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FactCheck Q A: was Lyle Shelton right about transgender people and a higher suicide risk after surgery?

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageAustralian Christian Lobby's Lyle Shelton, 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, February 29, 2016.

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The stimulus that wasn't: re-interpreting China's monetary moves

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Context is everything. And when it comes to China’s monetary policy, it’s frequently lacking, leading to the wrong conclusions being drawn.

Earlier this week, China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), said that it would cut the required reserve ratio for banks by half a percentage point. This means that banks...

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