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• Lead contamination report finds 'litany of failures'

  Published: September 5, 2007, 11:19 pm

  Tags: Mining, Maritime Accidents, Workplace Accidents, Emergency Incidents, Environmental Management, Air Pollution, Water Pollution, State Parliament, Labor Party, Liberal Party, Nationals, Democrats, Greens, One Nation, Minor Parties, Esperance 6450

  The State Government has apologised to the people of Esperance after a parliamentry committee attacked several agencies for allowing lead contamination in the town.

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• Spending blowout on costly advice: Opposition

  Published: September 9, 2007, 6:30 pm

  Tags: Government Politics, State Parliament, Australia, Vic

  The Victorian Government has come under fire from the Opposition for the amount of people it employs to advise cabinet ministers.

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• Govt plans under-18 piercing ban

  Published: September 10, 2007, 2:38 am

  Tags: Government Politics, Parliament, State Parliament, Law Crime Justice, Laws, Australia, Vic

  The Victorian Government plans to ban sexual body piercing for people under the age of 18.

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• Bishop denies she's quitting Federal Parliament

  Published: September 10, 2007, 7:16 pm

  Tags: Education, Government Politics, Federal Government, Federal State Issues, Federal Parliament, State Parliament, Labor Party, Liberal Party, Perth 6000

  The Federal Education Minister Julie Bishop has dismissed a Labor Party advertisement asking her to reveal if she is planning to quit cabinet and lead the Liberal Party in Western Australia.

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• Wickets want water

  Published: September 10, 2007, 8:14 pm

  Tags: Drought, Local Government, State Parliament, Water, Activism Lobbying, Australia, Vic

  The State Government will consider a request to help save thousands of sporting grounds ravaged by the drought.

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• Commuters promised an ease to the squeeze

  Published: September 11, 2007, 1:19 am

  Tags: Industry, Transport, Government Politics, State Parliament, Rail Transport, Australia, Vic

  The Victorian Government will roll out 200 new train services next month.

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• Finals trains not up to scratch: Opposition

  Published: September 20, 2007, 9:37 pm

  Tags: State Parliament, Rail Transport, Australia, Vic, Melbourne 3000

  The State Opposition says the majority of Melbourne's railway lines will be without extra services before tonight's prelimary final between Geelong and Collingwood at the MCG.

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• Melbourne Cup hopeful Leica Falcon still in with a chance

  Published: September 20, 2007, 11:41 pm

  Tags: State Parliament, Horse Racing, Australia, Nsw, Albury 2640, Vic, Wodonga 3690

  Horses from southern New South Wales may soon be able to cross the border into Victoria despite equine flu controls.

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• Extra cash to tackle gambling addictions

  Published: September 20, 2007, 10:49 pm

  Tags: State Parliament, Australia, Vic

  The Victorian Government is spending four million dollars to help fight problem gambling.

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• Brumby digs heels in over Murray Darling water allocations

  Published: September 20, 2007, 10:24 pm

  Tags: Federal State Issues, State Parliament, Australia, Vic

  The Victorian Government is resisting Commonwealth pressure to hold back some water from Murray-Darling irrigators.

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• Father 'dismayed' by history of daughter's killer

  Published: September 24, 2007, 4:28 am

  Tags: State Parliament, Labor Party, Liberal Party, Murder Manslaughter, Perth 6000

  The family of a murdered eight-year-old girl says it is angered and dismayed by revelations her murderer was investigated for a sexual assault on a child in 2001.

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• Breastfeeding laws won't extend to Parliament

  Published: September 24, 2007, 7:23 pm

  Tags: Family Children, State Parliament, States Territories, Breast Feeding, Parenting, Breastfeeding, Nsw

  The New South Wales Government will introduce legislation today outlawing discrimination against breastfeeding mothers but breastfeeding MPs may still be prevented from doing so in the chamber.

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• Inquiry urged into APEC police

  Published: September 26, 2007, 12:11 am

  Tags: State Parliament, States Territories, Police, Apec 2007, Australia, Nsw, Sydney 2000

  The New South Wales Greens have introduced a motion in the Upper House to establish a public inquiry into the actions of the police in the lead-up to and during the APEC summit.

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• We won't be dictated to on health spending: Lennon

  Published: September 26, 2007, 4:40 am

  Tags: Community Society, Government Politics, Federal Government, Federal State Issues, Parliament, State Parliament, Health, Healthcare Facilities, Health Policy, Regional, Tas

  Tasmanian Premier Paul Lennon says he will not allow Federal political parties to tell his government how to spend health dollars.

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• Daylight saving laws see light of day

  Published: September 26, 2007, 7:33 pm

  Tags: State Parliament, States Territories, Nsw

  An extra month of daylight saving is a step closer after the introduction of new laws into New South Wales Parliament, bringing the state in line with other states.

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