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Abbott government lags in polls with Labor ahead 52% to 48%
8 Sep 2014: Newspoll puts prime minister’s net approval rating at minus 19, with Bill Shorten’s at minus seven
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12 Sep 2014:
The prime minister is officially opening the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity at the university
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12 Sep 2014: The major parties have accused each other of handing out more grant dollars to marginal electorates. Our analysis shows that they’re both right
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11 Sep 2014:
Joyce Chia: Today’s landmark hearing clearly set out the constitutional limits on detaining non-citizens. The federal government will now have to release or process thousands of asylum seekers
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11 Sep 2014: Alcohol kills three Victorians and is a factor in 18 assaults and 81 hospital admissions every day, study shows
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11 Sep 2014: Greens say industry minister should apologise for insulting the science establishment when he should be advocating for them
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11 Sep 2014:
Judges say asylum seeker who accepted a temporary visa could not be barred from applying for a permanent one
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11 Sep 2014: PM says ‘a specific request for military assistance hasn’t yet come’ but that if it does it would be considered
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11 Sep 2014: Conservationists say retrospectively validating the projects reveals the flaw in ‘one-stop’ state environmental decisions
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11 Sep 2014:
The budget was delivered amid such rhetoric of gloom that even LNP voters became less confident about the economy
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11 Sep 2014:
Some of the non-billionaires called for the extremely richest billionaires to be a tiny bit less extremely rich. Mayhem ensued
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11 Sep 2014: Local business owners and politicians say the development of the port and associated coalmines can save north Queensland
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11 Sep 2014:
Warwick Smith: A consequence of a donation-driven approach to politics is that areas of political debate are in policy areas that the wealthy elite don’t care about, like same sex marriage or abortion
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11 Sep 2014: Football finals and other major public events will see more security as Australia prepares to raise alert level to high
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10 Sep 2014:
Australian foreign minister joins UK and US in opposition, saying the move is ‘unhelpful so soon after the Gaza conflict’
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10 Sep 2014:
The former prime minister spent a day under oath over her involvement in the ‘slush fund scandal’. And nothing new emerged
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