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WA to close ‘unviable’ communities

BY TAMSIN DOCHERTY Last year the Federal government announced it would stop funding essential services in remote Indigenous communities, transferring responsibility to the states. WA Premier Colin Barnett said his state would have to close between 100 – 150 Indigenous communities as a result of lack of funding. Previously, the Federal government provided two-thirds of WA’s funding […]

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Ukraine update | March 4

Riot police in Kiev in December, early in the conflict being called the ‘Euromaidan’, or ‘Ukraine Spring’. Photo: Ivan Bandura/flickr   Russia’s continued push for war affects more than just the Ukraine, writes STEPHANIE ATHANASSIOU.   World leaders have urged Russian President Vladimir Putin against military interference after the Russian parliament granted authorisation to deploy […]