agreement on energy is still several months away, but the Federal Government has managed to fend off an attempt by some Labor states to derail the National Energy Guarantee.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, environment, energy, alternative-energy, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, australia
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SA Government refuses to sign new Gonski funding deal
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The immediate future of schools funding in SA is in limbo after Education Minister Susan Close writes to her federal counterpart to reject the interim Gonski deal.
Topics: education, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, schools, public-schools, secondary-schools, primary-schools, adelaide-5000, sa
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