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A sector in crisis: community legal centres overwhelmed

Community Legal Centres Australia's latest report, A Sector in Crisis, says staff are overworked and underpaid and the community is paying the price.

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Ex-commando Heston Russell cleared of pool-party punch

Defamed special forces veteran Heston Russell has been cleared of an assault during a drunken pool party in Sydney's eastern suburbs.

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Labor on track to kick 116-year by-election hoodoo

The winner of the Dunstan by-election in Adelaide's eastern suburbs is likely to be confirmed as Labor's Cressida O'Hanlon when counting resumes.

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Wounded SA Liberal leader clings on, eyes more control

SA Liberal leader David Speirs says he has the support of his party colleagues but has pledged internal changes after a disappointing by-election result.

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Labor blows Tasmania’s shot at being the place it sometimes is, that of possibility and fresh thinking

The results are in, and thus the grey clouds of torpor roll back over Tasmania. Jeremy Rockcliff doesn’t sound excited or at the beginning of anything, and why should he?

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Monitoring ankle bracelets for children? This demonises kids — and puts Treaty at risk

The Victorian government has decided monitoring bracelets for children and a weakened commitment to raising the criminal age of responsibility will address youth crime. All it will do is put more kids in prison.

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Lambie open to backing Liberal minority in Tasmania

Tasmania's Liberals are chasing crossbench support to form minority government after the state election, including from the Jacqui Lambie Network.

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Labor dissent sees Plibersek’s veto on offshore gas project rules restored

Internal lobbying has added safeguards to a power for the resources minister to water down consultation requirements

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Liberal minority rule, Lambie alliance or Labor ‘traffic light’ coalition: where to now for Tasmanian politics?

As the dust settles from an unnecessary election, premier Jeremy Rockliff has some serious work to do to form a stable government

The Guardian - AU

Police defend using pepper spray at #WomenWillSpeak rally on Victoria parliament steps

Footage shared on social media showed protesters tackled to the ground by officers, with a newspaper photographer also knocked over

The Guardian - AU

Father Nicolaos Zervas named Freeman of the City of Newcastle

The 90-year-old priest said it had been a privilege to help people.

Newcastle Herald

Tas Liberals negotiate for another minority government

Tasmania's Liberals have started negotiations to form a minority government after falling short of majority in a poll where voters snubbed the big parties.

AAP

Labor elated, Greens pleased after SA by-election swing

Labor's Cressida O'Hanlon is on track to win the Adelaide seat of Dunstan at a by-election forced by the resignation of former Liberal premier Steven Marshall.

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Indigenous folks "rarely make headlines"

An "unrecognizable" Simon Baker and director Ivan Sen spoke to Salon about addressing justice for First Australians

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Liberals struggle to hold power in Tasmania as minor parties surge at election

Party leading poll with 36.6% of vote, but suffered 12% swing against it since last election three years ago

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Libs withdraw election ad after 'unusual' intervention

South Australia's electoral commission has taken the unusual step of publicly calling out the state Liberal party's social media account over a complaint.

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Liberal focuses on families as PM lashes lack of women

The man tipped to replace Scott Morrison in the seat of Cook has side-stepped criticisms of the Liberals' failure to pre-select more women in winnable seats.

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SA government on track for historic win in by-election

A large swing to the Greens appears to have helped the South Australian government to a historic by-election win in a huge fillip to Premier Peter Malinauskas.

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‘Stops democracy decay’: Sports rorts FOI documents saga a win for former senator

A loophole that once allowed governments to avoid disclosing documents via a cabinet shuffle has now been closed, following a long battle led by self-described transparency warrior Rex Patrick.

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On the rutted road to non-victory, as the Shooters take their shot

‘Let me ask you,’ says Phillip Bigg, a candidate for the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party, ahead of the Tasmanian election. ‘With 10 days to go, what would you do?’

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Fight pledged to overturn 'betrayal' child bail laws

Premier Chris Minns has defended controversial bail changes to crack down on youth crime after they passed the NSW parliament late at night.

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Knife-edge by-election has leaders sweating

As the Malinauskas government marks its halfway point, it faces an honest appraisal from voters at the knife-edge Dunstan by-election.

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Tasmania to vote, opinion polls tip hung parliament

Opinion polls point to a hung parliament at the Tasmanian election as Australia's only Liberal government tries to secure a fourth term in succession.

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MPs to debate outlawing harmful homophobic sermons

The coalition will try to expand exemptions to conversion therapy laws while the Greens will aim to ban homophobic sermons when MPs debate criminal bans in NSW.

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Corruption watchdog officer slept with source: report

An officer of WA's corruption watchdog used her position to have an intimate relationship with an informant, the inspector overseeing the body has found.

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