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@SenatorWong
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#ssm2017
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#AustraliaBurning
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#BREAKING
: Hong Kong's anti-mask law has been ruled "unconstitutional" by the city's High Court.
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.
@JacindaArdern
was applauded by world leaders as she demanded global action on gender inequality in a powerful speech to the UN.
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Opposition Indigenous Australians spokesperson Jacinta Nampijinpa Price tells reporter she believes colonisation does not impact on Indigenous Australians today.
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@SBSNews
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“You did the wrong thing, mate, you put my number up there. It is a really low act with what you've done with the heightened tensions going on out there and quite frankly, you disgust me,” Jacqui Lambie said of One Nation's Malcolm Roberts:
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Fatima Payman has won Western Australia's sixth and final Senate seat, becoming the first Afghan Australian and the first hijab-wearing Muslim woman in parliament.
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Jacinda Ardern has stepped down as New Zealand prime minister in an emotional and surprise announcement.
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Sikh volunteers who are providing free food for bushfire victims in Victoria have been hailed as "legends"
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The fallout from Margaret Court's controversial Australia Day honour has continued with a Canberra doctor handing back her own award in protest.
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A record-breaking petition calling for a royal commission into the Murdoch media empire has been presented to federal parliament.
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Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney responds to Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s claim that "there are no ongoing negative impacts of colonisation" for Indigenous Australians.
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Penny Wong introduced Australia's next prime minister Anthony Albanese, saying Australians have chosen "a better future for all. A government that will act on climate change."
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