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Jan 01 1970 GMT00:33
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Gladys Berejiklian says she intends to stay on as Premier of NSW but admits she made a poor choice in her personal life after the disclosure that she was in a relationship with former MP Daryl Maguire, revealed at a corruption watchdog's inquiry into the disgraced parliamentarian.
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Jan 01 1970 GMT00:33
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Cornelius Azolibe, an Igbo man from Nigeria, arrived in Australia when he was 14. Now the 25-year-old proudly wears the Air Force's general purpose uniform of blue camouflage as a flying officer-recruit in airfield engineering at the RAAF training school in East Sale, Victoria.
He speaks of receiving his Air Force acceptance letter as if he were Harry Potter getting his invitation to Hogwarts.
"When I got the letter it was a bit like a dream come true - you don't know how it actually feels until you have got it in front of you," says Azolibe. "Obviously my family was over the moon. Then I was on a plane, now I'm on base and then it dawned on me that this is my life now - this is the journey that I have chosen to take."
The number of young Australians joining the armed forces is rising sharply. The diversity of the new recruits is shattering some stereotypes about the ADF.
Story by Tim Barlass
Photos by @domlorrimer
Jan 01 1970 GMT00:33
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A man gets tested at a pop-up COVID-19 testing centre at Sir David Martin Reserve in Rushcutters Bay.
NSW Health has reported two locally acquired cases in the 24 hours to 8pm on Friday. One of the new cases is a nurse who worked while infectious at St Vincent's Hospital in Darlinghurst on Wednesday. The second case is linked to the nurse.
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Jan 01 1970 GMT00:33
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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and the Member for Reid, Fiona Martin, visit Salvatore Papa at his Pasticceria Papa's in Five Dock on Saturday morning. The revenue measures revealed in Tuesday's budget announcement, costing another $51.4 billion, includes faster personal tax cuts, a business investment incentive and loss carryback for small employers.
Photo @nowytarger
Jan 01 1970 GMT00:33
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Yesterday, Senator Lidia Thorpe was sworn in to the senate.
The Gunnai and Gunditjmara woman is the first Aboriginal senator for the Greens and to represent Victoria, just as she was the first Aboriginal woman in the Victorian parliament.
Senator Thorpe entered cloaked in possum skins and carrying a message stick with a line burnt on it for each of the 441 people who have died in custody since the 1991 royal commission.
In the second photo, SenatorĀ ThorpeĀ is congratulated by Senator Pat Dodson and Senator Malarndirri McCarthy after being sworn-in.
Photos by @alexellinghausen
Jan 01 1970 GMT00:33
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When 10-year-old Tom Sutherland walked into a poultry show in Maitland in 2018, he found he was close to 50 years younger than many of his competitors.
"They all wanted to take him under their wing, so to speak," said Tom's mother Adriana Mansueto, who runs Coquon Farm in the Hunter Valley. "All the top competitors were probably from 60 to 80. They're really lovely. You feel like you're among the Country Women's Association, where there's always a cup of tea and a kind word."
Tom isn't the only young person gaining experience on the land. Singaporeans Jocelyn Tan and Julian Lim are living at Coquon Farm through the World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms program.
Words: Matt Bungard
Photos: @jessicahromas
Jan 01 1970 GMT00:33
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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg warned that recovering from the coronavirus crisis would be a āmonumentalā task, as he revealed a spending surge and a revenue shock that will take Australiaās gross debt to $1.1 trillion within four years.
These were some of the key quotes of his speech when he handed down the 2020 federal budget.
Jan 01 1970 GMT00:33
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Tax cuts will be delivered to 11.5 million workers within weeks in a $17.8 billion plan to jolt the economy out of recession using personal tax cuts, business investment incentives and a new subsidy for companies that hire the unemployed.
So who has done best from the 2020 budget and who has missed out? Here are the winners and losers. Get more detail at smh.com.au Posting times
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Gladys Berejiklian says she intends to stay on as Premier of NSW but admits she made a poor choice in her personal life after the disclosure that she was in a relationship with former MP Daryl Maguire, revealed at a corruption watchdog's inquiry into the disgraced parliamentarian.
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Oct 07 2020 GMT05:09
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Yesterday, Senator Lidia Thorpe was sworn in to the senate.
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Senator Thorpe entered cloaked in possum skins and carrying a message stick with a line burnt on it for each of the 441 people who have died in custody since the 1991 royal commission.
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Gladys Berejiklian says she intends to stay on as Premier of NSW but admits she made a poor choice in her personal life after the disclosure that she was in a relationship with former MP Daryl Maguire, revealed at a corruption watchdog's inquiry into the disgraced parliamentarian.
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Yesterday, Senator Lidia Thorpe was sworn in to the senate.
The Gunnai and Gunditjmara woman is the first Aboriginal senator for the Greens and to represent Victoria, just as she was the first Aboriginal woman in the Victorian parliament.
Senator Thorpe entered cloaked in possum skins and carrying a message stick with a line burnt on it for each of the 441 people who have died in custody since the 1991 royal commission.
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Oct 10 2020 GMT04:06
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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and the Member for Reid, Fiona Martin, visit Salvatore Papa at his Pasticceria Papa's in Five Dock on Saturday morning. The revenue measures revealed in Tuesday's budget announcement, costing another $51.4 billion, includes faster personal tax cuts, a business investment incentive and loss carryback for small employers.
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