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The Liberals want to know why Tasmania was excluded from a national report into measures used to keep young people out of the courts.
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Three quarters of the vacancies for front-line child protection workers have been filled after four months of recruitment, the Northern Territory Government says.
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The election battle we've just witnessed will pale against the blood letting we are about to see in Labor ranks, or so some political observers believe.
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Doctors say workplace conditions at the Canberra Hospital have improved since an inquiry into their complaints.
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The Waverley Council says it found out about a development approval for an $89 million project in Bondi, via the internet.
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Key independents say they may be forced to switch their support on which party to back in minority government if it looks as if the numbers will fall in a dead heat.
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Dr Allan Hawke says his review of the ACT public service will not lead to job cuts.
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A public inquiry begins today into allegations that several Sydney Water Corporation inspectors have sought bribes from contractors.
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Multicultural Affairs Minister Grace Portolesi has met the Australian Ambassador to Italy to lobby against an Italian Government plan to close its consulate in Adelaide.
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The Tasmanian Greens have announced a minor review of the party, agreed to by members at last weekend's state conference.
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The New South Wales Labor MP for Cessnock Kerry Hickey says he will not be re-contesting his seat at next year's state elections.
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Independent MP Tony Windsor says a decision on which party will form government is unlikely to be made today.
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The independent MPs who hold the balance of power in Parliament hope to decide today or tomorrow which party should form government.
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The country independent MPs say they do not feel intimidated into backing a Coalition government and they may even have their final decision by tomorrow.
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The Greens have staked a claim on more Tasmanian government portfolios.
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The Victorian Government is proposing tougher laws on pet breeders to try to stop inhumane treatment of cats and dogs.
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Labor has agreed to the parliamentary reform proposals put forward by one of the key independents, Rob Oakeshott.
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The New South Wales Government has been accused of hiding disappointing health figures on its new Your Health Service website.
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Health officials want more testing in a small north-east town, where the water supply has been tainted with high levels of arsenic, cadmium and lead.
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Two new polls show more voters want three key independent MPs to back Labor to form a minority government.
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A dental health think-tank says Federal Labor's deal with the Greens requires the reversal of a policy to close down a Medicare dental scheme.
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Amnesty International is pressing the Australian and Sri Lankan governments to take greater responsibility for the welfare of asylum seekers.
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Labor's Centre Unity faction has endorsed a replacement for former New South Wales Government frontbencher John Della Bosca in the Upper House.
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The Tasmanian Greens are under fire for the level of secrecy surrounding their state conference.
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Liberal MP Chris Pyne warns Labor's attempt to get the three rural independents onside could lead to an unstable government.
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