Bill Shorten takes on Indigenous affairs in new Labor front bench and other top stories.

• Bill Shorten takes on Indigenous affairs in new Labor front bench

  Bill Shorten takes on Indigenous affairs in new Labor front bench Updated July 23, 2016 18:23:21 Labor leader Bill Shorten has announced a substantial reshuffle of his frontbench, assembling a new team which he said would re-energise the ALP as it prepares for a second term in Opposition.The Opposition Leader vowed that his frontbench would champion Labor values and maintain pressure on the Coalition after it "scraped home" in the federal election."We're adding great en..

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• Wild winds: Seven taken to hospital after spate of accidents

  

  Seven people have been taken to hospital following a spate of accidents caused by wild weather across Victoria.Fallen trees triggered four separate incidents in a 10-hour stretch that  left seven people in hospital, including two with serious injuries. Several people have been taken to hospital after wild winds caused havoc across the state.  Photo: Rohan Thomson The accidents came as wind gusts of up to 145km/h were recorded at Wilsons Promontory and 98km/h near Avalon Airport at Point..

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• Merrylands Police Station incident: Man charged after burning car set alight

  

  Merrylands Police Station incident: Man charged after burning car set alight Updated July 23, 2016 09:52:32 A man has been charged over a dramatic incident in which a car he was driving was set alight in the driveway of the Merrylands Police Station in Sydney's west.The interior of the 61-year-old man's car was on fire before he drove it into the roller door of the station's underground car park on Thursday night, police said.Police ruled out any link to terrorism but s..

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• ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr pledges free buses for seniors

  

  Seniors and concession card holders would ride buses free during non-peak hours under a re-elected ACT Labor government.Chief Minister Andrew Barr made the announcement at ACT Labor's conference in Civic on Saturday, while also revealing a new program to better rehabilitate injured government workers to help them get back to work sooner. Andrew Barr addreses the ACT Labor conference on Saturday. Photo: Supplied The ACT Labor conference was boosted by the presence of federal Labor leader ..

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• Rough sleepers say Melbourne best city in Australia for homeless

  

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• Highest French honours for Aust couple

  

  Australians Barry Gracey and Yvonne Gracey-Hall have been awarded France's highest honour for their work in a small French village where Australian diggers fought and died in their thousands in World War I. They are believed to be the first married couple to be awarded the Legion of Honour since Napoleon Bonaparte instituted the award in 1802. The couple received the award in the village of Pozieres in France on Saturday on the 100th anniversary of the Australian attack on German positions ther..

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