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Mind the gap in local and international aid workers' salaries

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An audio documentary by co-author Anna Strempel explores the effects of a gap in wages between local and expatriate workers in the development and aid sector.

Anna Strempel is a graduate of Monash University Master...

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FactCheck Q A: does Australia have some of the highest rates per capita of fetal alcohol syndrome in the world?

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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, April 11, 2016.

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