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Is it a gift or a loan when parents help kids buy a home? How to avoid family fights over money

by Mirella Atherton (Lecturer in Law) & Julia Cook (Senior Lecturer in Sociology)

Over recent decades, many Australian families have relied on getting money from the “Bank of Mum and Dad” to help with home purchases.But our latest research shows there are growing legal risks from that

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Money isn’t free. Here’s what to know before downloading a cashback app

by Mirella Atherton, Lecturer, University of Newcastle

“Cashback” apps make an enticing promise. You download an app or click on a web browser extension. You go about your online shopping as usual, spend money, but then get some cash back. It sounds simple, right?

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The High Court made a landmark decision on native title law. Here’s what it means

by Bethany Butchers Associate Lecturer in Law, University of Newcastle

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains the name of a deceased person.

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More than two thirds of organisations have a formal work from home policy here's how the benefits stack up

by Professor Christina Boedker, Newcastle Business School at the University of Newcastle, Aeson Luiz Dela Cruz, Lecturer at the University of Adelaide and Professor Kieron Meagher, Research School of Economics at the Australian National University

The opposition wants to call time on letting public servants work from home. In a speech to the Menzies Research Institute this week, shadow public service minister Jane Hume said, if elected, a Coalition government would require public servants in the office five days a week:

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From bean-counters to cyber-sleuths: how accountants are a frontline defence against online crime

by Zhongtian Li, Senior Lecturer, Newcastle Business School, Christina Boedker, Professor, Newcastle Business School, Jing Jia, Senior Lecturer, Newcastle Business School, Karen Handley, Senior Lecturer, Newcastle Business School (University of Newcastle) and Nirmala Nath, Senior Lecturer, School of Accountancy (Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa - Massey University)

Once considered to be simply “bean counters”, accountants now play an important role in the defence, investigation and protection against cybercrime.

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How can you stay safe from cyber attacks? Here are 2 simple checklists from experts

by Jing Jia, Senior Lecturer, Newcastle Business School and Zhongtian Li, Senior Lecturer, Newcastle Business School

“Cyber security” may sound like a far-off worry for big corporations or telcos, but that’s far from the case.

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Bold climate action benefits more than just the environment - it's also great for business

by Sudipta Bose, Senior Lecturer in Accounting at the Newcastle Business School (University of Newcastle) and Syed Shams, Associate Professor in Accounting and Finance (University of Southern Queensland)

As the world grapples with the intensifying challenges of climate change, businesses are under increasing pressure to take action.

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Conservative governments protect more land while socialists and nationalists threaten more species

by Matt Hayward, Professor of Conservation Science, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, Andrea Griffin, Associate Professor in Wildlife Conservation Science, School of Environmental and Life Sciences, and Jacob Jones, PhD Candidate in Conservation Politics, School of Environmental and Life Sciences

The dire state of biodiversity across the globe suggests not all governments are willing to act decisively to protect nature. Why is that the case, and is a country’s political ideology a factor?

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Like being ‘slapped’ or ‘kicked’: judicial bullying is a problem in Australian courtrooms

by Ray Nickson, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, School of Law and Justice and Alice Neikirk, Lecturer, School of Law and Justice

Bullying by judges, magistrates and other judicial officers is a factor in many lawyers leaving the profession. Our latest research has shown that judicial bullying remains an issue across all states in Australia.

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Australia’s first civilian jury was entirely female. Here’s how ‘juries of matrons’ shaped our legal history.

by Alice Neikirk, Lecturer in the School of Law and Justice

It’s hard to imagine now, but for almost 1,000 years, pregnant women in England could avoid the death penalty just by virtue of being pregnant. A pregnant woman sentenced to death would receive a stay of execution until the baby was born.

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Digital ‘death knocks’: is it fair game for journalists to mine social media profiles of victims and their families?

by Alysson Watson, Associate Lecturer at the School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences

The family of Ash Good, one of the Bondi stabbing victims and the mother of the nine-month-baby who was also stabbed, issued a plea overnight for media to stop reproducing photos of Ash, her partner and their baby without consent.

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The ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ is exposing older Australians to the risk of financial abuse

by Julia Cook, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at The University of Newcastle, and Peta S Cook, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Tasmania

Young Australians who would have once been locked out of home ownership are increasingly relying on the so-called Bank of Mum and Dad to get a deposit or to guarantee a bank loan.

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