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Key independents warn on Fair Work changes
Sydney :: Australia | 15 days ago
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Key independents Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor say they won't support amendments to workplace relations unless there is bipartisan support for the changes. The House of Representatives on Tuesday debated Labor's Fair Work Amendment Bill, which would
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All quiet on the electoral funding front, until Albo dropped in
Sydney :: Australia | 21 days ago
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Electoral issues should be conducted in a bipartisan way": Anthony Albanese. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen Amid the fiscal dirt-throwing over what the opposition calls our ''budget emergency'', a small ceasefire was declared to settle an issue of national
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House of Lords' last-ditch bid to block gay marriage bill
Canterbury :: United Kingdom | 24 days ago
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26 May 2013 0 shares 0 View comments Block: Peers will mount a last-ditch attempt to stop same-sex marriage from becoming law Peers will mount a last-ditch attempt to stop same-sex marriage from becoming enshrined in law when the controversial
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Parliament to focus on budget next week
Sydney :: Australia | 1 month ago
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A bill to allow the referendum to go ahead was introduced to parliament on March 21 and is listed to be debated on Tuesday afternoon...Prime Minister Julia Gillard will argue the government is making the right calls and will come armed with
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Crook to quit parliament after one term
Sydney :: Australia | 2 months ago
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Federal MP for the WA seat of O'Connor, Tony Crook, will quit parliament after just one term. Photo: Rohan Thomson West Australian Nationals MP Tony Crook is to quit federal parliament after just one term. Mr Crook won't stand again for the rural
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Oakeshott says Conroy lucky to survive
Sydney :: Australia | 3 months ago
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Mr Oakeshott was one of the key crossbenchers Labor failed to win over to its plan for a government-appointed regulator to approve media mergers and oversee press standards. While the MP has an agreement with Prime Minister Julia Gillard to support
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Surprise: Katter's panel plan couldn't save reforms
Surprise :: AZ :: USA | 3 months ago
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This comes as the federal government today dumped the final four media reform bills after it failed to get the backing of enough cross bench MPs to save them. The Queensland MP said he wanted to see the media regulated by a "people's watchdog" of
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Thomson may be key to passing media reform laws
Melbourne :: Australia | 3 months ago
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The compromise plan to save a central element of the government's media reforms is likely to require the vote of former Labor MP Craig Thomson after Tasmanian independent Andrew Wilkie indicated he was unlikely to vote for it...Under the plan
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Put media reform to a vote: Lib senator
Canberra :: Australia | 3 months ago
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Simon Birmingham, who sits on both parliamentary committees looking into the government's package of media proposals, says the reforms are "completely unnecessary". The government is reported to have extended a deadline for a House of Representatives
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Stokes lends voice to critics of 'intrusive' media laws
Sydney :: Australia | 3 months ago
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Media mogul Kerry Stokes has slammed the Federal Government's proposed media laws as "intrusive" and says his company has done nothing to warrant such treatment. Last week, the Government announced a suite of changes, including appointing a new media
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