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Labor would promote Indigenous gender equity and add justice to closing the gap targets

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imageOpposition leader Bill Shorten has announced that a Labor government would boost funding for programs supporting the education and mentoring of Indigenous girls. Dan Peled/AAP

Bill Shorten has announced an initiative that would tackle the educational disadvantage faced by Aboriginal girls, and also pledged a Labor government would address the...

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Politics podcast: the danger of leasing the Port of Darwin to the Chinese

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imageASPI executive director Peter Jennings.

Australian Strategic Policy Institute executive director Peter Jennings has strongly criticised the decision to lease the Port of Darwin to a Chinese company, saying it is a deep strategic mistake after a flawed policy process.

Speaking to Michelle Grattan, Jennings also canvasses the difficulties of...

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What's next, a Senate inquiry into infrasound from trees, waves or air conditioners?

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imageInfrasound is generated by wind turbines, air conditioners, and a host of natural phenomena. Johan Swanepoel/Shutterstock

At the centre of claims about wind farms allegedly causing health problems is the infrasound that wind turbines generate as they turn in the wind.

Infrasound is sound below 20Hz, which is generally inaudible. Wind turbines are...

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  7. Indonesia's 'opening' of Papua still needs to bridge the gap between reality and rhetoric
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  9. Labour hire, plight of insecure workers to be put under the spotlight
  10. The player played: Frank Lowy and Australia’s failed World Cup bid
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  13. Philosophy and Fallout 4: what's the appeal of the post-apocalypse?
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  18. Finance for developing countries will help Australia in climate talks
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  23. Once Suu Kyi takes power, her party will need to re-engage the people to manage sky-high hopes
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  28. Long live King Charles? An Australian republic is in Turnbull's hands for now
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  37. Paris attacks: can ‘the West’ survive, let alone win?
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