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| UpdatedMalcolm Fraser is remembered by those on both sides of the political spectrum.
Topics: government-and-politics, community-and-society, federal-parliament, australia
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| UpdatedTensions between refugees and locals on the pacific island of Nauru are heightened after a series of violent attacks that have left multiple refugees injured or arrested.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, community-and-society, immigration, refugees, nauru, pacific
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After the murder of teenager Masa Vukotic, a police officer suggested women shouldn't be alone in parks. Once again women were being told the onus was on them to adjust their behaviour.
Topics: police, law-crime-and-justice, community-and-society, domestic-violence
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A New York father is jailed for 20 years for lacing his children's pizza with rat poison, killing his five-year-old son and making his seven-year-old daughter sick.
Topics: crime, community-and-society, child-abuse, united-states
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| UpdatedA Senate committee tells the Government to reverse its budget cuts to legal services because they are increasing the danger of domestic violence.
Topics: domestic-violence, community-and-society, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedBusinesses that employ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff will be provided with financial sweeteners of up to $10,000 by the Federal Government.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, community-and-society, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedCentrelink payments made up almost half of the revenue of white goods leasing market leader Radio Rentals last year.
Topics: welfare, community-and-society, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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| UpdatedMartin Cuddihy reports from the Kenyan port city of Mombasa where as many as one in 10 children in the city either sell themselves, or are forced into having sex for money.
Topics: prostitution, child-abuse, community-and-society, sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, kenya
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| UpdatedThe Tasmanian Government moves to give religious schools the right to reject students whose families do not share their faith.
Topics: education, religion-and-beliefs, discrimination, community-and-society, schools, secondary-schools, gays-and-lesbians, states-and-territories, tas
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| UpdatedNew children's e-safety commissioner to have power to fine social media sites up to $17,000 a day for failing to remove offensive material.
Topics: bullying, community-and-society, social-media, law-crime-and-justice, australia
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| UpdatedPublic hearings in remote Aboriginal communities are expected to be part of a royal commission in SA into nuclear energy.
Topics: government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, states-and-territories, indigenous-policy, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, uranium-mining, sa, adelaide-5000, marla-5724
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A Hobart man says he was "taking a leak" near a pine tree where police located thousand of dollars worth of methylamphetamine.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, crime, drug-offences, hobart-7000, tas
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NSW Labor Leader Luke Foley enlists some NRL star power to launch his election commitment to 10 new rugby league "centres of excellence".
Topics: elections, states-and-territories, community-and-society, rugby-league, maroubra-2035
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A drop-in centre for street sex workers in St Kilda's red-light district is opening a new branch in Melbourne's outer suburbs, where it says there is an increase in young women being sexually exploited.
Topics: child-abuse, sexual-health, sexual-offences, charities-and-community-organisations, community-and-society, dandenong-3175
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| UpdatedAboriginal groups call on both sides of New South Wales state politics to formally recognise cultural fishing rights before the state election, saying without these legal protections Indigenous Australians are going to jail unnecessarily.
Topics: illegal-fishing, law-crime-and-justice, indigenous-culture, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, government-and-politics, indigenous-policy, elections, australia, nsw
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Scorching temperatures will greet visitors to the Toowoomba Royal Show in southern Queensland today.
Topics: lifestyle-and-leisure, community-and-society, community-and-multicultural-festivals, toowoomba-4350
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Topics: agribusiness, education, access-to-education, community-and-society, history, human-interest, gundaroo-2620
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| UpdatedThe sacking of bachelor principals and teachers with gold fever are just some of the stories that make up 150 years of Gundaroo Public School in southern NSW.
Topics: agribusiness, access-to-education, education, community-and-society, history, history-education, human-interest, gundaroo-2620, canberra-2600
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A Burnett Heads' woman says non-existent internet will deter people from investing in the area, in southern Queensland.
Topics: information-and-communication, community-and-society, activism-and-lobbying, burnett-heads-4670, bundaberg-4670
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| UpdatedCrossbench senator David Leyonhjelm ramps up the pressure on the Government over same-sex marriage, by pushing for debate on his bill next week.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, community-and-society, marriage, family-and-children, australia
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Arthritis South Australia is funding the state's first dedicated paediatric rheumatology nurse, in response to the growing number of children suffering from arthritis.
Topics: family-and-children, health, community-and-society, arthritis, diseases-and-disorders, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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South-west Victoria's Indigenous community will be holding a Close the Gap Day event today in Warrnambool in south-west Victoria.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, warrnambool-3280
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It's heart-warming to see Starbucks has solved racism by getting its baristas to talk about race with customers - but why end there? Here's five other hot topics that should be discussed over a caramel macchiato.
Topics: tea-coffee, community-and-society, business-economics-and-finance
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The decisions made about remote communities are damaging and a breach of inherent rights. On Close the Gap Day we urge the Government to re-engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society
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| UpdatedTwo Australian children who were abducted by their father and taken to Afghanistan two-and-a-half years ago are returned to their mother in an emotional reunion at Perth Airport.
Topics: family-law, family-and-children, children, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, perth-6000, wa, australia, afghanistan