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The Abbott government was the federal executive government of Australia led by the 28th Prime Minister Tony Abbott.^[1]

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Abbott ministry

The Abbott ministry (Liberal–National Coalition) was the 68th ministry of the Government of Australia.

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ABC News (Australia)

ABC News, also known as ABC News and Current Affairs and overseas as ABC Australia, is a public news service produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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ABC TV (Australian TV channel)

ABC TV, formerly known as ABC1, is an Australian national public television network.

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Adelaide (Tarntanya) is the capital and most populous city of South Australia, and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The demonym Adelaidean is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide.

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Agence France-Presse

Agence France-Presse (AFP) is a French international news agency headquartered in Paris, France.

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Agricultural Competitiveness White Paper

The Agricultural Competitiveness White Paper was produced by the Abbott government, and released on 4 July 2015.

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Alan Jones (radio broadcaster)

Alan Belford Jones (born 13 April 1941) is an Australian former radio broadcaster.

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Amanda Vanstone

Amanda Eloise Vanstone (née O'Brien; born 7 December 1952) is an Australian former politician and a former Ambassador to Italy.

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Andrew Bolt

Andrew Bolt (born 26 September 1959) is an Australian conservative social and political commentator.

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Andrew Forrest

John Andrew Henry Forrest (born 18 November 1961), nicknamed Twiggy, is an Australian businessman.

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Andrew Hastie

Andrew William Hastie (born 30 September 1982) is an Australian politician, and a former military officer, serving as the Shadow Minister for Defence since 2022.

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Andrew Robb

Andrew John Robb (born 20 August 1951) is an Australian former politician.

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Angus Campbell (general)

General Angus John Campbell, is a retired senior officer in the Australian Army, who served as the Chief of the Defence Force from 6 July 2018 until 10 July 2024.

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APEC Indonesia 2013

The APEC Indonesia 2013 was the 25th annual gathering of APEC leaders.

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Arab Spring

The Arab Spring (ar-rabīʻ al-ʻarabī) or the First Arab Spring (to distinguish from the Second Arab Spring) was a series of anti-government protests, uprisings and armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world in the early 2010s.

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Arnhem Land

Arnhem Land is a historical region of the Northern Territory of Australia.

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Arthur Sinodinos

Arthur Sinodinos (born 25 February 1957) is an Australian diplomat and former Liberal Party politician who was the Ambassador to the United States between February 2020 and March 2023.

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ASC Pty Ltd

ASC Pty Ltd, formerly the Australian Submarine Corporation, is an Australian government business enterprise involved with Australian naval shipbuilding, headquartered in Osborne, South Australia.

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Australia–Korea Free Trade Agreement

The Korea–Australia Free Trade Agreement (KAFTA) is a bilateral agreement seeking to reduce trade and investment barriers between Australia and South Korea.

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Australian Academy of Science

The Australian Academy of Science was founded in 1954 by a group of distinguished Australians, including Australian Fellows of the Royal Society of London.

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Australian Associated Press

Australian Associated Press (AAP) is an Australian news agency.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), is the national broadcaster of Australia.

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Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is the chief competition regulator of the Government of Australia, located within the Department of the Treasury.

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Australian dollar

The Australian dollar (sign: $; code: AUD; also abbreviated A$ or sometimes AU$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; and also referred to as the dollar or Aussie dollar) is the official currency and legal tender of Australia, including all of its external territories, and three independent sovereign Pacific Island states: Kiribati, Nauru, and Tuvalu.

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Australian Electoral Commission

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) is the independent statutory authority and agency of the Australian Government responsible for the management of federal Australian elections, by-elections and referendums.

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Australian Freedom of Information Commissioner

The Australian Freedom of Information Commissioner is an independent statutory office-holder appointed under subsection 14(2) of the.

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Australian Government

The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government or the Federal Government, is the national executive government of the Commonwealth of Australia, a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy.

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Australian House of Representatives

The Australian House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the upper house being the Senate.

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Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also known simply as Labor or the Labor Party, is the major centre-left political party in Australia and one of two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia.

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Australian National University

The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university and member of the Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia.

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Australian Red Cross

Australian Red Cross, formally Australian Red Cross Society, is a humanitarian aid and community services charity in Australia.

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Australian Securities and Investments Commission

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is an independent commission of the Australian Government tasked as the national corporate regulator.

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Australian Sports Party

The Australian Sports Party was a registered federal political party of Australia formed in 2013 and officially deregistered in August 2015.

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Australian Workers' Union

The Australian Workers' Union (AWU) is one of Australia's largest and oldest trade unions.

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Badgerys Creek, New South Wales

Badgerys Creek, also known as Badgery's Creek or Aerotropolis, is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, located approximately west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of the City of Liverpool.

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Barrie Cassidy

Barrie Cassidy (born 4 March 1950) is an Australian political journalist, as well as a radio and television host and presenter and commentator for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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Barry O'Farrell

Barry Robert O'Farrell (born 24 May 1959) is an Australian former politician who was Australia's High Commissioner to India and non-resident Ambassador to Bhutan from February 2020 to 30 June 2023.

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Bill Shorten

William Richard Shorten (born 12 May 1967) is an Australian politician and former trade unionist serving as the current Minister for Government Services and Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme since 2022.

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Biosecurity Act 2015

The Biosecurity Act 2015 is an Act of the Parliament of Australia which manages biosecurity risks in Australia.

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Bipartisanship

Bipartisanship, sometimes referred to as nonpartisanship, is a political situation, usually in the context of a two-party system (especially those of the United States and some other western countries), in which opposing political parties find common ground through compromise.

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Blue Mountains (New South Wales)

The Blue Mountains are a mountainous region and a mountain range located in New South Wales, Australia.

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Boao Forum for Asia

The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), initiated by 25 Asian countries and Australia (increased to 28 in 2006), is a nonprofit that hosts high-level forums for leaders from government, business and academia in Asia and other continents to share their vision on the most pressing issues in this region and the world at large.

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Bob Katter

Robert Bellarmine Carl Katter (born 22 May 1945) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since 1993.

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Brendan Nelson

Brendan John Nelson (born 19 August 1958) is an Australian business leader and former politician.

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Bret Walker

Bret William Walker (born 1954) is an Australian barrister.

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Bronwyn Bishop

Bronwyn Kathleen Bishop (née Setright; born 19 October 1942) is an Australian former politician who served as the 29th speaker of the Australian House of Representatives from 2013 to 2015.

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Bruce Billson

Bruce Fredrick Billson (born 26 January 1966) is an Australian former politician.

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Bureau of Meteorology

The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM or BoM) is an executive agency of the Australian Government responsible for providing weather services to Australia and surrounding areas.

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Carbon emission trading

Carbon emission trading (also called carbon market, emission trading scheme (ETS) or cap and trade) is a type of emissions trading scheme designed for carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs).

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Carbon price

Carbon pricing (or pricing) is a method for governments to mitigate climate change, in which a monetary cost is applied to greenhouse gas emissions in order to encourage polluters to reduce fossil fuel combustion, the main driver of climate change.

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Carbon pricing in Australia

A carbon pricing scheme in Australia was introduced by the Gillard Labor minority government in 2011 as the Clean Energy Act 2011 which came into effect on 1 July 2012.

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Cashless Welfare Card

The Cashless Welfare Card, also known as the Indue Card, Healthy Welfare Card or Cashless Debit Card, is an Australian debit card, trialled by the Australian Government from 2016 onwards, which quarantines income for people on certain income support paymentsSmith, Kristen.

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Cate McGregor

Catherine McGregor is a prominent Australian transgender writer, commentator and former Australian Defence Force officer.

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China–Australia Free Trade Agreement

The China–Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA) is a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) between the governments of Australia and China.

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Christiana Figueres

Karen Christiana Figueres Olsen (born 7 August 1956) is a Costa Rican diplomat who has led national, international and multilateral policy negotiations.

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Christine Milne

Christine Anne Milne (born 14 May 1953) is an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Tasmania.

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Christopher Pyne

Christopher Maurice Pyne (born 13 August 1967) is a retired Australian politician.

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Clean Energy Act 2011

The Clean Energy Act 2011 was an Act of the Australian Parliament, the main Act in a package of legislation that established an Australian emissions trading scheme (ETS), to be preceded by a three-year period of fixed carbon pricing in Australia designed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions as part of efforts to combat global warming.

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Clean Energy Finance Corporation

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is an Australian Government-owned green bank that invests in clean energy, to help achieve Australia's national goal of net zero emissions by 2050.

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The Climate Change Authority (CCA) is an Australian Government statutory agency responsible for providing independent advice to government on climate change policy.

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Climate Commission

The Climate Commission was an independent body established in 2011 by the Government of Australia to communicate "reliable and authoritative information" about climate change in Australia.

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Clinical pathology

Clinical pathology is a medical specialty that is concerned with the diagnosis of disease based on the laboratory analysis of bodily fluids, such as blood, urine, and tissue homogenates or extracts using the tools of chemistry, microbiology, hematology, molecular pathology, and Immunohaematology.

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Clive Palmer

Clive Frederick Palmer (born 26 March 1954) is an Australian businessman and former politician.

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Closing the Gap

The Closing the Gap framework is a strategy by the Commonwealth and state and territory governments of Australia that aims to reduce disparity between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians on key health, education and economic opportunity targets.

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Coalition (Australia)

The Liberal–National Coalition, commonly known simply as the Coalition or the LNP, is an alliance of centre-right to right-wing political parties that forms one of the two major groupings in Australian federal politics.

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Commonwealth Bank

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), also known as Commonwealth Bank or simply CommBank, is an Australian multinational bank with businesses across New Zealand, Asia, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

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A community legal centre (CLC) is the Australian term for an independent not-for-profit organisation providing legal aid services, that is, provision of assistance to people who are unable to afford legal representation and access to the court system.

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Constitution of Australia

The Constitution of Australia (also known as the Commonwealth Constitution) is the fundamental law that governs the political structure of Australia.

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Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union

The Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) is Australia’s largest union in the construction, forestry, maritime, textile, clothing and footwear production industries.

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Consumer price index

A consumer price index (CPI) is a price index, the price of a weighted average market basket of consumer goods and services purchased by households.

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Copayment

A copayment or copay (called a gap in Australian English) is a fixed amount for a covered service, paid by a patient to the provider of service before receiving the service.

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Copenhagen Accord

The Copenhagen Accord is a document which delegates at the 15th session of the Conference of Parties (COP 15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change agreed to "take note of" at the final plenary on 18 December 2009.

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Crossbencher

A crossbencher is a minor party or independent member of some legislatures, such as the British House of Lords and the Parliament of Australia.

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Darwin, Northern Territory

Darwin (Larrakia) is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia.

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Data-rate units

In telecommunications, data transfer rate is the average number of bits (bitrate), characters or symbols (baudrate), or data blocks per unit time passing through a communication link in a data-transmission system.

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David Gonski

David Michael Gonski (born 7 October 1953) is an Australian public figure and businessman.

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David Johnston (Australian politician)

David Albert Lloyd Johnston (born 14 February 1956) is an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Australian Senate from 2002 to 2016, representing the state of Western Australia.

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Deborra-Lee Furness

Deborra-Lee Furness Jackman, (born 30 November 1955) is an Australian actress and producer.

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Defence Housing Australia

Defence Housing Australia (DHA) is an Australian government business enterprise established by the Defence Housing Australia Act 1987.

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Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

The former Australian Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) was a department of the Australian Government located in Greenway in Canberra.

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Department of the Environment (Australia, 2013–2016)

The Australian Department of the Environment was a department of the Government of Australia that existed between September 2013 and July 2016.

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Department of the Environment and Energy

The Department of the Environment and Energy (DEE) was an Australian government department in existence between 2016 and 2020.

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Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia)

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) is a department of the Australian Government with broad-ranging responsibilities; notably, intergovernmental and whole of government policy coordination and assisting the prime minister of Australia in managing the Federal Cabinet.

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Deputy Prime Minister of Australia

The deputy prime minister of Australia is the deputy chief executive and the second highest ranking officer of the Australian Government.

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Dio Wang

Zhenya Wang (born 20 January 1981), also known as Dio Wang, is a former Chinese-born Australian senator and civil engineer.

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Division of Warringah

The Division of Warringah is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Don Randall (politician)

Donald James Randall (2 May 1953 – 21 July 2015) was an Australian politician of the Liberal Party.

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East Asia Summit

The East Asia Summit (EAS) is a regional forum held annually by leaders of, initially, 16 countries in the East Asian, Southeast Asian, South Asian and Oceanian regions, based on the ASEAN Plus Six mechanism.

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East West Link (Melbourne)

The East West Link is a proposed 18-kilometre tollway in Melbourne, Australia, to connect the Eastern Freeway at Clifton Hill with the Western Ring Road at Sunshine West.

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Eddie Mabo

Edward Koiki Mabo (29 June 1936 – 21 January 1992) was an Indigenous Australian man from the Torres Strait Islands known for his role in campaigning for Indigenous land rights in Australia, in particular the landmark decision of the High Court of Australia that recognised that indigenous rights to land had continued after the British Crown acquired sovereignty and that the international law doctrine of terra nullius was not applicable to Australian domestic law.

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Edward Snowden

Edward Joseph Snowden (born June 21, 1983) is a former American NSA intelligence contractor and a whistleblower who leaked classified documents revealing the existence of global surveillance programs.

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Electrical Trades Union of Australia

The Electrical Trades Union of Australia (ETU) is an Australian trade union.

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Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022.

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Environment minister

An environment minister (sometimes minister of the environment or secretary of the environment) is a cabinet position charged with protecting the natural environment and promoting wildlife conservation.

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Eric Abetz

Eric Abetz (born 25 January 1958) is an Australian politician.

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Fairfax Media was a media company in Australia and New Zealand, with investments in newspaper, magazines, radio and digital properties.

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February 2015 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill motion

A motion seeking a leadership spill of the federal parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, Prime Minister and Deputy Leader was proposed in a meeting of the parliamentary Liberal Party on 9 February 2015.

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Fran Kelly

Fran Kelly is an Australian radio presenter, current affairs journalist and political correspondent who hosted the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio National program Breakfast from March 2005 to early December 2021.

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François Hollande

François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande (born 12 August 1954) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2012 to 2017.

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Fulbright Program

The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States Cultural Exchange Programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of the United States and other countries through the exchange of persons, knowledge, and skills.

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Future Fund

The Future Fund is an independently managed sovereign wealth fund established in 2006 to strengthen the Australian Government's long-term financial position by making provision for unfunded superannuation liabilities for politicians and other public servants that will become payable during a period when an ageing population is likely to place significant pressure on the Commonwealth's finances.

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Gao Hucheng

Gao Hucheng (born August 1951) is a retired Chinese politician and business executive.

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General practitioner

A general practitioner (GP) or family physician is a doctor who is a consultant in general practice.

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George Brandis

George Henry Brandis (born 22 June 1957) is an Australian former politician.

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Gillard government

The Gillard government was the Government of Australia led by the 27th prime minister of Australia, Julia Gillard, of the Australian Labor Party.

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Goods and services tax (Australia)

Goods and Services Tax (GST) in Australia is a value added tax of 10% on most goods and services sales, with some exemptions (such as for certain food, healthcare and housing items) and concessions (including qualifying long term accommodation which is taxed at an effective rate of 5.5%).

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Government bond

A government bond or sovereign bond is a form of bond issued by a government to support public spending.

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Greater Western Sydney

Greater Western Sydney (GWS) is a large region of the metropolitan area of Greater Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia that generally embraces the north-west, south-west, central-west, far western and the Blue Mountains sub-regions within Sydney's metropolitan area and encompasses 11 local government areas: Blacktown, Blue Mountains, Camden, Campbelltown, Cumberland, Fairfield, Hawkesbury, Liverpool, Parramatta, Penrith and Wollondilly.

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Green Climate Fund

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is a fund for climate finance that was established within the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

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Greg Hunt

Gregory Andrew Hunt (born 18 November 1965) is an Australian former politician who was the Minister for Health between January 2017 and May 2022.

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Hawke government

The Hawke government was the federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister Bob Hawke of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1983 to 1991.

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Health Services Union

The Health Services Union (HSU) is a specialist health union with around 102,000 members working in the healthcare and social assistance industries across Australia.

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Herald Sun

The Herald Sun is a conservative daily tabloid newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia, published by The Herald and Weekly Times, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of the Murdoch owned News Corp. The Herald Sun primarily serves Melbourne and the state of Victoria and shares many articles with other News Corporation daily newspapers, especially those from Australia.

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Howard government

The Howard government refers to the federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister John Howard between 11 March 1996 and 3 December 2007.

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Hugh Jackman

Hugh Michael Jackman (born 12 October 1968) is an Australian actor.

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Human rights and development

Development is a human right that belongs to everyone, individually and collectively.

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Hung parliament

A hung parliament is a term used in legislatures primarily under the Westminster system (typically employing majoritarian electoral systems) to describe a situation in which no single political party or pre-existing coalition (also known as an alliance or bloc) has an absolute majority of legislators (commonly known as members or seats) in a parliament or other legislature.

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Ian Macfarlane (politician)

Ian Elgin Macfarlane (born 5 April 1955) is an Australian former politician who was a member of the House of Representatives from 1998 to 2016, representing the Liberal Party.

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Indigenous Advisory Council

The Indigenous Advisory Council (IAC), also known as the Prime Minister's Indigenous Advisory Council, existed between 2013 and 2019. It was established by then Prime Minister of Australia, Tony Abbott. The council was created on 25 September 2013, announced on 23 November 2013, and its inaugural meeting was on 5 December 2013.

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Indonesian National Armed Forces

The Indonesian National Armed Forces (lit; abbreviated as TNI) are the military forces of the Republic of Indonesia.

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Insiders (Australian TV program)

Insiders is an Australian news and talk television program produced by ABC News, and hosted by David Speers, airing at 9am Sunday mornings on ABC TV, ABC News and on demand via ABC iview.

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Islamic State

The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and by its Arabic acronym Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist group and an unrecognised quasi-state.

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Islamism

Islamism (also often called political Islam) refers to a broad set of religious and political ideological movements.

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Japan–Australia Economic Partnership Agreement

The Japan–Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (JAEPA) is a trade agreement between Australia and Japan.

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Jemaah Islamiyah

Jemaah Islamiyah (الجماعة الإسلامية, al-Jamāʿah al-Islāmiyyah, meaning "Islamic Congregation", frequently abbreviated JI) was a Southeast Asian Islamist militant group based in Indonesia, which was dedicated to the establishment of an Islamic state in Southeast Asia.

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Joe Hockey

Joseph Benedict Hockey (born 2 August 1965) is an Australian former politician and diplomat.

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John Kerry

John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat who served as the 68th United States secretary of state from 2013 to 2017 in the administration of Barack Obama.

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John Menadue

John Laurence Menadue (born 8 February 1935) is an Australian businessman and public commentator, and formerly a senior public servant and diplomat.

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Julia Gillard

Julia Eileen Gillard (born 29 September 1961) is an Australian former politician who served as the 27th prime minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013.

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Julie Bishop

Julie Isabel Bishop (born 17 July 1956) is an Australian former politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2018 and deputy leader of the Liberal Party from 2007 to 2018.

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June 2013 Australian Labor Party leadership spill

A leadership spill in the Australian Labor Party, the party then forming the Government of Australia, took place on 26 June 2013 at 7:00pm AEST.

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Katter's Australian Party

Katter's Australian Party (KAP) is an agrarian populist political party in Australia that advocates for a synthesis of agrarian socialist economic policies and conservative social policies.

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Ken Wyatt

Kenneth George Wyatt (born 4 August 1952) is an Australian former politician.

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Kerry O'Brien (journalist)

Kerry Michael O'Brien (born 27 August 1945) is an Australian journalist based in Byron Bay.

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Kevin Andrews (politician)

Kevin James Andrews (born 9 November 1955) is an Australian former politician and member of the Liberal Party of Australia.

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Kevin Rudd

Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957) is an Australian diplomat and former politician who served as the 26th prime minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010 and June to September 2013.

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Kirribilli House

Kirribilli House is the secondary official residence of the prime minister of Australia.

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Lateline

Lateline was an Australian television news program which ran from 1990 until 2017.

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Leader of the Opposition (Australia)

In Australian federal politics, the Leader of the Opposition is an elected member of parliament (MP) in the Australian House of Representatives who leads the opposition.

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Leigh Sales

Leigh Peta Sales (born 10 May 1973) is an Australian journalist and author, best known for her work with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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Li Keqiang

Li Keqiang (p; 3 July 1955 – 27 October 2023) was a Chinese economist and politician who served as the premier of China from 2013 to 2023.

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Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is a centre-right political party in Australia.

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Lindt Cafe siege

The Lindt Café siege was a terrorist attack that occurred on 15–16 December 2014 when a lone gunman, Man Haron Monis, held ten customers and eight employees of a Lindt Chocolate Café hostage in the APA Building in Martin Place, Sydney, Australia.

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List of prime ministers of Australia

The prime minister of Australia is the leader of the Australian Government and the Cabinet of Australia, with the support of the majority of the House of Representatives.

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Luke Simpkins

Luke Xavier Linton Simpkins (born 8 June 1964) is a former Australian politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 2007 to 2016.

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Majority government

A majority government is a government by one or more governing parties that hold an absolute majority of seats in a legislature.

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Malaysia Airlines Flight 17

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17/MAS17) was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was shot down by Russian-backed forces with a Buk 9M38 surface-to-air missile on 17 July 2014, while flying over eastern Ukraine.

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Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370/MAS370) was an international passenger flight operated by Malaysia Airlines that disappeared from radar on 8 March 2014, while flying from Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia to its planned destination, Beijing Capital International Airport in China.

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Malcolm Turnbull

Malcolm Bligh Turnbull (born 24 October 1954) is an Australian former politician and businessman who served as the 29th prime minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018.

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Manmohan Singh

Manmohan Singh (born 26 September 1932) is an Indian retired politician, economist, academician and bureaucrat who served as the Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014.

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Manus Regional Processing Centre

The Manus Regional Processing Centre, or Manus Island Regional Processing Centre (MIRCP), was one of a number of offshore Australian immigration detention facilities.

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Marc Kenny

Marc Kenny (born 17 September 1973) is an Irish former footballer.

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Mathias Cormann

Mathias Hubert Paul Cormann (born 20 September 1970) is a Belgian-born Australian politician and diplomat who currently serves as Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), having assumed the office on 1 June 2021.

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Medibank

Medibank Private Limited, better known as simply Medibank, is one of the largest Australian private health insurance providers, covering over 4 million people in 2024.

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Medical Research Future Fund

The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) is a research fund established in Australia by the Abbott government.

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Medicare (Australia)

Medicare is the publicly funded universal health care insurance scheme in Australia operated by the nation's social security agency, Services Australia.

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Michael Ronaldson

Michael John Clyde Ronaldson (born 13 February 1954) is a former Australian politician.

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Michaelia Cash

Michaelia Clare Cash (born 19 July 1970) is an Australian politician who served as the 38th Attorney-General of Australia from 2021 to 2022 in the Morrison government.

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Midland Highway (Tasmania)

The Midland Highway (also known as the Midlands Highway) is one of Tasmania's major inter-city highways, running for between Hobart and Launceston.

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Minerals Resource Rent Tax

The Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) was a resource rent tax formerly imposed by the government of Australia on profits generated from the mining of non-renewable resources in Australia.

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Minister for Communications (Australia)

The Australian Minister for Communications has the overall responsibility for broadcasting, the information and communications technology industry, the information economy, and telecommunications within Australia.

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Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia)

The Minister for Foreign Affairs, also known as the Foreign Minister, is the minister of state of the Commonwealth of Australia charged with overseeing the creation and implementation of international diplomacy, relations and foreign affairs policy, as the head of the foreign affairs section of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

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Minister for Health and Aged Care

The Minister for Health and Aged Care is the position in the Australian cabinet responsible for national health and wellbeing and medical research.

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Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

The Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs is a ministerial post of the Australian Government and is currently held by Tony Burke since July 2024 in the Albanese ministry.

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Minister for Industry and Science

The Minister for Industry and Science is an Australian Government cabinet position which is currently held by Ed Husic in the Albanese ministry since 1 June 2022, following the Australian federal election in 2022.

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Minister for Trade and Tourism

The Minister for Trade and Tourism is a portfolio in the Government of Australia, falling within the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).

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Minister for Women (Australia)

The Minister for Women in the Government of Australia is Katy Gallagher, who since 23 May 2022 has been a member of the Albanese ministry.

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Minority government

A minority government, minority cabinet, minority administration, or a minority parliament is a government and cabinet formed in a parliamentary system when a political party or coalition of parties does not have a majority of overall seats in the legislature.

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NAIDOC Week

NAIDOC Week is an Australian observance lasting from the first Sunday in July until the following Sunday.

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National Broadband Network

The National Broadband Network (NBN) is an Australian national wholesale open-access data network.

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National Commission of Audit

The National Commission of Audit was a commission formed by the Abbott government on 22 October 2013 as an independent body to review and report on the performance, functions and roles of the Commonwealth government.

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National Congress of Australia's First Peoples

The National Congress of Australia's First Peoples was the national representative body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians from 2009 to 2019.

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National Disability Insurance Scheme

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is a scheme of the Australian Government that funds all costs associated with disability.

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National Indigenous Television

National Indigenous Television (NITV) is an Australian free-to-air television channel that broadcasts programming produced and presented largely by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

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National Party of Australia

The National Party of Australia, also known as The Nationals or The Nats, is a centre-right, agrarian political party in Australia.

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National Student Wellbeing Program

The National Student Wellbeing Program is an Australian federal government programme which funds religious chaplains and non religious "student wellbeing officers" in Australian primary and secondary schools.

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NBN Co

NBN Co Limited, known as simply nbn, is a state-owned corporation of the Australian Government, tasked to design, build and operate Australia's National Broadband Network (NBN) as the nation's wholesale broadband provider.

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New Colombo Plan

The New Colombo Plan is an initiative of the Australian Government aimed at increasing exchange in the Indo-Pacific region for Australian university students.

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New Matilda

newmatilda.com, commonly known as New Matilda, is a left-wing independent Australian website of news, analysis and satire.

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News Corp Australia

News Corp Australia is an Australian media conglomerate and wholly owned subsidiary of the American News Corp.

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Nhulunbuy

Nhulunbuy is a town and locality in the Northern Territory of Australia.

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Nigel Scullion

Nigel Gregory Scullion (born 4 May 1956) is a former Australian politician who was a Senator for the Northern Territory from 2001 to 2019.

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North–South Motorway

The North–South Motorway is a partially complete motorway traversing the inner western suburbs of Adelaide, from Waterloo Corner in the north to Bedford Park in the south.

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November 2015 Paris attacks

A series of coordinated Islamist terrorist attacks took place on Friday, 13 November 2015 in Paris, France, and the city's northern suburb, Saint-Denis.

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Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), known until 2010 as the Office of the Australian Privacy Commissioner is an independent Australian Government agency, acting as the national data protection authority for Australia, established under the Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010, headed by the Australian Information Commissioner.

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Operation Okra

Operation Okra is the Australian Defence Force (ADF) contribution to the military intervention against the Islamic State.

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Operation Sovereign Borders

Operation Sovereign Borders (OSB) is a border protection operation led by the Australian Border Force, aimed at stopping maritime arrivals of asylum seekers to Australia.

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OzEmail

OzEmail was a major Internet service provider (ISP) in Australia, until it was acquired by iiNet on 28 February 2005.

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Paris Agreement

The Paris Agreement (or Paris Accords, Paris Climate Accords) is an international treaty on climate change that was signed in 2016.

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Park Geun-hye

Park Geun-hye (often in English; born 2 February 1952) is a South Korean politician who served as the 11th (18th presidency) president of South Korea from 2013 to 2017.

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Parliament of Australia

The Parliament of Australia (officially the Parliament of the Commonwealth and also known as Federal Parliament) is the legislative body of the federal level of government of Australia.

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Paul Bongiorno

Paul Damian Bongiorno (born 1944) is an Australian political journalist and commentator.

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Paul Murray Live

Paul Murray Live is an Australian television current affairs and commentary program, shown on Sky News Australia and hosted by broadcaster Paul Murray.

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People's Liberation Army

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China.

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Perth Freight Link

The Perth Freight Link was a proposed $1.9 billion project in Perth, Western Australia to improve the road freight link between Kewdale and Fremantle Harbour.

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Peter Cosgrove

General Sir Peter John Cosgrove, (born 28 July 1947) is an Australian retired senior Army officer who served as the 26th governor-general of Australia, in office from 2014 to 2019.

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Peter Costello

Peter Howard Costello (born 14 August 1957) is an Australian businessman, lawyer and former politician who served as the treasurer of Australia in government of John Howard from 1996 to 2007.

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Peter Dutton

Peter Craig Dutton (born 18 November 1970) is an Australian politician and former police detective serving as the current Leader of the Opposition, holding office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia since May 2022.

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Peter Hartcher

Peter Hartcher is an Australian journalist and the Political and International Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald.

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Philip Ruddock

Philip Maxwell Ruddock (born 12 March 1943 in Canberra) is an Australian politician and the current mayor of Hornsby Shire.

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Population growth

Population growth is the increase in the number of people in a population or dispersed group.

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Presidency of Barack Obama

Barack Obama's tenure as the 44th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 2009, and ended on January 20, 2017.

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Prime Minister of Australia

The prime minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia.

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Q+A (Australian talk show)

Q+A, formerly Q&A and also referred to as Qanda, is an Australian television panel discussion program broadcast on ABC Television.

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Quentin Bryce

Dame Quentin Alice Louise Bryce, (née Strachan; born 23 December 1942) is an Australian academic who served as the 25th governor-general of Australia from 2008 to 2014.

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Radio Australia

ABC Radio Australia, also known as Radio Australia, is the international broadcasting and online service operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Australia's public broadcaster.

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Ray Hadley

Raymond Morris Hadley (born 27 September 1954) is an Australian talkback radio broadcaster and a rugby league football commentator for Channel Nine.

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Real versus nominal value

The distinction between real value and nominal value occurs in many fields.

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Rhodes Scholarship

The Rhodes Scholarship is an international postgraduate award for students to study at the University of Oxford in Oxford, United Kingdom.

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Royal Australian Mint

The Royal Australian Mint is the national mint of Australia, and the primary production facility for the country’s circulating coins.

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Royal commission

A royal commission is a major ad-hoc formal public inquiry into a defined issue in some monarchies.

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Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption

The Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption was a Royal Commission established by the Government of Australia to inquire into alleged financial irregularities associated with the affairs of trade unions.

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Rudd government (2013)

The second Rudd government was the federal executive Government of Australia led by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of the Australian Labor Party.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Russo-Ukrainian War

The ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War began in February 2014.

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Same-sex marriage in Australia

Same-sex marriage has been legal in Australia since 9 December 2017.

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Same-sex marriage in the Australian Capital Territory

Same-sex marriage is legal in the Australian Capital Territory, and in the rest of Australia, after the Federal Parliament legalised same-sex marriage in December 2017.

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SBS World News

SBS World News is the news service of the Special Broadcasting Service in Australia.

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Scott Ludlam

Scott Ludlam (born 10 January 1970) is a New Zealand-born Australian former politician.

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Scott Morrison

Scott John Morrison (born 13 May 1968) is an Australian former politician who served as the 30th prime minister of Australia from 2018 to 2022.

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Second Sydney Airport

The need for and location of a second airport serving Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, was the subject of much debate.

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September 2015 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill

A motion seeking a leadership spill of the federal parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party of Australia and Prime Minister was proposed by Malcolm Turnbull, who requested the ballot on 14 September 2015.

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Shadow ministry of Tony Abbott

The Shadow Ministry of Tony Abbott was the opposition Coalition shadow ministry of Australia from December 2009 to September 2013, opposing the Australian Labor Party governments of Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard.

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Shinzo Abe

Shinzo Abe (安倍晋三, Hepburn:,; 21 September 1954 – 8 July 2022) was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020.

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Sky News Australia

Sky News Australia is an Australian conservative news channel owned by News Corp Australia.

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Slush fund

A slush fund is a fund or account used for miscellaneous income and expenses, particularly when these are corrupt or illegal.

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Sophie Mirabella

Sophie Mirabella (née Panopoulos; born 27 October 1968) is an Australian lawyer and former politician who currently serves as a Commissioner on the Fair Work Commission since 24 May 2021.

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Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives

The speaker of the Australian House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the Australian House of Representatives, the lower chamber within the Parliament of Australia.

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Special Broadcasting Service

The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) is an Australian hybrid-funded public service broadcaster.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia.

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Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (born 9 September 1949), commonly referred to as SBY, is an Indonesian politician and retired army general who served as the sixth president of Indonesia from 2004 to 2014 and the second Indonesian President from the military after Suharto.

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Sussan Ley

Sussan Penelope Ley (pron., "Susan Lee";; born 14 December 1961) is an Australian politician who has been deputy leader of the Liberal Party and Deputy Leader of the Opposition since May 2022.

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Sydney central business district

The Sydney central business district (CBD) is the historical and main commercial centre of Sydney.

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Syrian civil war

The Syrian civil war is an ongoing multi-sided conflict in Syria involving various state-sponsored and non-state actors.

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Tarinkot

Tarinkot (ترين کوت), also spelled as Tarin Kowt, is a city in south-central Afghanistan, serving as the capital of Uruzgan Province.

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Tasmania

Tasmania (palawa kani: lutruwita) is an island state of Australia.

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Technical and further education

Technical and further education or simply TAFE is the common name in Australia for vocational education, as a subset of tertiary education.

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Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Act 2015

The Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Act 2015 (Cth) is an Act of the Parliament of Australia that amends the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 (original Act) and the Telecommunications Act 1997 to introduce a statutory obligation for Australian telecommunication service providers (TSPs) to retain, for a period of two years, particular types of telecommunications data (metadata) and introduces certain reforms to the regimes applying to the access of stored communications and telecommunications data under the original Act.

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Telstra

Telstra Group Limited is an Australian telecommunications company that builds and operates telecommunications networks and markets related products and services.

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Tertiary education fees in Australia

Tertiary education fees in Australia are payable for courses at tertiary education institutions.

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The Age

The Age is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854.

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The Australian

The Australian, with its Saturday edition The Weekend Australian, is a broadsheet newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964.

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The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)

The Daily Telegraph, also nicknamed The Tele, is an Australian tabloid newspaper published by Nationwide News Pty Limited, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of News Corp.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Malaysian Insider

The Malaysian Insider (also known as TMI, The Insider, or Malay Ins Ins) was a Malaysian bilingual news site.

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The Sunday Times (Western Australia)

The Sunday Times is a tabloid Sunday newspaper published by Seven West Media, in Perth and distributed throughout Western Australia.

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The Sydney Institute

The Sydney Institute is a privately funded Australian policy forum founded in 1989.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine.

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Third country resettlement

Third country resettlement or refugee resettlement is, according to the UNHCR, one of three durable solutions (voluntary repatriation and local integration being the other two) for refugees who fled their home country.

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Tony Abbott

Anthony John Abbott (born 4 November 1957) is an Australian former politician who served as the 28th prime minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015.

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Tony Shepherd (businessman)

Anthony "Tony" Shepherd (born 5th June 1944, Melbourne) is an Australian businessman.

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Toowoomba Bypass

The Toowoomba Bypass, known as Toowoomba Second Range Crossing during planning and construction, is a grade separated, dual carriageway bypass and partial ring road constructed to the north and west of Toowoomba, Queensland.

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Transport Workers' Union of Australia

The Transport Workers' Union of Australia (TWU) is a trade union with members throughout Australia.

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Treasurer of Australia

The Treasurer of Australia, also known as the Federal Treasurer or more simply the Treasurer, is the minister of state of the Commonwealth of Australia charged with overseeing government revenue collection, federal expenditure and economic policy as the head of the Department of the Treasury.

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Turnbull government

The Turnbull government was the federal executive government of Australia led by the 29th prime minister of Australia, Malcolm Turnbull, from 2015 to 2018.

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Two-party-preferred vote

In Australian politics, the two-party-preferred vote (TPP or 2PP) is the result of an election or opinion poll after preferences have been distributed to the highest two candidates, who in some cases can be independents.

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Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

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United Australia Party (2013)

The United Australia Party (UAP), formerly known as Clive Palmer's United Australia Party and the Palmer United Party (PUP), is an Australian political party formed by mining magnate Clive Palmer in April 2013.

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United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.

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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the UN process for negotiating an agreement to limit dangerous climate change.

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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a United Nations agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country.

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United Nations Security Council

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international peace and security, recommending the admission of new UN members to the General Assembly, and approving any changes to the UN Charter.

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Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who is the president of Russia.

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Warren Mundine

Nyunggai Warren Stephen Mundine (born 11 August 1956) is an Australian businessman, political strategist, advocate for Indigenous affairs, and former politician.

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Warren Truss

Warren Errol Truss (born 8 October 1948) is a former Australian politician who served as the 16th deputy prime minister of Australia and the minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development in the Abbott government and the Turnbull government.

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Wayne Dropulich

Wayne Dropulich (born) is a former member of the Australian Sports Party who was elected to the Australian Senate in the final count of the 2013 federal election prior to the Western Australian Senate count being declared void by the Court of Disputed Returns.

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Welcome to Country

A Welcome to Country is a ritual or formal ceremony performed as a land acknowledgement at many events held in Australia.

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WestConnex

WestConnex is a predominantly underground motorway scheme in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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White paper

A white paper is a report or guide that informs readers concisely about a complex issue and presents the issuing body's philosophy on the matter.

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White Paper on Developing Northern Australia

The White Paper on Developing Northern Australia was a White Paper produced by the Abbott government to examine ways to invest in economic development of the north of Australia.

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William McMahon

Sir William McMahon (23 February 190831 March 1988) was an Australian politician who served as the 20th prime minister of Australia from 1971 to 1972.

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World Heritage Site

World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.

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Xi Jinping

Xi Jinping (or often;, pronounced; born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has been the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and thus the paramount leader of China, since 2012.

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2007 Australian federal election

The 2007 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 24 November 2007.

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2009 Jakarta bombings

A series of bombings took place in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 17 July 2009.

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2009 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill

A leadership spill for the Liberal Party of Australia was held on 1 December 2009.

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2010 Australian federal election

The 2010 Australian federal election was held on Saturday, 21 August 2010 to elect members of the 43rd Parliament of Australia.

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2010 Australian Labor Party leadership spill

A leadership spill occurred in the Australian Labor Party on 24 June 2010.

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2013 Australian federal election

The 2013 Australian federal election to elect the members of the 44th Parliament of Australia took place on Saturday 7 September 2013.

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2013 New South Wales bushfires

The 2013 New South Wales bushfires were a series of bushfires in Australia across the state of New South Wales primarily starting, or becoming notable, on 13 October 2013; followed by the worst of the fires beginning in the Greater Blue Mountains Area on 16 and 17 October 2013.

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