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Black Saturday fire victims receive record settlement
$500 million in compensation will be payed to the ten thousand people took part in a class action against the power company and State Government over the 2009 Black Saturday fires in Victoria. Today a report calling for money and effort to be invested in preventing natural disasters will be released by the Australian Roundtable...
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Smaller government, bigger economy?
Should we shrink the public sector and give the market a greater share? With the current focus on reducing public debt, the federal Treasurer says we have unsustainable expectations about what governments can deliver and so governments need to cut spending and downsize. But does smaller government guarantee economic growth ? Will the private sector...
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Fact Check: Tony Abbott's claim carbon schemes being discarded doesn't check out
Prime Minister Tony Abbott claims emissions trading schemes are being discarded around the world, not adopted.
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Fact Check: Does ANZUS commit the US to come to Australia's aid, as Foreign Minister Julie Bishop claims?
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop claims at the heart of the ANZUS treaty is a commitment for signatories to come to one another's aid in the worst of times.
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Fact Check: Does the federal budget cut $80 billion from hospitals and schools?
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten claims the budget conceals an $80 billion cut to hospitals and schools. Prime Minister Tony Abbott disagrees.