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Paid domestic violence leave: how do other countries do it?

  • Written by Paul Harpur, Senior Lecturer, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland

It’s hard to leave an abusive relationship if you don’t have an income. So, keeping your job can make the difference between escaping and being trapped in a violent relationship.

But holding down a job can be hard if your boss doesn’t allow you time off to move house, deal with crises, meet with lawyers or even work from a...

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Trump and Clinton clash in second presidential debate: experts respond

  • Written by Nicole Hemmer, Assistant Professor, Miller Center, University of Virginia, and US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
imageTapes of Donald Trump making lewd remarks about women were an early focus in the debate.Reuters/Jim Bourg

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have met in the second of three presidential debates. The town-hall-style clash came just days after a video of Trump making lewd remarks about the treatment of women was made public. This became an early focus...

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FactCheck Q A: do eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of all mental illnesses?

  • Written by Zali Yager, Senior lecturer in Health and Physical Education, Victoria University
imageLabor MP Mark Butler, speaking on Q&A.Q&A

The Conversation is fact-checking claims made on Q&A, broadcast Mondays on the ABC at 9:35pm. Thank you to everyone who sent us quotes for checking via Twitter using hashtags #FactCheck and #QandA, on Facebook or by email.

Excerpt from Q&A, October 3, 2016.

At the less serious end, in terms of...

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Private equity isn't all bad: how PE funds help companies expand overseas

  • Written by Mark Humphery-Jenner, Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW Australia
imagePrivate equity funds can provide the edge to firms looking to expand internationally.Image sourced from Shutterstock.com

Private equity funds help companies to expand overseas through takeovers, according to recent research soon to be published in the Strategic Management Journal.

Private equity funds often receive criticism for cynically...

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  1. Health Check: what is normal vaginal discharge and what's not?
  2. Clear skies ahead: how improving the language of aviation could save lives
  3. Social media abuse is a sign that the feminist project still far from finished
  4. Post-truth politics and the US election: why the narrative trumps the facts
  5. Why ‘baby talk’ is good for your baby
  6. Renters are being left out in the cold on energy savings: here's a solution
  7. Why do parents take such different approaches to their kids' education?
  8. Younger farmers more open to sharing the family farm with outside investors
  9. In praise of trigger warnings
  10. A future world full of driverless cars... seriously?!
  11. Government knocks out 478 courses from loans under VET crackdown
  12. Panel to assist in working up long-delayed changes for universities
  13. Morrison to rule on Hancock-Chinese bid for Kidman cattle empire
  14. Looking back at Italy 1992: the rise and fall of King Midas
  15. Centre court and 15-love: CAS reduces Sharapova ban
  16. Waiting for the revolution
  17. Donald Trump makes disparaging remarks about women – in other breaking news, water is wet
  18. The #TrumpTapes: Being (Very) Careful What You Wish For
  19. Climate change must be part of Australia's electricity system review
  20. Looking back at 1992: Italy’s horrible year
  21. The gendered nature of trolling
  22. Commodifying Banksy
  23. New VET Student Loans unlikely to weed out dodgy private providers
  24. What's in a name? How a democracy becomes an aristocracy
  25. Do the governance experts at the World Bank have a governance problem?
  26. Hacked by your fridge: the Internet of Things could spark a new wave of cyber attacks
  27. Protecting migrant workers requires a rethink on employer freedoms
  28. Explainer: what causes knock knees and do they have to be treated?
  29. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on George Brandis' solicitor-general drama
  30. Vital Signs: mixed signals from the global economy
  31. What would another review of child support achieve? We know the problems, and how to fix them
  32. No offence, mate, but ...
  33. The US used foreign investment to develop a new car industry, a lesson Australia hasn't learned
  34. 'Don't feed the trolls' really is good advice – here's the evidence
  35. We don't know why South Australia's wind farms stopped working, so hold off on the blame game
  36. Friday essay: the sound of fear
  37. #She4SG: how did we end up with another man as UN secretary-general?
  38. 'It's all about me, me, me!' Why children are spending less time doing household chores
  39. Seven things to eat or avoid to lower your blood pressure
  40. Grattan on Friday: Little but grief ahead for George Brandis in battle with Solicitor-General
  41. Once upon a time... how the Rosetta mission won our hearts
  42. Ford workers willing but unlikely to find decent jobs: study
  43. Eager homebuyers still falling victim to shadowy rent-to-buy deals
  44. One reason so many scientific studies may be wrong
  45. Memorials for drug overdose victims create a place for grieving and inclusion
  46. Paris climate agreement comes into force: now time for Australia to step up
  47. Explainer: what is conjunctivitis and how did I get it?
  48. Review: Death by Design at the Environmental Film Festival
  49. Standoff between Brandis and solicitor-general threatens the rule of law
  50. Race to the White House – the vice-presidential debate, and Donald Trump's tax troubles
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