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Private health premiums to rise 3.25pct

Private health insurers have been given the go-ahead by the federal government to hike their premiums by 3.25 per cent on April 1.

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Feds ‘out of touch’ on climate: NSW govt

The NSW government says the federal government’s stance on climate and energy policy is preventing new investment and stopping prices from falling.

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Nationals president wants woman for Mallee

With Nationals MP Andrew Broad due to leave parliament at the next election, speculation is mounting on who could replace him in the safe coalition seat.

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Nationals president wants woman for Mallee

With Nationals MP Andrew Broad due to leave parliament at the next election, speculation is mounting on who could replace him in the safe coalition seat.

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Vic parliament returns to swear in MPs

Victoria’s parliament will resume for one day only to swear in MPs, nearly one month after the state election.

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We need to end the ‘climate wars’: NSW

The federal government has been urged by NSW to put aside ideology and provide certainty on reducing emissions, ahead of a national meeting of energy ministers.

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Chris Dawson spends night behind bars

Alleged wife killer Chris Dawson has spent another night behind bars as authorities work on his bail application.

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NSW Labor raided by ICAC over donations

The Sydney offices of NSW Labor were raided by the state’s anti-corruption watchdog as part of an investigation into political donations.

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Ben Cousins to face Perth court again

AFL premiership champion and drug addict Ben Cousins is scheduled to appear in Perth Magistrates Court via video link from prison.

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Family support mum accused over baby death

The family of a woman whose baby girl’s body washed up on a Gold Coast beach will go to northern NSW, where she has been bailed to a medical facility.

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Shorten wins carefully managed conference

Bill Shorten has come out of a carefully stage managed Labor national conference in a strong position to attack the next federal election.

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Hinch’s new Justice Party MP disendorsed

Senator Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party has disendorsed newly-elected Victorian upper house MP Catherine Cumming, a day before she’s endorsed.

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Canadian jailed for cocaine importation

Canadian national Andre Tamine, 65, has been jailed in Sydney for at least five years and seven months for smuggling cocaine into Australia on a cruise liner.

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Sentence increased for Cole Miller death

The Queensland Court of Appeal has increased the jail sentence handed to the man who delivered the punch that killed teenager Cole Miller.

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Sydney aged care worker admits assault

An aged care worker who assaulted an 82-year-old man with dementia in a Sydney nursing home has pleaded guilty.

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BHP dam collapse class action progresses

A Federal Court Justice has ruled which one of three class actions against BHP Billiton over a 2015 Brazilian dam collapse should proceed.

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Accused Claremont killer kept ‘stories’

The man accused of the Claremont serial murders had “stories of interest” on his electronic devices, the Perth court that will hear his epic trial has heard.

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