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Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has released a discussion paper on options to reform the so-called safeguard mechanism. Picture: ACM

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Olivia Newton-John and former Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu unveil a plaque at the Opening of the Olivia Newton John Cancer and Wellness Centre at the Austin Hospital in Melbourne on June 22, 2012. Photo: AAP

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Labor's Suzanne Orr introduced a bill to fight period poverty. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Plan to end 'period poverty' ramps up across Australia

'Period poverty' set to be eliminated

Australian National University Emeritus Professor Bruce Chapman, with insets of students from the University of Wollongong who shared an opinion about their HECS debts. Picture: Elesa Kurtz 

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