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'Compassionate but firm': Perth council's new plan to tackle homelessness

One Perth MP has questioned the city's current 'ad hoc' approach to providing support to homeless people.

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The City of Perth wants to locate all its mobile service providers for homeless people in one spot.

Speeding in Melbourne? Forget it. New-gen, high-tech cameras are now on the look out

The cameras can scan six lanes of traffic in both directions and detect speeds of up to 350kph.

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The next generation mobile speed cameras were announced on Wednesday.

Metro Tunnel works grind to a halt as dispute looms over costs

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Tunnel digging on Melbourne's $11 billion Metro rail project has stopped as a dispute looms over costs.

Voluntary assisted dying set to become legal in WA by Christmas

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Voluntary assisted dying laws are another step close to passing in Western Australia.

What are the opening hours of Centrelink and Medicare this Christmas?

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Centrelink and medicare.

'Absolutely shameful': Victorian premier unleashes on Abbott after his visit to Pell

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The Victorian Premier has said Tony Abbott should apologise after he was caught visiting convicted paedophile Cardinal George Pell at a Melbourne prison.