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State and federal leaders are being urged to establish a national body to monitor all purchases of weapons, chemical precursors and ammunition that could be used in a terrorist attack.
Topics: terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, police, law-crime-and-justice, australia
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Sharemarkets around the world, including Australia's, rose strongly today. But the Australian dollar fell slightly after the release of the minutes of the Reserve Bank's last board meeting.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, australia
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Trading was off to a strong start following a rebound on Wall Street overnight, with a pick-up in some commodities prices.
Topics: markets, business-economics-and-finance, industry, mining-industry, australia
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Australia's national charity regulator warns the public to beware of scammers when donating to Cyclone Pam relief funds after reports of sham collectors in shopping centres and going door-to-door.
Topics: charities, charities-and-community-organisations, community-and-society, relief-and-aid-organisations, disasters-and-accidents, law-crime-and-justice, australia, vanuatu
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| UpdatedBHP Billiton is heading in a new direction with its spin-off South-32. James Rosenberg speaks to Ticky.
Topics: markets, business-economics-and-finance, stockmarket, australia
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| UpdatedThe Senate votes down the Federal Government's legislation to uncap university fees, with several crossbench senators joining Labor and the Greens to defeat the bill 34 votes to 30.
Topics: federal-government, federal-parliament, university-and-further-education, government-and-politics, budget, australia
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| UpdatedThe Salvation Army did not protect young boys from being abused while in its care from the late 1950s to the early 1970s, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse finds.
Topics: royal-commissions, sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, community-and-society, qld, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedBHP Billiton has downsized after jettisoning African company South32 after 14 years in partnership.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, mining-industry, industry, australia
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Indonesia says tourists from an additional 30 countries will soon be allowed to visit without a visa, but the same policy will not be applied to Australia.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, indonesia, asia, australia
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| UpdatedThe Federal Trade Minister has labelled concerns over a regional free trade agreement known as the Transpacific Partnership (TPP) a "scare campaign".
Topics: trade, government-and-politics, federal-government, business-economics-and-finance, australia, asia
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| UpdatedFinally, we know what metadata is, or perhaps more precisely, how the Government is choosing to define it as part of its controversial Data Retention Bill.
Topics: information-and-communication, security-intelligence, law-crime-and-justice, internet-technology, computers-and-technology, internet-culture, federal-government, federal-parliament, australia
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A woman is charged with attempted murder after allegedly setting fire to a house in Adelaide while four people were still inside.
Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, police, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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A doctor tells a court she noticed soft tissue swelling, but no bruising, on the neck of a woman allegedly choked insensible by her partner in February last year.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedIn 1974, Arthur Laffer sketched his theory of tax policy over dinner with Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney, then young officials in the Ford administration. That theory on a napkin became known as a the 'Laffer curve'.
In simple terms at a zero tax rate, everyone works but the Government has no revenue; at a tax rate of 100 percent no-one works and the Government still gets no revenue.
Laffer's back-of-the-napkin theory is that the optimal tax rate for taxpayers and Government is definitely on the low side.
Dr Arthur Laffer speaks to Ticky.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, tax, australia, united-states
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Political reporter James Glenday discusses the day in politics.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, australia, canberra-2600
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Two-time V8 Supercars champion Marcos Ambrose has asked for a break from driving as he reassesses his comeback.
Topics: australian-touring-cars, motor-sports, sport, launceston-7250, tas, australia
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| UpdatedFormer Reagan economics adviser Arthur Laffer slams Obama and Bush for pandering to the rich, while calling for a broad-based flat tax to end avoidance.
Topics: economic-trends, tax, united-states, australia
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Anyone having cosmetic surgery may soon have to undergo a mandatory seven-day cooling-off period before going under the knife.
Topics: health-policy, adolescent-health, health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, medical-ethics, medical-procedures, australia
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The ACT Supreme Court has thrown out a trial against a woman charged with fraudulently claiming almost $50,000 pay for hours not worked.
Topics: fraud-and-corporate-crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, tuggeranong-2900, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedACT Parks and Recreation is targeting blackberry weeds with a new fungus to help prevent their spread.
Topics: weeds, pests, environment, rural, canberra-2600, act, australia
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Flipping burgers may be a straightforward task, but it is also a dangerous one with new evidence pointing to a sharp increase in hot oil burns in commercial kitchens around Australia.
Topics: workplace, occupational-health-and-safety, food-and-beverage, food-and-cooking, health, australia
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| UpdatedGold Coast players Greg Bird, Dave Taylor and Beau Falloon have been selected to play Newcastle on Sunday after their suspensions for drugs charges were lifted by the club.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, southport-4215, qld, australia, robina-4226, newcastle-2300, nsw
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| UpdatedLawyers for a man charged with murder following the death of his former partner tell the ACT Magistrates Court they need to see the case against him so they can organise a psychiatric assessment.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, calwell-2905, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedPrime Minister Tony Abbott is criticised by his Irish counterpart over a St Patrick's Day video he prepared for the Irish business chamber in Australia.
Topics: government-and-politics, abbott-tony, australia, ireland
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| UpdatedCelebrations of St Patrick's Day all around the world are being documented on social media, throwing a spotlight on the best of Irish culture.
Topics: carnivals-and-festivals, community-and-society, social-media, australia