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Opinion polling for health and medical research

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Original article by Research Australia
researchaustralia.org – Page: Online : 14-Sep-18

Research Australia has issued a report on the views of Australians concerning health and medical research. On the question of what people thought the federal government’s spending priorities should be for the next few years, three of the top ten priorities related to health. "Improving hospitals and the health care system" was seen as the number one priority, "More funding for health and medical research" was named as the sixth highest priority, while "Increasing funding and programs for preventative health care" was ranked seventh. Eighty-nine per cent of Australians state they are interested in health and medical research. Polling for the report was conducted by Roy Morgan, which is a member of Research Australia.

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Boost women or pay the price, Credlin warns

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Original article by Rachel Baxendale
The Australian – Page: 6 : 14-Sep-18

Peta Credlin says the Liberal Party faces "electoral annihilation" if it does not achieve a 50/50 gender balance by 2025. Credlin, who was Tony Abbott’s chief of staff, says she is not a supporter of quotas, but that targets are reasonable, provided they are sufficiently enforced. Julia Banks, who recently stated she would not recontest her seat of Chisholm and who claimed she had been the target of bullying and intimidation, called for the Liberal Party to introduce gender quotas in a recent speech to the House of Representatives.

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LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA,{SHARE}UNITED NATIONS

Insurer bullied nurse to stop claim

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Original article by Elizabeth Redman,{SHARE}Michael Roddan
The Australian – Page: 2 : 14-Sep-18

The financial services royal commission heard evidence on 13 September that TAL paid a private investigator $20,000 to follow a person after it had reluctantly paid out her claim on a mental health policy. The commission heard that TAL, which has around 18 per cent of the life insurance market, had to be taken before the Financial Ombudsman Service before it would agree to pay the claim. The commission also heard evidence that Comminsure rejected a claim from a breast cancer sufferer because her operation was not deemed "radical" enough, despite there being no definition of "radical breast surgery" in its policy documents.

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AUSTRALIA. ROYAL COMMISSION INTO MISCONDUCT IN THE BANKING, SUPERANNUATION AND FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY,{SHARE}TAL LIMITED,{SHARE}COMMINSURE,{SHARE}FINANCIAL OMBUDSMAN SERVICE LIMITED

Western Australia’s French connection explored as 200-year-old artefacts show Napoleon’s plans

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Original article by Briana Shepherd
abc.net.au – Page: Online : 13-Sep-18

Western Australia’s Maritime Museum is currently displaying artefacts from two French expeditions in the early part of the 19th century. The first, which was led by Nicolas Baudin and commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte, reached WA in 1801. It was labelled a "voyage of scientific discovery", but Diana Jones, the museum’s executive director of collections and research, suggests that there was a "colonial aspect" to the expedition. Dr Michael McCarthy, the museum’s curator of maritime archaeology, says many people are unaware that the French claimed WA in 1772, just two years after James Cook claimed New South Wales for the British.

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Ex-media sales executive behind ad-ban campaign

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Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: 1 & 2 : 14-Sep-18

Denise Shrivell has confessed to being behind a "influence campaign" to try to persuade advertisers to pull their business from Sky News. Shrivell has worked as a sales executive with both News Corp and Fairfax Media, and she currently runs a small consulting business called MediaScope. She says she has "strong personal views" about some of the content that Sky News airs. Shrivell has also been involved in similar campaigns against the Seven Network and broadcaster Alan Jones, while she has admitted to having contact with US internet activist Sleeping Giants.

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SKY NEWS,{SHARE}NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD,{SHARE}FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ,{SHARE}SLEEPING GIANTS,{SHARE}2GB,{SHARE}MEDIA SCOPE

Opera takes a hit while theatre and dance rake it in

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Original article by Matthew Westwood
The Australian – Page: 15 : 14-Sep-18

Australia’s major performing arts companies got 19 per cent of their revenue from the private sector in 2017, up from 17 per cent in 2016. This is according to "Tracking Changes in Corporate Sponsorship and Donations", prepared by Creative Partnerships Australia and AMPAG. Private-sector support in 2017 was made up of donations, sponsorships and fund raising, with donations accounting for 65.1 per cent. Donations to opera companies fell by 19 per cent, while Western Australia led the way in terms of growth in donations.

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CREATIVE PARTNERSHIPS AUSTRALIA,{SHARE}AMPAG,{SHARE}AUSTRALIAN BALLET,{SHARE}QUEENSLAND BALLET,{SHARE}SYDNEY DANCE COMPANY,{SHARE}AUSTRALIAN MAJOR PERFORMING ARTS GROUP

Wentworth by-election: Dave Sharma wins Liberal pre-selection

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Original article by Olivia Caisley
The Australian – Page: Online : 14-Sep-18

Dave Sharma has won Liberal Party pre-selection for the seat of Wentworth, previously held by former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull. Sharma, who is a former Australian ambassador to Israel, won from seven other candidates, including Katherine O’Regan, who had been backed by Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Sharma had been pressured to stand aside for a female candidate, with internal party polling indicating the Liberals would have a better chance of retaining Wentworth with a woman candidate. The Wentworth by-election will be held on 20 October.

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Scott Morrison tells Malcolm Turnbull to back off

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Original article by Simon Benson,{SHARE}Ben Packham
The Australian – Page: Online : 14-Sep-18

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called on predecessor Malcolm Turnbull and his supporters to stop trying to undermine his government, stating they are putting its future at risk. Turnbull tweeted recently that Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton should be referred to the High Court over his interest in two child care centres that received over $5.5 million in taxpayer-funded rebates in eight years, while former deputy Liberal leader Julie Bishop has hinted she might cross the floor should a motion to refer Dutton to the High Court be put to the House of Representatives.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET,{SHARE}AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF HOME AFFAIRS,{SHARE}LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA,{SHARE}HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Unemployment at 11% in August highest for more than two years

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 14-Sep-18

The latest Roy Morgan figures on employment in Australia show that unemployment increased to a two-year high of 11% in August. This is more than twice as high as the current Australian Bureau of Statistics estimate for July of 5.3%. According to Roy Morgan, the increase has come about due to a rise in people looking for a job, despite the solid growth in employment. A further eight per cent of the workforce are now under-employed, working part-time and looking for more work. Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine says over 250,000 jobs have been created over the last year, but the even faster growth in the Australian workforce means unemployment has increased by over 150,000 to 1.48 million.

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Law partner forced staff to watch porn

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Original article by David Marin-Guzman
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 7 : 13-Sep-18

Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins says the Australian Human Rights Commission survey on sexual harassment has received some shocking claims since it was launched in June. Jenkins, who was speaking to the National Press Club on 12 September, said one claim involved young female employees at a law firm being forced to watch pornography by a senior male partner. The survey has revealed that the number of women who state they have been sexually harassed has doubled in the past five years. Jenkins says that sexual harassment "continues with impunity", despite the expectation that "things were getting better".

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AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, NATIONAL PRESS CLUB (AUSTRALIA)