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RBA pays fed govt $669 million dividend

The Reserve Bank of Australia will pay a $669 million dividend to the federal government, after recording a profit of $3.8 billion in the last financial year.

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Senators’ defamation stoush in court

Senator David Leyonhjelm’s defence to his “stop shagging men” comment about Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young has been filed in defamation case

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Morrison doing a lot but not on big issues

Scott Morrison is so far sticking to the low-hanging fruit instead of rolling out the big fixes on energy, migration and religious freedom.

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Morrison doing a lot but not on big issues

Scott Morrison is so far sticking to the low-hanging fruit instead of rolling out the big fixes on energy, migration and religious freedom.

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Andrews’ roller coaster term nears end

The roller coaster ride of the first-term Andrews Labor government has come to an end with the last day of parliament, 65 days before the Victorian election.

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Qld man says wife had a ‘zeal to die’

A Queensland man accused of aiding his wife to take her own life said she had a “zest and zeal to die”, his trial has heard.

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Labor to oppose NSW dam wall plan

NSW Labor has slammed the government’s plan to raise the wall of the Warragamba Dam, accusing it of pandering to developers despite serious risks.

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Australians stumped by dementia: study

A majority of Australians say they don’t know what to say to a person with dementia, a survey shows, despite 436,000 people living with it.

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NSW police officer ‘used excessive force’

A NSW police officer used excessive force when he struck a naked teenage boy multiple times, the state’s police watchdog has found.

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Question Time in federal parliament

What we learned, heard and were amused by in Question Time on Thursday.

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NSW carer found woman ‘frightened’ in room

A nursing home assistant has told a Sydney court she found a woman, who couldn’t walk or stand on her own, alone in a bedroom with her pants two metres away.

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Private schools deal to cost $4.6 billion

The federal government has secured a $4.6 billion funding deal with Catholic and independent schools to end the war over its Gonski 2.0 funding model.

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Drought summit not just quick fixes: PM

Scott Morrison has announced ahead of a summit that large trucks will no longer have to stop at state borders when carrying hay to drought-stricken farmers.

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Vic opposition plan to rein in population

Limits on housing approvals in areas experiencing booming population have been proposed by Victoria’s Liberal-National opposition.

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Man faces SA court over cold-case murder

Geoffrey Adams has faced court charged with the murder of his wife, whose remains have been found after she went missing 45 years ago.

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NSW to take Bowraville case to High Court

Relatives of three Aboriginal children who disappeared almost 30 years ago say it’s “great to be finally heard” as NSW takes the case to the High Court.

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Student admits Melbourne terrorist act

A 25-year-old Bangladeshi student has pleaded guilty to engaging in a terrorist act after stabbing her homestay host in the neck at his Melbourne home.

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